On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Cecilia Lunardini wrote:
Hi,
ok, I started to follow the clemson guide
(http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml)
step by step, until I had to stop because I was
getting errors.
I attach a log of what I have done. Steps that do not
appear in the log looked successful so I haven't
copied them down.
My understanding is that I have a problem with the
mirrorlist (not sure what it is) and with gcc.
In the log you also see that I have tried to unistall
the version 1.1.11 of ieee80211, and I get an error
there too, perhaps because the installation of it was
unsuccessful in the first place (I tried it as an
experiment some time ago). So, probably I can forget
about ieee80211-1.1.11 altogether.
I did not continue after the failed installation of
ieee80211-1.2.15, but I rebooted and checked if the
wireless card was detected. It wasn't.
Any ideas? Thank you so much for helping!
Cecilia-
I see you didn't heed my part of the advice below. You now have a choice
of going forward or back.
Going forward entails installing the gcc compiler kernel-devel RPM and
completing the build and installation of the modules. You could also
(maybe more easily) get the RPMs from ATRPMS as listed in another message.
Going back entails getting a copy of your kernel RPM and installing it
with the command
rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --oldpackage kernel-2.6.18-1.xxxx.fc6-i686.rpm
where xxxx comes from the kernel you are running. (Run "uname -r" to see
what goes there.)
Or if you haven't run updates, you can ignore the broken old kernel and
just do
yum update kernel
(assuming you have a wired Internet connection). That will install
kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. When you reboot, you'll have the modules.
Did you get the firmware installed? If so, when you install the new or
replacement kernel, everything should work. Check that the device is
detected with
dmesg | grep ipw
You should see messages like
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.4kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
Then check the configuration as I described in another message with System
-> Administration -> Network.
Good luck.
Cecilia
--- Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Erik Hemdal wrote:
On 23/11/06, Cecilia Lunardini
<cecilialunardini@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, my question is: is there a step by step,
guide on
how to set up the wireless? It has to be very
detailed, because I am an absolute beginner and
even
the most obvious aspects of Linux are not
obvious to
me.
Cecilia,
Try this guide (for Fedora Core 6) and see if you
can follow it
through (I think the only missing element from a
Fedora installation
to get Centrino wireless working is the Intel
firmware that needs to
be downloaded):
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml
Nick
The Clemson instructions are very good and step by
step. Take a few minutes
to read over all of it to get an idea of what
you're in for, because it's
very detailed. There are several steps you need
to do before you can simply
check for the detection of the card.
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/detail_desc.aspx?Product
ID=1847&DwnldID=11780&agr=Y
Also provides updated source for a driver and the
latest Intel firmware. I
found both of these links to be useful when trying
to get an Intel card to
work.
It can indeed be done, although it is not trivial
to do.
But the updated drivers should not be needed for
normal use by beginners.
Getting the firmware *is* necessary, but it *is*
pretty trivial--just grab
the Livna RPMs and install them.
We should not go out of our way to intimidate
newbies unnecessarily. It's
bad enough that it is still sometimes necessary.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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