Re: wireless connection fails with -amd64 kernel
On 2009-08-02 13:04 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sun,02.Aug.09, 12:14:10, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I'm running lenny i386.
>>
>> Having changed my dsl provider, I now use wpa to authenticate to my
>> dsl modem/router. It turns out that wicd (or any connection) will only
>> work for the kernel
>> $ uname -a
>> Linux e13-v21 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sun Jul 26 21:25:33 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
>>
>> If I use the -amd64 version of the same kernel I get the following
>> errors logged in syslog and the connection will fail.
>
> [snip]
>
>> Wireless used to work with both kernels, when I used wep instead of wap.
>
> I seem to recall this being one of the problems when running 64bit
> kernel with 32bit userland, but don't quote me on it.
Here is something which can be quoted: http://bugs.debian.org/501859.
Upgrading to a newer kernel should fix the issue (I had no problems with
2.6.27 and later).
Sven
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