On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 05:06:12PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 08:57:10AM -0800, jack craig wrote: > >> On 03/11/2010 07:24 AM, fred smith wrote: > >>> Trying out F13 alpha on my eeepc 901. > >>> > >>> In previous versions, we had to go to a 3rd-party repo to get drivers for > >>> the RTA2860STA wireless chipset. But F13 seems to have at least some > >>> support built in, i.e., network manager detects the wireless hotspots > >>> nearby and offers them up for connection. > >>> > >>> however it won't actually connect. it noodles around for quite a while > >>> then reports failure. > >>> > >>> I've tried it with several different hotspots, including my own at home > >>> (to which f12 connects just fine on the same hardware) as well as two at > >>> work (all are WPA or WPA2), as well as a totally open, un-encrypted > >>> router at work, and it won't connect to any of them. > >>> > >>> Is thre some other package I need (beyond what is on the live cd)? Or is > >>> this fodder for Bugzilla? > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> > >> having issues with my eeepc 1000 and its rt2860, i replaced it with a > >> Intel wireless card and it > >> works fine on fc12 for me. > >> > >> just fyi, jackc.. > > > > well, as I said above, the rt2860 works fine in f12 too. > > > > I booted the f13 alpha on some j-random laptop around the office (an old HP > > of some sort) and wireless didn't work there either, in exactly the same way > > as on my eeepc. I did a lsmod and saw some ipw2200 things there which I > > think are the wireless driver modules, so it's not working at least on those > > two different types of devices, with the same symptoms in both places. > > > If you have ipw2200 modules either you or the OS is really confused about the > hardware! How about attaching a dmesg to your next post and let's see why that is. Bill, I was speaking of two different laptops. my eeepc has the rt2860, the ipw2200 is a different machine, an old HP laptop. My point was that I h ad the same symptoms on both machines, so I was questioning whether there's something more busted in F13 wireless than merely the rt2860 not working. I can get the info you suggested, but not right at this moment. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) ----------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines