2008/3/15 Jim <mickeyboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > FC 8-i386 Laptop > Can't get Fedora to connect wireless with a RTL8187L. > The RTL8187 driver is loading as a module. > Below is the /var/log/messages on connecting. > > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> User request for activation of wlan0. > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activating device wlan0 > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled... > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started... > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled... Wow, we just had a nice dust-up on this. I believe NetworkManger will work if you get out of its way. I was a big complainer on this, but now I'm persuaded. Probably you need to turn off wpa_supplicant and network services, and so only NetworkManager is running. There are command line tools chkconfig for that, or the program system-config-services can do it. Then in the session, run the "nm-applet" program, you get there from a pull down menu if you want, look under Internet-> network control. -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas
