Suse 10.0, online update breaks my wireless networking

[jdkoola 0]

Hi,

 

I'm using Suse 10.0 with a Belkin wireless pci card: f5d7000 the one with the atheros chipset. I am using ndiswrapper, that came with the Suse distribution CDs.

 

I had originally configured the wireless card with ndiswrapper and Yast, and things were working perfectly. However, I did an online update, and after that I can no longer connect to my home network.

 

The card is still operational. YaST recognizes it. I can do:

 

ifconfig ath0 up

 

and everything goes smoothly. However, it isn't connecting. I have tried

 

dhcpcd ath0

 

but it just sits there for a few seconds, does nothing, and when I check ifconfig, ath0 is no longer listed.

 

I am using WPA, and I dont know if the online update somehow might have broken things.

 

Any insight would be appreciated

[zenarcher 0]

I had a similar situation awhile back and it was due to the kernel update. In order to correct it, I had to do a clean uninstall of my wireless and recompile ndiswrapper with the updated kernel before it would work again.

 

Regards,

zenarcher

[danleff 0]

zenarcher is absolutely correct. Ndiswrapper is used as a module, so that if you update the kernel, it needs to be installed/reconfigured for the new kernel.