Paul Goodman wrote: >I have an IBM ThinkPad T42 with an Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG running Fedora >Core 5. Here is the output from lspci: > >02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05) > >The card didn't work after install, but after installing the ipw2200 drivers >and firmware, I was able to successfully configure it as eth1 using >system-config-network. Everything looks great. > >Then, I reboot. When the computer comes back up, the wireless card is no >longer recognized, and I can't use any of the usual if* commands to activate >it. I run system-config-network again, and the interface shows up, but if I >try to activate it, I get the following: > >Device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. > >The only way to restore the connection that I've found is to delete the >interface in system-config-network, then go to /lib/firmware and do >restorecon -v. Then, I reboot and I can reconfigure the interface when the >computer is back up again. But as soon as I reboot, it starts all over >again. > >Anyone have any ideas? There is a bug which can be worked around by adding the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf install ipw2200 /sbin/modprobe -q eth0; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ipw2200 Once done reboot and see if it works. Mike -- mike cohler
