Bug 785822 - 1/29 update breaks wifi networking
Summary: 1/29 update breaks wifi networking
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 785239
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: John W. Linville
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-01-30 17:30 UTC by patrick korsnick
Modified: 2012-01-31 16:17 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-01-31 16:17:44 UTC
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Description patrick korsnick 2012-01-30 17:30:12 UTC 
Description of problem:
after applying the 1/29 updates to my thinkpad running f16, wireless networking breaks after being used for a varying ammount of time.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

f16
How reproducible:

every time
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot machine
2.use normally
3.wifi stops working
  
Actual results:

wifi stops working
Expected results:
wifi operates normally

Additional info:
by rebooting the machine it seems to fix it and you can use wifi again for a time- then it breaks again. wifi card is:

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 (rev 35)
Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-01-30 21:52:44 UTC 
This is a common issue with the compat-wireless-3.3-rc1 stuff being used in 3.2.2-1.fc16.  There are some test kernels out there to try.  John?
Comment 2 John W. Linville 2012-01-31 16:17:44 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 785239 ***
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