On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 09:07 -0400, Mike Marsh wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.30-1-686
> Version: 2.6.30-1
> Severity: normal
>
> I've had a problem with my PCMCIA wireless card in 2.6.29 and 2.6.30.
> On boot, in 2.6.29 I get a kernel panic when the card is detected, and
> in 2.6.30 it just hangs at that point. If I boot without the card and
> then insert it, the hardware address is messed up. Instead of
> 12:34:56:78:9A:BC iwconfig reports it as 12-34-56-78-9A-BC-XX-XX, where
> the Xs constantly change. That's on eth0; wlan0_rename shows the correct
> address.
eth0 is the "wireless master device" for the card, which do you not
normally need to concern yourself with. wlan0_rename is the device you
should normally use with iwconfig, ifconfig etc.
You should be able to fix the naming by adding the text:
, ATTR{type}=="1"
to the line in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules that refers to
this card's MAC address.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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