On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:52:42 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:39:29 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> >>> Well nm-tool is accurate. You have it all set up but it isn't working. >>> Check /etc/modprobe.conf and remove anything you put in it. I think you >>> put a wlan0 in there. >>> >>> Karl >>> >> >> [root@mbrc35 ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf >> alias eth0 e100 >> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix >> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel >> options snd-card-0 index=0 >> options snd-hda-intel index=0 >> alias wlan0 3c501 >> >> I did not add the last line, but I changed eth1 to wlan0. >> In any case, I commented it out and rebooted. When I tried >> to activate, I still got: >> >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : >> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy. >> Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : >> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported. >> >> Determining IP information for wlan0... failed. >> >> I am thinking of reinstalling FC7. I may have messed up >> something in fiddling around. In any case, I have to stop >> working on this now. I'll get back to it later this evening >> or tomorrow. >> >> Mike. >> >> >> > Well I'm sure the change you made to modeprobe.conf is why your laptop > does not work. Just take out the whole last line and let NetworkManager > put in what it needs. > > Karl I did what you suggested, and it made no difference. Also, nothing was added to modeprobe.conf . Mike.