Matthew:
still no success.
I followed all your steps in the right order.
After I rebooted, the Devices tab was empty and the
Hardware tab had one item, but not of type wireless.
When I did
rpm -qV kernel ,
nothing happened, and this puzzles me a bit. I did not
verify the kernel files and the stock drivers as you
recommended in step 1, because I did not know how to
do it.
As usual, below is the log of what I have done
(perhaps not very informative, but better than
nothing).
Thanks for helping so patiently,
Cecilia
----------------
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qV kernel
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-network
[root@localhost ~]# emacs /etc/modprobe.conf &
[1] 3413
[root@localhost ~]#
modprobe.conf before:
alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0
>/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r
--ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
alias eth2 e100
alias eth4 3c501
modprobe.conf after:
alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-hda-intel index=0
remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0
>/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r
--ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep ipw*
[root@localhost ~]#
----------------------
From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs ces clemson edu>
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list redhat com>
Subject: Re: New to Fedora, struggling with wireless
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:32:37 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Cecilia Lunardini wrote:
Hi,
yes, I did reboot at that point.
Cecilia
Cecilia-
Try the following steps now:
(1) rpm -qV kernel
(Verify that all kernel files are correct, in
particular that you have the stock drivers now.)
(2) system-config-network
(2a) Delete all deivces from the Devices tab and all
hardware entries from the Hardware tab. Save the
changes.
(3) Remove any references to eth0, eth1, etc. from
/etc/modprobe.conf.
(4) Reboot.
This should let your system reconfigure all your
network devices. If you have the firmware installed,
then the ipw2200 device should be detected.
(5) system-config-network
(5a) Check the Hardware tab and see if the device was
found.
(5b) Check the Devices tab and see if you have an
interface to the device and if its type is Wireless.
If so, edit the device and make sure that "Bind to MAC
address" is checked. Click "Probe".
(5c) Save your changes.
If you don't have the hardware entry or there is a
device but it is not of type wireless, report back.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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