Re: eth1 disappears after kernel upgrade
On 10 Nov 2009, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote:
> Anthony Campbell wrote:
> >When I installed kernel 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem my eth1 disappeared, so no
> >wireless. Not a problem in practice because I simply revert to
> >2.6.30-1-686-bigmem and it's back, but I'd like to understand what is
> >happening. Does it need a bug report or is it a "feature"?
> >
> >Anthony
> >
>
> It seems to me strange to lose your wireless just from 2.6.30-1 to 2.6.30-2.
> Do you remember if your wless was playing out of the box with 2.6.30-1 ?
>
> Do you happen to use any of those broadcom sta modules?
>
> Boot into 2.6.30-1 where your wireless is recognized and send us an
> lspci -v (just the wireless part)
>
> Giorgos
>
Yes, you are right. I'd forgotten this was a Broadcom wireless. I'm not
sure if the modules are available for the latest kernel.
Anthony
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