Using the Kernel Update rpm to 2.6.10 for Fedora Core 2

[Cameron Kellough <cameron kellough sri com>]

Hi,

I wanted to note that upgrading the kernel to 2.6.10 with the rpm on 
fedora core 2 updates does not upgrade the wireless extensions package 
on the system.  Because the new kernel uses a version of the wireless 
extensions protocol that is newer than version 26 of the Wireless Tools 
program supports, wireless networking may stop working with certain 
access points.  The fix is to install version 27 of the Wireless Tools 
available from 
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html

Also, for laptop use with a laptop that uses apm, one must add acpi=off 
and apm=on kernel parameters for apm power management to work properly.  
Without doing this, acpi overrrides apm and you get no apm support.

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Cameron Kellough, Research Engineer
ESD Intelligence & Information Systems
SRI International, Huntsville Field Operations
Tel 256-684-0417 Page 1-877-730-9920

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