On 2009-08-02 13:04 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sun,02.Aug.09, 12:14:10, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I'm running lenny i386. >> >> Having changed my dsl provider, I now use wpa to authenticate to my >> dsl modem/router. It turns out that wicd (or any connection) will only >> work for the kernel >> $ uname -a >> Linux e13-v21 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sun Jul 26 21:25:33 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux >> >> If I use the -amd64 version of the same kernel I get the following >> errors logged in syslog and the connection will fail. > > [snip] > >> Wireless used to work with both kernels, when I used wep instead of wap. > > I seem to recall this being one of the problems when running 64bit > kernel with 32bit userland, but don't quote me on it.
Here is something which can be quoted: http://bugs.debian.org/501859. Upgrading to a newer kernel should fix the issue (I had no problems with 2.6.27 and later). Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org