> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Zullinger > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 6:30 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Why does not a WiFi card work in Fedora,when it > works in Debian. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tomas Larsson wrote: > >>> Been struggling to get a rt61 card to work in FC4. > So-far with no > >>> success, not with the various rt61 drivers, nor ndiswrapper. But > >>> the rt61 chipset is reported to work in debian, why not in Fedora? > >> > >> It may be that the module worked in an older Fedora kernel, but as > >> Fedora keeps moving to keep up with the upstream kernel, sometimes > >> things outside the kernel break. If Debian ran the same version > >> kernel, it'd likely have the same problem. > >> > >> (Not just Debian either, the same applies to just about > any distro). > >> > >> Dave > >> > > > > Ok, question is the, should I drop FC and go for another > distro (said > > to be working) or should I get another card with hopefully another > > chipset and start all over again? > > That's a fairly subjective question. Is wireless the only > thing you are about? Have you tried some other distros to > see if they have other things that don't work but which work > in Fedora? I doubt any distribution is perfect for anyone, > except a distribution you build for yourself. > > I have a system I built for a friend which includes a Linksys > WMP54G card (using an RaLink RT2500 chipset). This isn't > supported by the stock Fedora kernels, nor by the vanilla > kernel, but it works out of the box using Ubuntu. I could > have just gone with Ubuntu on the system but then I'd have > had to deal with other things that either didn't work or > worked differently than how I was used to. So my choice was > to stick with Fedora on this system but to build the rt2500 > driver (I setup a system init script to rebuild the driver on > each reboot if it isn't available, so on any reboot with a > new kernel it will hopefully get built and installed > automatically at the cost of about 30 seconds added to the > bootup of a new kernel). > > The advantage is that I have a system which I know very well > but which also supports the one piece of hardware which is > installed that Fedora doesn't support out of the box. If I > went with Ubuntu, I'd still be learning about the subtle > differences between it and Fedora and I'd have to keep up on > them anytime my friend had a question. > > Your choice might be different. Only you can answer that effectively. I do agree with you, I "really" don't want to change distro, since I'm getting familiar with Fedora, but, I need that b..dy card up and running. It seemms to me that quite a few cards are using RT61 now. So getting a new card might turn out with the same problems. The biggest problem, I think, is that I don't know wether it is the driver, wext or wpa_suplicant that causes the problem. With ndis and windows-driver I cant set ssid nor anything else, wpa_supplicant nor wext don't seem to Do anything. With the rt2x00 driver wpa_supplicant seems not to be able to set the PSK, hence I can't accossiate. The original driver at RaLinkl site crashes the kernel so hard so I have to pull the batteries and the plug, in order to restart. Tried to ask questions on both wpa_supplicant and ndis mailing lists, but there is no response. Any suggestions
