[ltp] F15 NetworkManager and Lenovo T61/Intel 4965AGN Wireless

[Tim Evans]

On 05/30/2011 11:28 PM, Tim Evans wrote:
> Apologies if this is a dupe; haven't seen it come through yet...
>
> Just upgraded my Lenovo ThinkPad T61 from Fedora 14 to Fedora 15 (via
> preupgrade) and lost my Intel AGN wireless in the process. Wireless was
> working well with F-14.
>
> Actually, NetworkManager itself barfs (see debug output of a manual
> start, attached). /var/log/dmesg is also attached for reference.

To reply to myself, this turned out to be a general problem with the 
Fedora 15 NetworkManager service, and not specific to the 4965AGN.

Solution is to remove or rename 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg_Auto* and re-start NM; it will 
recreate one(s) for your access points. (Format of the files apparently 
changed in the upgrade and NM testers didn't verify the new release 
would do the right thing with old versions of these files.)


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