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Re: unable to bring up iwlagn wireless after update from 2.6.29.6 to 2.6.31-rc3

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Thomas,

On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 15:45 -0700, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> Johannes Berg skrev:
> > On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 01:15 +0300, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> (please cc me on replies)
> >>
> >> before I start to try and figure this out, I thought of asking here if 
> >> it rings any bells...
> >>
> >> Distribution: Mandriva Cooker
> >> Arch: x86_64.
> >>
> >> NIC: 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 
> >> 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)
> >>
> >> ucode version: 228.61.2.24
> >>
> >> wpa_supplicant version: 0.6.9
> >> crda version: 1.1.0
> >> wireless-regdb version: 2009.04.17
> >>
> >> Running a 2.6.29.6 based kernel works with iwlagn
> >> Running a 2.6.30.1 based kernel works with iwlagn
> >>
> >> Running a 2.6.31-rc3 based kernel gets me this:
> >>
> >> --- cut ---
> >> Bringing up interface wlan0:  RTNETLINK answers: Unknown error 132
> >> RTNETLINK answers: Unknown error 132
> > 
> > press your rfkill button.
> 
> I wish it was that simple :-(
> 
> I already tried it, but it does not help...
> I get no reaction what so ever from pressing it...
> 
> The laptop is an Acer 5720G if that makes any difference...
> 
> Could it be that rfkill has been broken for my laptop ?
> 
> And why should I need to press rfkill now, when I didn't before ?
> Has some kernel defaults changed since 2.6.30 series ?

Do you have debugging enabled? Does your logs contain anything useful?

Reinette



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