Adel ESSAFI wrote: > dear all > I have installed the driver for intel ipw2200bg > [root@laptotAdel ~]# rpm -qa | grep ipw > ipw2200-firmware-3.0-8.at > ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4-1.1.2-42.rhfc4.at > > > When I try to active the device, the system tells me that the ipw2200 > driver is not installed and it will not activate the device? > can you help plz > One thing you can try is to run, as root, "depmod -a", and then try again. The post install script for the ipw2200-kmdl RPM should run it, but it is possible that it does not. It is also run at boot time, witch is why a reboot also tends to fix this kind of problem, even though a reboot is not necessary. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!