On 01/31/2012 04:01 PM, linux guy wrote:
I'm running F16-KDE-64 on a Dell XPS17 laptop.
It is continually dropping wireless connections. It works and then it
doesn't work. Very annoying.
I am managing wireless with Network manager.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
$ lspci | grep Network
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (rev 34
$ uname -a
Linux XPS.localdomain 3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 26 03:21:58
UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ yum list installed \*iw\*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
iw.x86_64 3.2-1.fc16
@updates
iwl100-firmware.noarch 39.31.5.1-2.fc15
@koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl1000-firmware.noarch 1:39.31.5.1-1.fc16
@anaconda-0
iwl3945-firmware.noarch 15.32.2.9-5.fc15
@koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl4965-firmware.noarch 228.61.2.24-3.fc15
@koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl5000-firmware.noarch 8.83.5.1_1-1.fc16
@anaconda-0
iwl5150-firmware.noarch 8.24.2.2-2.fc15
@koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl6000-firmware.noarch 9.221.4.1-2.fc15
@koji-override-0/$releasever
iwl6000g2a-firmware.noarch 17.168.5.3-1.fc16
@fedora
iwl6000g2b-firmware.noarch 17.168.5.2-1.fc16
@fedora
iwl6050-firmware.noarch 41.28.5.1-3.fc15
@koji-override-0/$releasever
$ yum list installed kmod\*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Installed Packages
kmod-nvidia.x86_64
1:290.10-1.fc16.11 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-3.1.9-1.fc16.x86_64.x86_64
1:290.10-1.fc16.9 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-3.2.1-3.fc16.x86_64.x86_64
1:290.10-1.fc16.10 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64.x86_64
1:290.10-1.fc16.11 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-wl.x86_64
5.100.82.112-2.fc16.3 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-wl-3.2.1-3.fc16.x86_64.x86_64
5.100.82.112-2.fc16.2 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-wl-3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64.x86_64
5.100.82.112-2.fc16.3 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmodtool.noarch 1-18.fc11
@rpmfusion-free
What Ed said. Drop back a kernel until it's fixed.
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-- Steve