--- Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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"? It isn't silly, it's bitten me once and now i always check there first when someone says "my wireless isn't working?" , especially if they say it was working the day before. The BIOS is another place to check, sometimes the ethernet\wireless can be turned on or off there... -Max ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
