hello chris me bootoptions are without rhgb and quiet there is one following line, after resume from .../dev/... but can't see it - too quick for me "VISUAL GREP" here is what's in my log (the wlan card is up and running, even though (? copied from dictionary) claiming about firmware up/download): [root@obelix ~]# cd /var/log/ [root@obelix log]# cat messages Aug 11 00:04:34 obelix gconfd (root-5900): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Aug 11 00:04:34 obelix gconfd (root-5900): Exiting Aug 11 00:04:38 obelix ntpd[5864]: ntpd exiting on signal 15 Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: Stopping tasks: =========================================================================================================| Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: Shrinking memory... done (23603 pages freed) Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: pnp: Device 00:0c disabled. Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: pnp: Device 00:0b disabled. Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: pnp: Device 00:07 disabled. Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: NVRM: RmPowerManagement: 3 Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: skge eth1: disabling interface Aug 11 00:07:43 obelix kernel: swsusp: Need to copy 52638 pages Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix firmware_helper[6166]: Loading of /lib/firmware/isl3890 for prism54 driver failed: No such file or directory Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported. Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: swsusp: Restoring Highmem Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: skge eth1: enabling interface Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0c.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: eth0: got resume request Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: skge eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control tx and rx Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: prism54: request_firmware() failed for 'isl3890' => Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: eth0: could not upload firmware ('isl3890') Aug 11 00:07:44 obelix kernel: eth0: islpci_reset: failure Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 193 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[B] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: PCI: VIA IRQ fixup for 0000:00:10.0, from 11 to 9 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: usb usb1: root hub lost power or was reset Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.1[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: PCI: VIA IRQ fixup for 0000:00:10.1, from 11 to 9 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: usb usb2: root hub lost power or was reset Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.2[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: PCI: VIA IRQ fixup for 0000:00:10.2, from 5 to 9 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: usb usb3: root hub lost power or was reset Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.4[C] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 185 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.5[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: NVRM: RmPowerManagement: 4 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: pnp: Failed to activate device 00:03. Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: pnp: Device 00:07 activated. Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: pnp: Device 00:0b activated. Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: pnp: Device 00:0c activated. Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: Restarting tasks...<6>usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 6 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: done Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: input: Logitech USB RECEIVER as /class/input/input5 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB RECEIVER] on usb-0000:00:10.0-1 Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF] Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB] Aug 11 00:07:46 obelix kernel: ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB] [root@obelix log]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. Warning: Driver for device eth0 has been compiled with version 20 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19. Some things may be broken... eth0 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"HauAbDuSack" Nickname:"obelix.localdomain" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:04:0E:45:D2:7C Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=31 dBm Sensitivity=20/200 Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B Encryption key:3637-3232-3532-3033-3630-3232-31 Security mode:restricted Link Quality:201/0 Signal level:-56 dBm Noise level:-1 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 btw: there must be something wrong with that: the 2cd day in serie that all works fine TO ME ;-) ronald