Re: wireless connection fails with -amd64 kernel
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Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2009-08-02 13:04 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>>> On Sun,02.Aug.09, 12:14:10, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>
>>>> 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).
>
> Thanks, I'll try with backports' 2.6.29-bpo.2-amd64 and report the
> results to the bts.
It works with backports' linux-image-2.6.29-bpo.2-amd64 kernel (as I am
writing).
$ uname -a
Linux johannes3 2.6.29-bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon May 18 20:48:59 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lspci
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
[Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Cheers,
Johannes
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