After update my Vaio PCG-K33 won't connect to wireless anymore [SOLVED]

[frazelle09]

Have updated to the  .38 kernel.  This is a laptop.  When i leave the front side wireless switch on and boot the compu eventually the mouse will not move anymore and i have to hard reboot.  If i turn off the front side wireless switch, the computer finished booting alright but then when i turn on the front side switch again, the led will no longer go to green and wireless is not recognized.

i once was able to boot into Safe Mode and started setting up wireless through MCC until i hit Connect -- when the compu froze again.

PCC says this is a Atheros AR5001x+ Wireless network adapter using the ath5k Module.

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lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS200/RS200M AGP Bridge [IGP 340M] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc PCI Bridge [IGP 340M]
00:03.0 Modem: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 02)
00:06.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
00:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
00:0a.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/7620 Combo CardBus, 1394a-2000 OHCI and SD/MS-Pro Controller
00:0c.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0c.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0c.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c4)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M
[root@localhost hector9]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"INFINITUM3493"
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:0135-7912-71
          Power Management:off

Any ideas as to what's up?

Have a great evening!  

[frazelle09]

i've just tried using the PCLinuxOS iso to boot from and set up wireless, but when i get as far as hitting the "Connect" button in PCC it freezes.

Have a great morning! 

[menotu]

Unless there is something specific in the .38.x kernel I think I'd just drop back to the working one.

[frazelle09]

Thanks, menotu, however i'm afraid that one (.33) wasn't working either.

Have a beautiful morning! 

[menotu]

Thanks, menotu, however i'm afraid that one (.33) wasn't working either.

Have a beautiful morning! 

Aaah!! 

[frazelle09]

menotu!  Please, don't leave me like this!  Help!  Surely you must have some words of wisdom which might allievieate my friend's suffering (actually he's not suffering too much cause i just lent him my Duo Core lappy).

Have a great evening! 

[frazelle09]

Here http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1481485 they say that the 2.6.38.8-32.fc15 kernel solves the problem.  However i can't see this kernel in Synaptic.

Should i go look for it elsewhere?

Is there any other solution to this challenge?

Have a great afternoon! 

[Texstar]

The kernel developer would have to download, extract the patch then apply the patch to the pclinuxos kernel then rebuild all the kernels. Right now that guy is really busy building 64 bit packages so it will be a while before he will be able to fix your problem.

[frazelle09]

Thanks for the reply, Texstar.  i'm going to try and go back to the .33 and see if it works.  i don't understand why it would just up and stop working...

Have a great evening! 

[frazelle09]

Well, here's today's update...  As before i started w/wireless switch On and when the boot process finally stopped i switched the wireless switch Off and the boot process proceeded as usual.

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[hector9@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf
install ide-controller /sbin/modprobe ide_generic; /bin/true
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd; /sbin/modprobe ohci_hcd; /bin/true


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[hector9@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.preload
# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY
# for old kernel use /etc/modules
fuse
raw1394
sbp2
ohci1394

nvram
tifm_7xx1
evdev


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[root@localhost hector9]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
DEVICE=wlan0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=35
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
USERCTL=yes
RESOLV_MODS=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=INFINITUM3493
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxx
WIRELESS_ENC_MODE=open
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
ACCOUNTING=yes
DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient
NEEDHOSTNAME=no
PEERDNS=yes
PEERYP=yes
PEERNTPD=no


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[root@localhost hector9]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist ssb

blacklist ssb

The above commands are from the sticky in this forum for problem-solving wireless issues...

Have a great afternoon!  

P.D.  Might as well add this one, too...

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[root@localhost hector9]# service -f network
Shutting down interface eth0:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down loopback interface:                               [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:                                 [  OK  ]
Configuring wireless regulatory domain                          [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:                                     [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface wlan0:  RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
Sorry, there is already an instance of ifplugd for wlan0 running.
                                                                [FAILED]


[frazelle09]

Today we continued working on our friend's lappy.  We saw a thread http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,92344.0.html and decided to try inputting the WEP Key in ASKII instead of HEX.  Upon clicking Connect the lappy froze - as is its custom.  Of course turning off Wireless using the switch on the front of the compu frees the program but then i cannot turn wireless back on again until i hard reboot.  This time i was using OpenBox w/kernel .32

  i ran the following but got a lot of output and the system froze... "cat /var/log/syslog".

P.D.  Tried rebooting into lappy's normal OS, set up Wireless, Connect, freeze, turn off wireless with switch, ran "cat /var/log/syslog" and got too much output to post here.  If anyone is interested i could send a .txt file to you.

