On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 22:48 +0100, Paul Ward wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently using a compaq nx7010 laptop with FC5. I seem to be > having trouble with the wirless configuration. > I have a ipw2200 card built in, I have used livna to install the > latest drivers but can not get fedora to use it can someone please > help. > > ipw2200-firmware-3.0-1.lvn5 > kernel2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 > > ifcfg-eth1 > # Intel Corp.|PRO/Wireless LAN 2200 3B Mini PCI Adapter > DEVICE=eth1 > ONBOOT=yes > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > MODE=Managed > ESSID=HOME-NET > > #lspci |grep ipw > I get nothing back > #rmmod ipw2100 > again nothing back > #modprobe ipw2200 > nothing > #cat /var/log/dmesg |grep ipw > ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2 > ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation > ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection > ipw2100: eth0: Firmware 'ipw2100-1.3.fw' not available or load > failed. > ipw2100: eth0: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2 > ipw2100: eth0: Failed to power on the adapter. > ipw2100: eth0: Failed to start the firmware. > ipw2100Error calling register_netdev. > ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5 > > #ifup eth1 > ipw2100 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying > initialization. > > I have tried to rpm -qa | grep ipw > but only the ipw2200 driver shows up > > How do I remove ipw2100 and configure it to use the ipw2200 driver? (I > think I installed this once a long time ago.) > As it looks like this is the cause. > > Paul I would switch from netwrok to using NetworkManager, and NetworkManageDispacher. And now there is even a faq below to explain its use. http://live.gnome.org/DarrenAlbers/NetworkManagerFAQ I am also a little mystified why you are getting ipw2100 error messages if your card is a an ipw2200. You seem not to have an ipw2200 module on your system. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
