On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Aram Avetisyan
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, did you happen to upgrade to SLC 5.5 from a previous
> version of SLC 5? I ask because I had this same exact wireless card and a
> similar problem with SIOCSIFFLAGS when I updated my old laptop from 5.1 to
> 5.3 a couple of years ago (the thread is here:
> http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0904&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=9191
> ). You can get rid of the SIOCSIFFLAGS problem by following the instructions
> in that thread, but no matter what I did, the wireless simply refused to
> work. The way I finally solved that problem was by reformatting the machine
> and installing a "clean" version of SL 5.3.

In that thread, Phil Perry suggested updating the firmware. The
SIOCSIFFLAGS error often indicates a wrong firmware. So I, too, think
that is the first thing to try.

Akemi