Re: b43 wireless firmware problems on 2.6.24-rc2

2007-11-22 Thread Owen Heisler
On Thu, 2007.11.22 19:51, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Owen Heisler wrote: > > [...] > > __/etc/network/interfaces portion: > > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > > wireless-channel 11 > > wireless-essid > > wireless-ap any > [...] > > I'd like ifup and ifdown to always work. >

Re: b43 wireless firmware problems on 2.6.24-rc2

2007-11-22 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 the mental interface of Owen Heisler told: [...] > __/etc/network/interfaces portion: > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > wireless-channel 11 > wireless-essid > wireless-ap any [...] > I'd like ifup and ifdown to always work. You're missing auto wlan0 stanza in e/n/i Elima

b43 wireless firmware problems on 2.6.24-rc2

2007-11-22 Thread Owen Heisler
Hello! I'm trying to get a wireless adapter to work on a laptop using the b43 driver in 2.6.24-rc kernels. The card requires firmware which is located in /lib/firmware/b43. The problem is that I can't always use ifup and ifdown on the connection; those commands fail sometimes. It seems to be