[arch-general] Last couple of updates Knocked my Wireless -- OUT (atheros/madwifi/ath_pci)

[Tom K]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> Listmates,
>
> 	I'm not sure where to start troubleshooting this problem. For months and 
> months, ever since I installed Arch, my Atheros wifi (through ath0) has always 
> just worked right out of the box.
<snip>
> The mywpa.conf file is:
>
> CONNECTION="wireless"
> INTERFACE=wlan0
> SCAN="yes"
> SECURITY="wpa"
> ESSID="skyline"
> KEY="notmyrealkey"
> IP="dhcp"
> TIMEOUT=20
>
>   
That profile would never have worked with ath0, as it specifies wlan0 as 
the interface.
> Now I boot my box and I get nothing but the "lo" interface brought up. What 
> gives?
Check dmesg and/or your logs for clues.
> What in the world could have changed in the past week or so that is 
> presenting my wireless from being brought up at boot?
>   
As already mentioned - until you tell us what you have done to your 
system in the past week or so, you might as well be asking how to build 
one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion

T.