Suse 10.0, online update breaks my wireless networking

Linux Networking 361 This topic was started by jdkoola, 2006-03-26 19:06

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2006-03-26 21:06

Hi,

I'm using Suse 10.0 with a Belkin wireless pci card: f5d7000 the one with the atheros chipset. I am using ndiswrapper, that came with the Suse distribution CDs.

I had originally configured the wireless card with ndiswrapper and Yast, and things were working perfectly. However, I did an online update, and after that I can no longer connect to my home network.

The card is still operational. YaST recognizes it. I can do:

ifconfig ath0 up

and everything goes smoothly. However, it isn't connecting. I have tried

dhcpcd ath0

but it just sits there for a few seconds, does nothing, and when I check ifconfig, ath0 is no longer listed.

I am using WPA, and I dont know if the online update somehow might have broken things.

Any insight would be appreciated

Deleting repos and then upgrading

my ati radeon 9700 128mb mobilty

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zenarcher

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2006-03-27 03:46

I had a similar situation awhile back and it was due to the kernel update. In order to correct it, I had to do a clean uninstall of my wireless and recompile ndiswrapper with the updated kernel before it would work again.

Regards,
zenarcher

danleff

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2006-03-27 07:41

zenarcher is absolutely correct. Ndiswrapper is used as a module, so that if you update the kernel, it needs to be installed/reconfigured for the new kernel.