Description of problem: Updated from Mageia 1 to Mageia 2 Beta 2. WiFi no longer working. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Mageia 2, Beta 2 How reproducible: Update applied.
bug 2939 lists older Mageia 1 and the newer Mageia 2 lspidrake -v outputs (if that helps).
seems an upstream bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810678 and should be resolved in fact: http://www.zarb.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/2012-April/013887.html what is your kernel ?
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFOSource RPM: (none) => kernel
kernel-desktop586-3.3.0-0.rc7.1.mga2 kernel-desktop586-latest
(In reply to comment #3) > kernel-desktop586-3.3.0-0.rc7.1.mga2 > kernel-desktop586-latest then yes, update you cauldron first
*** Bug 5325 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
CC: (none) => theamazingchiepoo
Hi Joe, I assume the fix mentioned above (install latest kernel from Cauldron) solves this problem for you as well. Feel free to reopen this report if this is not the case.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED
*** Bug 5338 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Since this tablet computer has no ethernet port, I had to find a way to get the latest kernel in using USBmemory, but it is working now. After loading the new kernel, the only other option that I needed to modify from the default was to turn-off "Allow interface to be controlled by network manager" since it doesn't seem to work with it turned on. I don't recall 100% right now, but I think this was the same option I needed to turn-off for Mageia 1 to work automatically also. If I was going to take a guess, it would be that either, network manager does not work, or that it probably runs too soon before either the WiFi has a chance to get setup, or perhaps before the WiFi has a chance to load whatever firmware may be needed by the AR9285 if we assume its a software-style WiFi card. Consider the kernel upgrade from Beta 2 to relove/fix the problem. Thanks.