[ltp] T40p wireless doesn't wake up after sleep

[Joerg Platte]

Am Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2006 11:50 schrieb Phil:
Hi,

> I'm running Fedora Core 6 with the latest kernel (2.6.18-1.2868.fc6).
> Wifi using the madwifi 0.9.2.1-1 worked like a charm straight out of the
> box from a clean boot, but if I suspend then on restart the wireless
> refuses to connect.
> If I run "iwlist ath0 scan" it shows my wireless access point, but
> network manager refuses to reconnect. Interestingly the wireled LED
> doesn't flash at all, suggesting the hardware is just not responding. I
> suspect the scan results are false, because if I move to another area
> with a different access point SSID then the scan still shows the old one.
> If I hibernate/resume the scan returns "No scan results" and the
> wireless led still doesn't flash.
> The only thing that seems to recover it is a reboot.

Madwifi does not support suspend/resume. The bug is described here:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/201

regards,
Jörg