From the 10.2 ChangeLog.txt: a/udev-064-i486-2.tgz: Commented out the new lines in udev.rules. It seems like these aren't really needed now that the symlink in /etc/hotplug.d/default/ was restored, and having them there causes a race race condition that can cause things like wireless adaptors that need to load firmware to fail to initialize. Solution (thanks to _Hitek_ hitekeuh at yahoo dot fr) 1) Backup your udev.rules: cp /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules.orig 2) Open /etc/udev/rules.d/udev.rules with a text editor and uncomment by removing the # at the beginning of each line: #ENV{UDEVD_EVENT}=="1", RUN+="/sbin/udev_run_hotplugd" #RUN+="/sbin/udev_run_devd" 3) REBOOT. Don't try to simply restart udev, or it will lead you to some problems.