Re: eth1 disappears after kernel upgrade
On 10 Nov 2009, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote:
> Anthony Campbell wrote:
> >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
>
> I also have such a card. I have noted the following instructions for
> doing after a kernel upgrade:
>
> aptitude purge <everything-with-broadcom-in-the-package-name>
> aptitude install broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source
>
> # module-assistant prepare broadcom-sta
> # module-assistant auto-install broadcom-sta
>
> and reboot!
>
>
> (you need internet to get the packages, so first boot the kernel
> where wifi functions, do the first two commands, then reboot to the
> new and issue the next to commands)
>
>
I seem to remember doing that in the past but the broadcom packages are
apparently not available at the moment.
Anthony
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