Anthony Campbell wrote:
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"? AnthonyIt 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) GiorgosYes, you are right. I'd forgotten this was a Broadcom wireless. I'm not sure if the modules are available for the latest kernel. AnthonyI 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
Oh, this must be related to the thread "2.6.31 kernels" about the broadcom packages disappearing from the repositories. Why the heck was that??
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