Avetisyan, Aram wrote:
Hello,
I followed the instructions for updating to SL 5.3 (from SL 5.1 + latest yum
updates) on scientificlinux.org. It did not give any errors during the update,
but I think something went very wrong because now I have a rather long list of
problems such as:
1) During every boot, I get this message:
Bringing up interface wmaster0
Determining IP information for wmaster0... SIOCSIFFLAGS Operation not supported
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
The machine is frozen for about 2 minutes while it thinks about these
SIOCSIFFLAGS after which it resumes booting.
2) The option to connect to wireless networks through Network Manager is grayed
out. I have an Intel 4965AGN wireless card which worked perfectly fine before I
tried updating, but now it doesn't seem to see the networks anymore -- the
settings include a list of all of the connections with correct names and
passwords, but the system acts as if there is no network in range.
1 and 2 are related.
First do a
yum install iwl\*
This should get all the intel firmware we have, which was updated in the
5.3 release.
If that still doesn't help please send me what you have in
/etc/modprobe.conf
This whole NetworkManager update is just driving me nuts. But I thought
if you did an update from 5.2, 5.1, or 5.0 then it worked.
3) Going to certain websites with Firefox (e.g. Skype, where I went to
redownload the program because there's no sound in the version I have installed
anymore) causes a hard crash -- the system either reboots or freezes to the
point where the only thing I can do is push the power button. There are no
error messages.
Can you give us a specific example? I know it's hard when it crashes
when you get there, but if it's possible, it narrows things down when we
have exact url's.
Is there a way to do a clean installation of SL 5.3 other than just formatting
the partition and starting from scratch? If I reformat, do I need both DVD
images or just one (the readme speaks of one image, but there are two available
for download)?
Thanks.
-- Aram
Troy
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