FS#3282 - ipw2200 fails with 2.6.13

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Norman Su (normsu) - Monday, 03 October 2005, 18:34 GMT
Last edited by Dale Blount (dale) - Monday, 03 October 2005, 18:42 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

After archlinux moved to 2.6.13 kernel, ipw2200 does not work. I also encountered this problem when using archck5. Even when trying ipw2200 with ipithus's patch for ipw2200 (http://iphitus.loudas.com/arch/ck/patches/ipw2200-fix.diff), ipw2200 does not work. It compiles, and upon running "iwlist" shows the correct access points, but no data can be transferred. dhcp times out when trying to access the wireless interface. See http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=15348&highlight=ipw2200+dhcpcd
for a related posting.

I found a workaround, see http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=15588 Basically you must upgrade ieee80211, wireless_tools and ipw2200 to the very latest versions.

The way I see it using ipw2200 is kind of a catch-22. Archlinux would seem to need to use versions that are not the stable version, but I think that for ipw2200 users who want to use 2.6.13, this is their only option?
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Sunday, 09 October 2005, 08:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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