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dmlawrence

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Registered: 2008-10-01

Posts: 21

[SOLVED] Another macbook wireless problem

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable

This interface had been working fine. Nothing changed, but it suddenly started giving this error.

Help!

-David

UPDATE:  This was a driver issue, I had to switch from ath5k to ath_pci.

Last edited by dmlawrence (2008-12-20 13:39:25)

nick.stumpos

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From: lansing,Mi

Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Another macbook wireless problem

is plug and play set to off in your bios

dmlawrence

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Registered: 2008-10-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Another macbook wireless problem

I'm using a MacBook, so there is no BIOS.  (The EFI emulates one, but there are no user-accessible settings as far as I know.)

nick.stumpos

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From: lansing,Mi

Registered: 2008-12-11

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Another macbook wireless problem

sorry than only time ive seen that error is an IRQ error from the plug in play it was an annoying problem a couple of years ago. dont know about the macbook though. sorry

Last edited by nick.stumpos (2008-12-19 07:32:01)

dmlawrence

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Registered: 2008-10-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Another macbook wireless problem

I've had some additional odd symptoms... I rebooted the system, and the wifi started working again.  After a few minutes, this error returned.

UPDATE: I've switched to ath_pci from ath5k, and these problems have disappeared, at least so far...

Last edited by dmlawrence (2008-12-19 18:34:33)