F9 + NM: wireless options don't come up from hibernate on Thinkpad T61

Globe Trotter itsme_410 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 18 21:18:18 UTC 2008


Sorry but how do I figure out what/where my wireless driver is?

Many thanks,
Trotter



--- On Fri, 7/18/08, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu> wrote:

> From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs at clemson.edu>
> Subject: Re: F9 + NM: wireless options don't come up from hibernate on Thinkpad T61
> To: itsme_410 at yahoo.com, "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 3:52 PM
> On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 11:10 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I boot into a machine on wired ethernet. All is well,
> the wireless
> > options come up as well as wired (which is connected).
> However, after
> > I put the laptop on hibernate and wake it up, the
> wireless options are
> > all gone, and the only option is the wired eth0
> (without a reboot). If
> > I go away from my wired network, rebooting is the only
> option.
> > 
> > Does anyone have this problem? Any suggestions as to
> how I can fix
> > this? 
> > 
> 
> I occasionally see that it takes a minute or so for NM to
> re-scan on
> resume.  If it fails to connect after that time, I've
> had success with
> 
>      1. Stopping NM
>      2. Removing wireless driver
>      3. Re-installing wireless driver
>      4. Restarting NM
> 
> It may also help to create /etc/pm/config.d/unload_modules
> containing
> 
>         SUSPEND_MODULES="<your wireless
> driver>"
> 
> 
> 
> > Many thanks,
> > Trotter
> > 
> > 
> >       
> > 
> > 
> -- 
>                 Matthew Saltzman
> 
> Clemson University Math Sciences
> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs


      




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