nick, any chance of some step-by-step instructions for applying your patch in latest hardy?
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Nick Leverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 03:34:36PM -0000, Nick Leverton wrote: > > > On the other hand there could well be more than one problem here ... > > I see the initramfs-tools package has just been re-issued but this fix > > is still not applied. But - I now have working ipw2200 even though this > > patch is not included in it. > > I spoke too soon, just rebooted into latest kernel and once again the > same error: > > ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection > ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2 > > I can apply the above patch to the new > /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions and rebuild initramfs to get > a working driver at boot again. > > Don't know how to raise the visibility on this bugfix ... anyone ? > > > And I've had no "firmware error, > restarting" > > messages recently (last five days). Has something else changed concerning > > module firmware behaviour I wonder ? > > At least this remains true, I've had only three "Firmware error, > restarting" since 8th June. Prior to that it was several times per hour > so this at least has improved a lot :) > > Nick > -- > Serendipity: http://www.leverton.org/blosxom (last update 6th June 2008) > "The Internet, a sort of ersatz counterfeit of real life" > -- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996 > > -- > ipw2200 driver fails to load firmware (patch attached) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180544 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- ipw2200 driver fails to load firmware (patch attached) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/180544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
