John W. Linville wrote:
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:02:48PM -0400, Jim wrote:
FC 8-i386 Laptop
Can't get Fedora to connect wireless with a RTL8187L.
The RTL8187 driver is loading as a module.
Below is the /var/log/messages on connecting.
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> User request for activation of wlan0.
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activating device wlan0
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto linksys' requires no security. No secrets needed.
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'ssid' value 'linksys'
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 0
Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (wlan0) Supplicant interface state change: 0 -> 2
Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation.
Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (linksys)
Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Marking connection 'Auto linksys' invalid.
Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (wlan0) failed.
Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Deactivating device wlan0.
Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <WARN> remove_network_cb(): Couldn't remove network from supplicant interface: The requested network does not exist..
I'm not familiar with this last message. I don't know if it indicates
a wpa_supplicant problem or a kernel problem.
Perhaps you should open a bugzilla entry?
http://bugzilla.redhat.com
Thanks,
John
Did you update to the new kernel-2.6.24.-34, I have the same wireless
card and the new kernel fixed it.
