[Debian-eeepc-devel] eee 900 wifi problems

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Federico,


Am Mittwoch, den 29.10.2008, 14:40 -0200 schrieb Federico Castagnini:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Ben Armstrong
> <synrg at sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca> wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:57:37 +0100
> > "Sergio Blanco" <crimsomshadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm using wicd so using the interfaces file is useless for me. Even if I
> >> tried, the first problem to solve would be it's inability to scan for APs.
> >> If I have the interface up and running it doesn't matter if it knows where
> >> to connect, I should be able to search for networks, no?
> 
> I have made almost the same tests and still have the same problem, can
> not scan or connect.
> 
> With a usb dongle (mod rt73) i was able to scan and use that interface
> as expected, so the trouble is with the atheros wifi device...
> 
> This problem came up with an upgrade i made last week, that upgrade
> the kernel (plus other things) from 2.6.26-4? to 2.6.26-8.
> 
> I think this is something relevant.

You can find out inspecting /var/log/dpkg.log.

[…]

> > Let's start with logs.  Post /var/log/syslog and we can start there.

Please provide the information, Ben asked for.


Thanks,

Paul
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