[ATrpms-users] FC6 kernel update

[Philip R. Schaffner]

On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 07:01 -0600, Axel Thimm wrote:
>         On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 07:01:46AM -0500, Phil Schaffner
>         wrote:
>         > Seems to be a bit bigger problem, although I can't quite see
>         why.  Since
>         > installing the 2868 kernel my ipw3945 networking is broken.
>         
>         Is this all with suspend2 kernels? Or for vendor kernel's? Or
>         both?

Both.

>         > Even un-installing everything 2868 and falling back to the
>         2849
>         > kernel and kmdls for ieee80211 and ipw3945 it is still
>         failing to
>         > get an address from the router.
>         
>         That seems really strange.

Agreed.

>         > Any suggestions or similar reports appreciated.  Anything
>         else I can
>         > supply?
>         
>         The most important thing is to compare the 2849 situation
>         before and
>         after. It just shouldn't be possible to have different results
>         with the same content, unless ...
>         
>         a) Check under /lib/modules/*/weak-updates for spuriously
>         copied over
>            kernel modules.
>         
>         b) check for changes in the package contents rpm -V
>         ipw3945-kmdl-`uname -r` ...
>        
>         c) check for kmods/dkms packages

No kmods/dkms in use on the system - only your kmdls.

>         d) try rpm -qa --last | less to see what other packages
>         changed from
>            working 2849 to broken 2849


At work now - will check a,b,d when I get home tonight.  Meanwhile, I
did try the dual-boot installation of WindozeXP to make sure there were
no hardware/misconfiguration issues.  WiFi works fine with the Redmond
OS.

Thanks,
Phil