P. P. D.  Let's see if this works --  these are the last several lines...

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st laptop-mode: Invoking module /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/terminal-blanking.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: CONTROL_TERMINAL is disabled, skipping...
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Invoking module /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/usb-autosuspend.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: USB autosuspend is disabled.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Invoking module /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/video-out.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: video-out module is disabled.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Invoking module /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/wireless-ipw-power.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Intel IPW Wireless power setting is disabled.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Invoking module /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/wireless-iwl-power.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Intel IWL Wireless power setting is disabled.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Module /usr/local/lib/laptop-mode-tools/modules/* is not executable.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Module /usr/local/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/* is not executable.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost laptop-mode: Module /etc/laptop-mode/modules/* is not executable.
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd: cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd: cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: US
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd:     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd:     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2700 mBm)
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd:     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 1700 mBm)
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd:     (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd:     (5490000 KHz - 5600000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd:     (5650000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
Jul  1 10:34:46 localhost klogd:     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 3000 mBm)
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: Using interface eth0/00:01:4A:09:36:6C with driver <8139too> (version: 0.9.28)
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost klogd: eth0: link down
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost klogd: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected.
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost klogd: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[2498]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[2498]: Using interface wlan0/00:0E:9B:6E:FC:C2 with driver <ath5k> (version: 2.6.33.7-pclos6)
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[2498]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
Jul  1 10:34:47 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[2498]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 498) and group 'avahi' (GID 498).
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: avahi-daemon 0.6.28 starting up.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Successfully called chroot().
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Loading service file /services/openssh.service.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Loading service file /services/sftp-ssh.service.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: System host name is set to 'localhost'. This is not a suitable mDNS host name, looking for alternatives.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Server startup complete. Host name is linux.local. Local service cookie is 3781502301.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Service "linux" (/services/sftp-ssh.service) successfully established.
Jul  1 10:34:52 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Service "Remote Access on linux" (/services/openssh.service) successfully established.
Jul  1 10:34:55 localhost snmpd[2741]: NET-SNMP version 5.5
Jul  1 10:34:57 localhost klogd: usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
Jul  1 10:35:22 localhost net_applet[2880]: ### Program is starting ###
Jul  1 10:38:41 localhost drakconf.real[3086]: ### Program is starting ###
Jul  1 10:38:49 localhost drakconf.real[3097]: ### Program is starting ###
Jul  1 10:38:57 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: ### Program is starting ###
Jul  1 10:39:31 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: running: /bin/rpm -q --qf %{name}  dhcp-client
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:23:51:1a:97:49
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:23:51:1a:97:49
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: changed mode of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:23:51:1a:97:49 to 700
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: written  interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/00:23:51:1a:97:49
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/LAGRANDOTA
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/LAGRANDOTA
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: changed mode of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/LAGRANDOTA to 700
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: written  interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/wireless.d/LAGRANDOTA
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: adding alias wlan0 to ath5k
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: adding alias pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv00001468sd00000406bc02sc00i00 to ath5k
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: changed mode of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 to 700
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: written wlan0 interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: writing host information to /etc/hosts
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: created file /etc/hosts
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: writing host information to /etc/hosts
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: created file /etc/hosts
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: set sethostname to localhost.localdomain
Jul  1 10:39:32 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: running: /usr/bin/run-parts --arg localhost.localdomain /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/hostname.d
Jul  1 10:39:33 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network
Jul  1 10:39:33 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/modprobe.conf
Jul  1 10:39:33 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: running: dmidecode
Jul  1 10:39:33 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: to put in /etc/modprobe.preload nvram, tifm_7xx1, evdev
Jul  1 10:39:33 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/modprobe.preload
Jul  1 10:39:38 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Jul  1 10:39:38 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: modified file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Jul  1 10:39:38 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: changed mode of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 to 700
Jul  1 10:39:38 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: written wlan0 interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Jul  1 10:39:38 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: running: /sbin/ifdown wlan0 daemon
Jul  1 10:39:38 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[2498]: Exiting.
Jul  1 10:39:38 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: running: /sbin/ifup wlan0 daemon
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: ath5k phy0: too many interrupts, giving up for now
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost last message repeated 9 times
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: net_ratelimit: 1526 callbacks suppressed
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: ath5k phy0: too many interrupts, giving up for now
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost last message repeated 9 times
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: net_ratelimit: 1527 callbacks suppressed
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: ath5k phy0: too many interrupts, giving up for now
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost last message repeated 9 times
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: net_ratelimit: 1525 callbacks suppressed
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: ath5k phy0: too many interrupts, giving up for now
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[3318]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: ath5k phy0: too many interrupts, giving up for
now
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost last message repeated 8 times
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost klogd: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[3318]: Using interface wlan0/00:0E:9B:6E:FC:C2 with driver <ath5k> (version: 2.6.33.7-pclos6)
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[3318]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
Jul  1 10:39:57 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[3318]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected.
Jul  1 10:40:01 localhost draknetcenter[3118]: ### Program is exiting ###
Jul  1 10:40:05 localhost drakconf.real[3097]: modified file /etc/mcc.conf
Jul  1 10:41:10 localhost klogd: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1
Jul  1 10:41:10 localhost klogd: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
Jul  1 10:41:11 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: Link beat detected.
Jul  1 10:41:11 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Registering new address record for fe80::201:4aff:fe09:366c on eth0.*.
Jul  1 10:41:12 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up'.
Jul  1 10:41:13 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jul  1 10:41:13 localhost klogd: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.254
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth0.IPv4 with address 192.168.1.72.
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: New relevant interface eth0.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost avahi-daemon[2714]: Registering new address record for 192.168.1.72 on eth0.IPv4.
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost NET[3610]: /sbin/dhclient-script : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.72 -- renewal in 39322 seconds.
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: client: Determining IP information for eth0... done.
Jul  1 10:41:14 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2452]: Program executed successfully.
Jul  1 10:41:20 localhost klogd: eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[root@localhost hector9]#
Have a great morning!  

