Description of problem: I'm running FC3 and I did an update last night which installed kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 as well as some other stuff. I notice that it does not recognize the Intel wireless hardware anymore. This may be an incompatibility issue with the 2.6.9 kernel and the ipw2200 drivers. I get messages in /var/log/message like... Jan 4 14:42:29 arenal kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 0.13 Jan 4 14:42:29 arenal kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel CorporationJan 4 14:42:29 arenal kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection Jan 4 14:42:29 arenal kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200_boot.fw load failed Jan 4 14:42:29 arenal kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE Jan 4 14:42:29 arenal kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network device Jan 4 14:42:29 arenal kernel: ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5 Jan 4 14:46:39 arenal ifup: ipw2200 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC3 2. Configure all the wireless stuff so it is working 3. Run up2date 4. Reboot Actual results: No longer recognizes the wireless hardware. Expected results: Additional info: I am also trying to submit this same bug to the ipw2200 project but currently there bugzilla doesn't seem to be responding.
This bug has also been submitted as bug #527 to the ipw2200 project
An update has been released for Fedora Core 3 (kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) which may contain a fix for your problem. Please update to this new kernel, and report whether or not it fixes your problem. If you have updated to Fedora Core 4 since this bug was opened, and the problem still occurs with the latest updates for that release, please change the version field of this bug to 'fc4'. Thank you.
actually, this looks like you don't have the firmware data installed. can you confirm that ?
This bug has been mass-closed along with all other bugs that have been in NEEDINFO state for several months. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, this is the only method we have of cleaning out stale bug reports where the reporter has disappeared. If you can reproduce this bug with current FC3 updates, please reopen this bug. If you are not the reporter, you can add a comment requesting it be reopened, and someone will get to it asap. If you are not the reporter, but can reproduce this problem against FC4, please open a new bug. Thank you.