> On Monday 10 April 2006 14:14, Roger Grosswiler wrote: >> >> Gary, >> >> Why not using system-config-network for the configuration? It is easier. >> Perhaps, your device got lost, with system-config-network you can >> (re-)add >> it again. >> >> Roger > > > Hi Roger > > This is an interesting one, and a problem I'd forgotten about. > > As soon as I run system-config-network my pc plays up. My USB keyboard > and > mouse stop working as does my LAN interface eth0. > > system-config-network does see wlan0 and looks like it will configure it > okay, > but once I click on 'activate' (using the on-board touchpad) it says the > device does not exist. > > I have to reboot to get everything working again. > > I also seem to remember that when I first set up the card I used > system-config-network, and set it to start at bootup, but it failed > because > the modules were not loaded by then. > -- > Gary Stainburn > Funny system you owe :-) If you cannot activate it with the mouse, try in the shell ifup wlan0. The cause, why it doesn't exist i can follow. The 1st time i install a new Fedora-system, i don't get wlan0 in, except if i add it manually in /etc/modprobe.conf . Add another alias there for wlan0 as a ndiswrapper-device, then it will recognize it at your next bootup. HTH Roger
