New kernel packages - please test!

[James Blackwell]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:26:14PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 12:21:25AM -0400, James Blackwell wrote:
> 
> > 1. The first time I tried to load the ipw2200 module, I got a gripe
> > about no firmware. I downloaded the firmware and put it in the hotplug
> > directory (next to the ubuntu firmware), and the device came right up.
> 
> Delete the firmware that you downloaded, upgrade your system (make sure
> you have hotplug 0.0.20040329-11ubuntu4) and then try.

Ok. I'll do that tomorrow morning.

> You say you tried to load the ipw2200 module...did it not load
> automatically?  It should, and it does for me.

No, because it couldn't find the firmware. The firmware wasn't loaded, and
I may or may not have had to rmmod first.

Once I put in a copy of the firmware in and rebooted, it went right up.


Take care,
James

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