[driverloader] Wireless occasionally not coming up on SuSE9.2

[Verner Kjærsgaard]

Hi list,
- every now and then when booting my 2100G wireless equipped IBM R50 with 
SuSE9.2, I get...

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IBM:/home/vk # rcnetwork restart
Shutting down network interfaces:
    eth0      device: Intel Corp. 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) 
(rev 03)
    eth0      No configuration found for eth0
              Nevertheless the interface will be shut down.
    eth0      configuration:                                          done
    wlan0                                                             done
Shutting down service network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  done
Hint: you may set mandatory devices in /etc/sysconfig/network/config
Setting up network interfaces:
    lo
    lo        IP address: 127.0.0.1/8                                 done
    eth0      device: Intel Corp. 82540EP Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Mobile) 
(rev 03)
    eth0      No configuration found for eth0                         unused
    wlan0
ERROR: command 'iwconfig wlan0 key off' returned
       Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
ERROR: command 'iwconfig wlan0 key open 20B41AF4F3' returned
       Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
       SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
    wlan0     (DHCP) . . . . . no IP address yet... backgrounding.    waiting
Setting up service network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  done
IBM:/home/vk # /ifconfig
bash: /ifconfig: Ingen sådan fil eller filkatalog
IBM:/home/vk # ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:456 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:456 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:34528 (33.7 Kb)  TX bytes:34528 (33.7 Kb)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:F1:0C:6B:67
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:f1ff:fe0c:6b67/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:44 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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Now, if I re-boot my machine, it will be ok. Any hints??


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