Wireless: Compat

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The network icon spins. For one sickening second, nothing. Then—a chime. The list of networks populates. Her home SSID. She clicks. Connected. Speed: 54 Mbps. Solid. compat wireless

The update pulled in a new kernel, and now her Intel 6205 card, once as reliable as gravity, flickers on and off like a faulty streetlamp. dmesg spits out a flood of firmware errors. The network manager shows networks, but connecting is a joke. “Authentication timed out,” it says, again and again. Test upcoming drivers without switching to a development