Yes I can confirm that reverting to the previous kernel does cause my
networking to again work properly (kernel version 2.6.32-504.30.3).  I've
also found that my companion Dell 630 upon which I'm running 64bit (my
problem child is running the 32 bit i686 version) SL6 does connect to the
network (same network) reliably after update to 2.6.32-573 so now I'm
really unsure what to indict.  While reverting solved my immediate issue,
I suspect that we've got something in the i686 distro packaging that isn't
playing well with NetworkManager/wpa_supplicant.

-Wayne

>> I was happily running my SL6 Dell Latitude D630 system when I made the
>> apparently fatal mistake of updating my kernel to 2.6.32-573 and now
>> NetworkManager no longer connects to my wireless network.
>
> As a workaround, can you boot into your previous kernel? Generally,
> when you install a new kernel, the previous couple of kernels are
> still there and bootable from the grub menu.
>
> That will help determine if it was, in fact, the kernel, or if
> something else has changed. If it works, you can then load additional
> tools.
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