Tod <tod <at> stthomasepc.org> writes: > Mike, > > Just a hunch. Can you boot with the 2.6.19 kernel if its available on > your box and see if that makes a difference? Maybe completely > unrelated, but I yum upgraded last week sometime, along with the 2.6.20 > kernel, and my IPW2100 card started acting flaky. When I went back to > the previous version all was well. > > I haven't really investigated the problem, just switched back to the > previous kernel to keep moving. I also just noticed fedora extras has a > package for the ipw2100 that I haven't experimented with so take this > all with a grain of salt. > > tOd Yes - thanks... I seem to remember that way back when fc6 was first running on this laptop that (with ifcfg-eth1 set up to define the interface) for the Cisco Aironet 350 card it just worked when it was plugged in. I did not use it for ages, and by the time I tried it the >2.6.19 kernel was in. However at that time I had not tried madwifi... I also noticed that in my earlier post with the messages output there are kernel and dhclient related lines.... Even though the dhclient does eventually get the correct address via the AP I see: Apr 8 15:13:10 lapmike1 dhclient: bound to 10.0.0.55 -- renewal in 13030 seconds. Apr 8 15:13:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psargs-0355): [BUF0] Namespace look up failure, AE_NOT_FOUND Apr 8 15:13:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node c186e5f4), AE_NOT_FOUND Apr 8 15:13:11 lapmike1 kernel: ACPI Exception (acpi_battery-0207): AE_NOT_FOUND, Evaluating _BST [20060707] Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: irq 11: nobody cared (try booting with the "irq poll" option) Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c044f976>] __report_bad_irq+0x36/0x7d Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: [<c044fb57>] note_interrupt+0x19a/0x1d7 Also dhclient lines earlier in the listing indicate problems such as : Apr 8 15:13:07 lapmike1 dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 yet it does eventually get an address: Also later in the listing: Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: hardware error; resetting Apr 8 15:13:31 lapmike1 kernel: wifi0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware: '' (HAL status 0) So this is certainly pointing to some kernel issues but I don't know if this is a bug in the kernel module or the kernel? I am out today but may try tomorrow... Mike
