On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Phong Nguyen wrote:

> Does lsmod show the module being loaded and/or do your kernel logs/dmesg =
> show the hardware device being recognized?=20

lspci can show if the hardware is recognized.

>
> On 16 Nov 2011, at 1402, Yasha Karant wrote:
>
>> I have just attempted to migrate my laptop to SL 6.1 from EL 5.7, but =
> IA-32 (not X86-64) .  Under 5.7, all of the hardware works, and the =
> migration was an attempt to (1) keep consistency amongst the =
> environments/machines I support and (2) to get more recent libraries =
> than 5.7 provides to enable applications that require these more recent =
> libraries, applications that are licensed for fee (in some cases) and =
> that do not provide source.

How did you do the "migrate"?

>> =20
>> Under 6.1, the machine boots, but the Intel 5300 802.11 WNIC is not =
> being recognized.  Initially, during the boot sequence, there was a =
> complaint about the firmware version.   I manually installed (rpm -Uhv =
> from a copy on a USB flash drive that I copied to the internal hard =
> drive of the machine)
>> iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-1.el6_1.1.noarch.rpm
>> that stopped the firmware complaints (previously, v2, now v5) but the =
> WNIC still is not recognized (wlan0 not found and thus not being =
> activated).
>> =20
>> I manually installed the rpm, not yum install, because I would have =
> needed to get the network activated for yum, and this would have =
> required running a UTP 802.3 cable to a 802.3 UTP port -- not physically =
> convenient.
>> =20
>> Is this a kernel driver issue?  Does one need to use a later kernel =
> (e.g., as provided by elrepo)?  If so, without using yum but using a =
> manual rpm, which rpm kernel and/or system firmware files do I need to =
> install to get a bootable system?
>> =20
>> Any suggestions?
>> =20
>> Yasha Karant
>

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