Mike Cohler wrote:
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
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mike cohler
This hasn't happened to me recently, but a couple of weeks ago it would
happen about every other reboot. Luckily, usually the times when I'm
using ethernet (not as a rule though, it was definitely random).
-Dan