[frazelle09]

Well, today is the day we got it fixed -- we are unsure how, but this is what we did...

We installed the two MADWifi packages from Synaptic that we found, rebooted.  Tried installing wifi through PCC using ndiswrapper and the athwi package that the program offered.  This, of course, didn't work.  In fact it worked so badly that the next time i rebooted and went to Network it wouldn't allow me to install using the already installed pci card, but instead only offered me Ndiswrapper and in fact i never got ndiswrapper fully setup bec. it alwasys said it was missing -- ndiswrapper!

Anyway, on one of the reboots i remembered to turn off wireless on the front of the computer and leave the lan connected.  This allowed me to boot into the desktop and then run PCC and to finally delete that adapter.  i also went into Synaptic and totally uninstalled the two MADWifi packages.  When i rebooted the next time and had wireless turned on, i was able to see that wireless was actually connected to one of my neighbor's wireless which doesn't require  any key!  So i unplugged the lan, just to make sure and sure enough, it stayed connected!

So, i decided to go the final mile and see if i could connect it to our router.  During the configuration it already had the password so i just closed that window and finally hit ... Connect.  Which it very obediently did.  Victory!

Thanks for all your help and suggestions.  i also got a lot of help and encouragement from LinuxQuestions.. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=4401595#post4401595

What went wrong originally, what really fixed this problem, i don't really know.  It remains a hidden mystery.

Have a great afternoon!  

[JNibski]

PCC says this is a Atheros AR5001x+ Wireless network adapter using the ath5k Module.

FOR you: have you enabled the ndiswrapper-net5211 app via SYNAPTIC?

.......I did a LIVE CD of LXDE 2011.06 - {kernel---.38.8} like you on a ACER aspire, with built in atheros chip.

Could'nt/would'nt connect  --- I finagled with settings...connected 1ce, and dropped...(6 feet from router.)

Works purrfect with 2010.12 on the HD, and also live cd of that version...with the earlier kernel : stated here: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,93351.15.html

I tried to compare the differences with iwconfig....but had time and distance constraints...did'nt look in synaptic to see what was/was'nt loaded.

The Client is satisfied with 2010.12 for now - but I would sure like to know exactly what CHANGED with the new kernel.

The laptop screen was replaced with an exact replacement, but i "feel" thats not the problem... I'm still going to find out more - when I can.

JN.

[frazelle09]

FOR you: have you enabled the ndiswrapper-net5211 app via SYNAPTIC?

If i remember correctly this is one of the drivers that Synaptic pulled in.  i was just looking for the ath5k or whatever it is in nDiswrapper.  i also have a friend and i just visited him and he now has problems keeping WiFi connected.  My other Sony Vaio laptop now has problems - but i updated it yesterday so we'll see if it's stable again.  Today i go back to friend's house and will update his lappy.

Who know what happened -- another one of those sunspots?  WiFi effects of global warming?

Have a great day!  

[Texstar]

Thanks for the reply, Texstar.  i'm going to try and go back to the .33 and see if it works.  i don't understand why it would just up and stop working...

Have a great evening! 

Try 2.6.38.8-2pclos kernel when you see it on synaptic, maybe it will help you.