[Gutsy 7.10] 2.6.22-15.54 Kernel Updates

[Nils Kassube]

NoOp wrote:
> Machine reboots to 2.6.22-15.54 (generic) and I notice that the Dynex
> PCMCIA wireless adapter isn't lighting up... at all. Check the
> System|Administration|Restricted... and find that the Broadcom 3rd
> party driver is no longer activated. Click the little box to activate
> and what pops up... click to load from a local file, or from the 3rd
> party url at www.whatever. Well, I've no clue where the local file
> might be on this machine so I click to load from www.whatever, only to
> realise that in order to do this I need a working network connection.
> So I end up taking the laptop to a wire, downloading the driver again
> via wired, and then reboot... all is well again. However, had I not
> been able to connect via a wire, I would have been dead in the water
> following the update reboot.

If you had no wire, you could have booted with the previous kernel. It is 
still there until you intentionally remove it.


Nils