[arch-general] Wifi not working after kernel upgrade to 2.6.29

[Ondřej Kučera]

Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Ondřej Kučera schrieb:
>>> So this means we have at least 2 different problems. Can you increase 
>>> netcfg's timeout? Does "iwlist scan" (as root) show anything?
>>
>> I think I tried increasing the timeout (although I don't remember to 
>> which value, I'll try again). I did try iwlist wlan0 scan and it 
>> worked without problems (I didn't see my AP but that's because it 
>> doesn't broadcast essid).
> 
> Ah, then I was right and you need active scans to find it, and those are 
> disabled if you don't have crda and the right regulations set, see the 
> output of "iw list".

And this is new with 2.6.29? Because I know that the optional dependency 
of kernel26 on crda has been there for some time and I haven't needed 
crda yet. When I'm running 2.6.28 not having crda installed and having 
AP hidden, everything works without problems.

Ondřej


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Ondřej Kučera

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