Vincent Danjean wrote: > Package: network-manager > Version: 0.6.6-2 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > Since a few days, kernel maintainers have disabled the (uptream) deprecated > kernel option CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS (look at the current > linux-image-2.6.27-rc5-amd64 in the Debian kernel team repo). > When I use this kernel, my wireless card (Intel 4965 AG) is seen as a wired > connection by network-manager (iwconfig or iwlist work perfectly). So, I think > that network-manager rely on this deprecated kernel option to detect wireless > cards. > > This will need to be fixed quickly after lenny (when the kernel team will > upload 2.6.27 in sid) in order not to break network-manager for all wifi users > [if my analyse if correct, of course] > > This bug does not concern lenny as CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS is set in > lenny's kernels. >
Could you please send me a lshal dump. I suspect that hal is the real culprit and info.capabilities no longer has net.80211. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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