Avetisyan, Aram wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I followed the instructions for updating to SL 5.3 (from SL 5.1 + latest yum updates) on scientificlinux.org. It did not give any errors during the update, but I think something went very wrong because now I have a rather long list of problems such as:
> 
> 1) During every boot, I get this message:
> 
> Bringing up interface wmaster0
> Determining IP information for wmaster0... SIOCSIFFLAGS Operation not supported
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported
> 
> The machine is frozen for about 2 minutes while it thinks about these SIOCSIFFLAGS after which it resumes booting.
> 
> 2) The option to connect to wireless networks through Network Manager is grayed out. I have an Intel 4965AGN wireless card which worked perfectly fine before I tried updating, but now it doesn't seem to see the networks anymore -- the settings include a list of all of the connections with correct names and passwords, but the system acts as if there is no network in range.
> 

1 and 2 are related.
First do a
   yum install iwl\*
This should get all the intel firmware we have, which was updated in the 
5.3 release.
If that still doesn't help please send me what you have in 
/etc/modprobe.conf

This whole NetworkManager update is just driving me nuts.  But I thought 
if you did an update from 5.2, 5.1, or 5.0 then it worked.

> 3) Going to certain websites with Firefox (e.g. Skype, where I went to redownload the program because there's no sound in the version I have installed anymore) causes a hard crash -- the system either reboots or freezes to the point where the only thing I can do is push the power button. There are no error messages.
> 

Can you give us a specific example?  I know it's hard when it crashes 
when you get there, but if it's possible, it narrows things down when we 
have exact url's.

> Is there a way to do a clean installation of SL 5.3 other than just formatting the partition and starting from scratch? If I reformat, do I need both DVD images or just one (the readme speaks of one image, but there are two available for download)?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- Aram

Troy
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