On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:17:33AM -0400, Charles Sardeson wrote: > > Folks, > > I ran "yum update" late Saturday, and when I re-booted the machine, it > couldn't find my Netgear WG311T. The first couple of lines in > ".../dmesg" looked like: > > Bootdata ok (command line is ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet ) > Linux version 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > (gcc version 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5)) #1 Thu Sep 22 02:11:36 > EDT 2005 > > If I back off to the previous configuration, I get > > Bootdata ok (command line is ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet ) > Linux version 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc > version 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5)) #1 Fri Aug 26 20:35:25 EDT 2005 > > Nosing about in Google to try to figure out what had gone wrong, I > stumbled upon atrpms.net/dist/fc4/madwifi, which I recognized as the > source of the version of madwifi that used to work (I need to take > better notes!). IIRC, last time I clicked on the rpm, clicked on the OK > for "install process," and magically got the driver installed, and > working (or nearly so), but then I was running the same kernel version > as the rpm. > > If I install the 2.6.12-1.1456 madwifi rpm while running the 1447 > kernel, will I make a worse mess, or is that the solution?
Yes, that's the solution. Use something like apt/yum/smart install madwifi-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1456 And remember to do so on every kernel upgrade. Unfortunately neither depsolver is cleaver enough to update the kernel modules, too. > Or do I need to fetch the lan cable, and reboot in 1456 to fix the > 1456 kernel? > > I'm pretty new at this. I think I have the original problem figured > out, but don't want to add any complexity I don't need. > > Is it the case that "kmdl" indicates a patch to a kernal, You can look at it that way, although it isn't technically. It is an externally built kernel module, that adds functionality to the kernel. > and that I can run yum as much as I want, until the kernel version > changes, and then I have to come back here and install the new > patch? At least until madwifi goes GA? Yes, unfortunately kmdls need special upgrade treatment. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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