On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 17:07 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 10:15 -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 10:10:45AM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > >>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 01:50:12PM +0530, Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote: > >>> > >>>> phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware. > >>>> phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware. > >>>> phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware. > >>>> phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware. > >>> Hmmm...I wonder what it is telling us? :-) > >>> > >>> yum install rt61pci-firmware > >>> modprobe -r rt61 ; modprobe rt61 > >> Of course, the second line should be: > >> > >> modprobe -r rt61pci ; modprobe rt61pci > >> > >> Don't forget to execute the "yum install" line first! > >> > >> John > >> -- > >> John W. Linville > >> linville@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. But it didn't work. > > > > I did install rt61pci-firmware using yum. > > modprobe -r rt61pci ; modprobe rt61pci doesn't appear to anything. > > > > When I try to activate the wifi adapter I get this message: > > With what command? > > > > Determining IP information for wlan0...dhclient(18140) is already > > running - exiting. > So stop it. > ifdown ... > ifup ... > > > > This version of ISC DHCP is based on the release available > > on ftp.isc.org. Features have been added and other changes > > have been made to the base software release in order to make > > it work better with this distribution. > > Please report for this software via the Red Hat Bugzilla site: > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com > > exiting. > > failed. > > > > Any hints to solve the problem would be highly appreciated. > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > 1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Z1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Please do not reply off-list > I got it working with the help of Fedora IRCers. NetworkManager detected the wifi connection and I set it up. I couldn't get it to work with WEP enabled. I'm using WPA. I will post the information on how to set-up that D-Link adapter with the wifi router I'm using once I get some insight. Thanks for all the help. -- With Warm Regards, Sudheer Satyanarayana Webmaster IT Professional's Forum # 7, 7th Main, IInd stage Indira nagar, Bangalore - 560 038, Karnataka, India Ph: +91 80 41636418, /19 Mobile: +91 99005 07499 E-mail: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.itpfindia.org
