Weird WLAN problem after stupid upgrade attempt

[Tom Seago]

I've updated to the Q2D08 firmware now.

Whereas the '07 firmware seemed to run the test /wlan ok, but the wlan  
card wasn't visible to the regular OS, now when I run the same command  
on the '08 firmware I get

ok test /wlan
Device /wlan not found.
ok

So what's the verdict. Do folks think I should RMA this thing?  It  
seems like it got busted merely via software - which one would  
normally not expect to be possible.

										(-: Tom ;-)


On Jan 6, 2008, at 12:56 AM, Tom Seago wrote:

> Hi Mitch.  I got my developer key and ran "test /wlan" at the ofw  
> prompt.  That seemed to work!  At least, it scrolled a fairly large  
> amount of info up the screen which appeared to be the stats of  
> various visible wifi networks.  However, all my problems where the  
> OS can't see the card remain.
>
> It makes me happy that this appears to be software not hardware. It  
> still confuses me how I managed to get into this bizarre situation  
> though.  Is there a way to do any more complete of a device wipe  
> beyond the normal reflashing procedure using the signed build from a  
> usb stick?
>
> I appreciate your help. I hope we can figure out what's up with this  
> thing.
>
> 										(-: Tom ;-)
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Mitch Bradley wrote:
>
>> Tom Seago wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Another thing I have done is run the POST diagnostics by holding  
>>> the  left rocker button during boot.  I did this on both machines  
>>> at the  same time to diff the results.  Both say that usb port 0  
>>> is in use -  good.  But the working machine did scroll some wlan  
>>> diagnostic  information up the screen at the end of the the video  
>>> tests that the  broken machine did not do.  The broken machine did  
>>> not report an error  - but it clearly did not run the same wlan  
>>> test.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Chris Ball wrote:
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> Once you have your developer key, please run:
>>>
>>> ok  test /wlan
>>>
>>> If that fails too, it should be clear that we need to RMA and  
>>> replace
>>> your laptop.  Thanks!
>>
>> The POST diags that Tom ran include the "test /wlan" step.  That  
>> diagnostic info that scrolled by is a dump of the access point scan  
>> info.  It happens just before the touchpad test.
>>
>> My recommendations:
>>
>> a) Remove all power - AC and battery - for a few seconds to reset  
>> the wireless really well, then reboot and try the POST diags again.
>>
>> b) If that doesn't fix it, email me when you get your developer key  
>> and I'll work with you on IRC to see if we can learn more about the  
>> failure details.
>>
>> Mitch Bradley
>>
>>
>