Description of problem: RTL8185 wireless interface (kernel module rtl8180) does not work after upgrade to kernel 2.6.24.3-12. The results range from disabled interface to crash on boot. Ethernet interface card with RTL8139 is also affected. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.24.3-12.i686 The CPU is Athlon XP 2400 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. have a machine with RTL8185 wireless card (main interface, working as wlan0) and RTL8139 ethernet card (as eth0) 2. update to kernel 2.46.24.3-12 and reboot 3. wlan0 does not work after reboot. In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts: ifcfg-wlan0 and ifcfg-eth0 backed up as ifcfg-wlan0.bak and ifcfg-eth0.bak 4. Rename the above files back to ifcfg-wlan0 and ifcfg-eth0 and reboot the system. 5. Machine hangs while initializing wlan0, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock LEDs on keyboard blinking. Actual results: No wireless connectivity at best Expected results: Wireless interface working as with previous kernels Additional info:
Lots of wireless changes in later builds. Can you try http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=42024 and see how it goes?
It seems that after upgrade to kernel 2.46.24.3-22 things are much better. Steps 1-4 are as above, but after renaming ifcfg files and rebooting, all interfaces are working as expected. Thanks for the help.