On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 07:24 +0100, Francois wrote: > On mardi 8 janvier 2008, Chris Snell wrote: > > > Is there a way to install F8 on it? Thanks. Francois > > > > Install in text mode, then use the nvidia packages from the livna repo. > > > > More specific help here: > > http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Fedora_8_on_a_ThinkPad_T61p > > OK, I did what I found on the wiki, except the part about Mouse, as I do not > have a pb with it. > Now everything works like a charm, except one very important thing : > wifi ;-( > Now when I boot, I have a message like that : "error for wireless > request "set mode (8B06)". Set failed on device wlan0. invalid argument. > > I have that message since I've updated the packages. When I just installed > F8 from the DVD, I didn't get that warning, but the wifi didn't work > though. > The little led that shows that wifi is activated is off. > Thank you for your help. Francois What kind of wireless card? Silly thing to check: Is the switch on the front lip of the case set to "on"? > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
