On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Aram Avetisyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Out of curiosity, did you happen to upgrade to SLC 5.5 from a previous > version of SLC 5? I ask because I had this same exact wireless card and a > similar problem with SIOCSIFFLAGS when I updated my old laptop from 5.1 to > 5.3 a couple of years ago (the thread is here: > http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0904&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=9191 > ). You can get rid of the SIOCSIFFLAGS problem by following the instructions > in that thread, but no matter what I did, the wireless simply refused to > work. The way I finally solved that problem was by reformatting the machine > and installing a "clean" version of SL 5.3.
In that thread, Phil Perry suggested updating the firmware. The SIOCSIFFLAGS error often indicates a wrong firmware. So I, too, think that is the first thing to try. Akemi
