Dne ponedeljek 13 april 2009 ob 22:54:21 je mc3393 napisal(a): > Klistvud wrote: > > Dne ponedeljek 13 april 2009 ob 10:10:42 je Klistvud napisal(a): > >> On a fresh Lenny install I finally made my wireless work (it's a BCM4328 > >> chip on a HP Compaq 6715b laptop) according to > >> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=30648&postdays=0&postorder=asc&; > >>sta rt=0&sid=2782df86cc404fde6d75b631594c3053 As soon as internet > >> connection was available (I have no wired access at all) Lenny proposed > >> to download a bunch of updates. I allowed it to do that. It was several > >> (tens of) megabytes of stuff. Some time after that I rebooted the > >> machine only to find wireless wasn't working anymore. Not under the > >> 2.6.26-1, not under the newly installed 2.6.26-2 kernel. I followed the > >> above instructions for the new kernel too and compiled the wireless > >> driver - to no avail. Now I have no connectivity under any of the > >> kernels. Does anybody have a clue as to which of the updates might be > >> responsible for that? And will there be a new update available any time > >> soon which will fix that? > >> > >> The funny thing is, iwconfig and iwlist commands can "see" my router, > >> but there is still no connection to the internet or to other machines on > >> my LAN, and the System/Settings/Network applet states it "doesn't > >> recognize my system" and then offers me a list of distros to choose > >> from. I select Debian Lenny, but that doesn't change anything: I still > >> can't browse the internet or LAN or check for updates. > >> > >> What gives? > >> > >> -- > >> Registered Linux User 481801 and proud of it > > > > Oops, my bad... After some more rmmodding and insmodding and modprobbing > > of the wl, ssb and ieee80211_tckip modules and finallly depmodding -a, > > the thingy started working again... at least till next update... > > > > Fingers crossed... ;) > > is the same laptop overheated some days ago? How did you solve your > problem? > > Luigi
It sure is. You can find my tale of woe some posts under, posted saturday, under the heading [Solved... sort of] Lenny overheating. But you may find my post overly hi-tech. Basically, I put the laptop in the coldest spot in the house and kept fingers crossed. ;) -- Registered Linux User 481801 and proud of it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
