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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 package

Dapper --> Edgy upgrade doesn't install proper l-r-m package

Bug #70169 reported by Jeff Schroeder
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules-common

On a Lenovo Thinkpad T60, updating from Dapper to Edgy installs linux-restricted-modules-common. This version of l-r-m does not have a working ipw3945 module so it loads, but wireless does not work.

Manually installing linux-restricted-modules-generic and rebooting successfully enabled wireless. This would be a real pain for someone who didn't have wired network access as installing the correct version of l-r-m would be impossible.

This is a serious regression that should be fixed.
dpkg -l | grep linux-restricted-modules
ii linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-10-generic 2.6.17.5-11 Non-free Linux 2.6.17 modules on x86_64 gene
ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.17.5-11 Non-free Linux 2.6.17 modules helper script
ii linux-restricted-modules-generic 2.6.17.10 Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels

uname -a
Linux vishnu 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Fri Oct 13 18:45:35 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

Is this still a problem for you? In 2.6.17-10 I had trouble as well, but now in 2.6.20-4-generic the wifi works great. That's without installing l-r-m.

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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

...but in 2.6.20-5-generic wifi is totally dead. Others are working on this, but I thought you might like to know.

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Jeff Schroeder (sejeff) wrote :

No, the newer kernel seemed to fix it. Closing.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17:
status: New → Fix Released
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