On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:02:48PM -0400, Jim wrote: > 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... > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete. > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting... > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto linksys' requires no security. No secrets needed. > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'linksys' > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE' > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete. > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 0 > Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) Supplicant interface state change: 0 -> 2 > Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation. > Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (linksys) > Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'Auto linksys' invalid. > Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed. > Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0. > Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <WARN> remove_network_cb(): Couldn't remove network from supplicant interface: The requested network does not exist.. I'm not familiar with this last message. I don't know if it indicates a wpa_supplicant problem or a kernel problem. Perhaps you should open a bugzilla entry? http://bugzilla.redhat.com Thanks, John -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxx
