Compusa 54MB Wireless G PC Card for Fedora4

[Min Chen]

Thanks for the more helpful info.  How to update FC4 when the laptop can't
connect to internet?  I installed Fedora4 via a DVD in a book.

Thanks,
Min

On 12/1/05, David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >
> > On 11/28/05, *David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)* < dave at davenjudy.org
> > <mailto:dave at davenjudy.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     mcfreemind at gmail.com <mailto:mcfreemind at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >     > On 11/27/05, *David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)* <
> >     dave at davenjudy.org <mailto:dave at davenjudy.org>
> >     > <mailto: dave at davenjudy.org <mailto:dave at davenjudy.org>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     mcfreemind at gmail.com <mailto:mcfreemind at gmail.com> <mailto:
> >     mcfreemind at gmail.com <mailto:mcfreemind at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     > On 11/27/05, *Rey Cruz* < crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net
> >     <mailto:crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net>
> >     >     <mailto: crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net
> >     <mailto:crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net>>
> >     >     > <mailto: crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net
> >     <mailto:crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net>
> >     >     <mailto:crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net
> >     <mailto:crxtasy_13 at sbcglobal.net>>>> wrote:
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 19:04 -0800, Min Chen wrote:
> >     >     >     > Dave,
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Thanks for the info!   I did "lspci -v" as root but
> got
> >     >     >     "-bash:lspci:
> >     >     >     > command not found".
> >     >     >     > I have Kernel 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 on an i686.
> >     >     >     >
> >     >     >     > Thanks,
> >     >     >     > Min
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     It looks like you just did su instead of su - (gives
> full
> >     >     path). I
> >     >     >     think you can just do  /sbin/lspci -v as a regular user
> >     >     instead of
> >     >     >     changing to root.
> >     >     >
> >     >     >     Rey Cruz
> >     >     >
> >     >     >
> >     >     >    Thanks, Rey.
> >     >     >    /sbin/lspci works but I couldn't find any subsystem for
> >     >     "wireless
> >     >     > adaptor".
> >     >     >
> >     >     >    -Min
> >     >
> >     >     With the card inserted you can also try:
> >     >
> >     >     sudo cardctl ident
> >     >
> >     >     or su to root (su -) and try the same command.  I had a
> similar
> >     >     problem
> >     >     with earlier FC4 kernels (no PCMCIA support for my chipset)
> >     so be
> >     >     sure
> >     >     you are running the most recent kernel.  If FC4 still
> >     doesn't identify
> >     >     the card, it's possible that your PCMCIA controller isn't
> >     supported.
> >     >     The card may not be either but "cardctl ident" should tell you
> >     >     something
> >     >
> >     >     Dave
> >     >
> >     >     I got "Socket 0: no product info available" so FC4 doesn't
> >     > identify the card.
> >     >     Which kernel version did you use?
> >     >
> >     >     -Min
> >     >
> >
> >
> >     # uname -a
> >     Linux fubar.local.davenjudy.org <http://fubar.local.davenjudy.org>
> >     2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 #1 Wed Nov 9 19:01:56
> >     EST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> >     You should be able to get the latest kernel by just doing "yum
> update"
> >     as long as you have another way to get on-line with the system
> (wire,
> >     built-in wireless and ndiswrapper).  If not, you may want to look
> >     into
> >     pulling down the iso images for one of the unofficial FC4 updates
> that
> >     are available.
> >
> >     Dave
> >
> >     I can't access the internet from this laptop yet.  I can't sudo
> >     either after tried wrong root password three times.  However, I
> >     can enter Netwrok Config (Desktop>System Settings>Network) by the
> >     same root password. Is there any way to fix it or do I have to
> >     reinstall Fedora?
> >
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >     Min
> >
> >
> >
> > !DSPAM:438f88a477341479244582!
>
>
> Several things...  To use sudo, as root give the command visudo.  This
> will give you a vi session that will allow you to edit the sudoers
> file.  Add your own, regular user account.  For now, you probably want
> to add something like:
>
> dave    ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
> only replace "dave" with your account.  Once you do, you can do things
> like "sudo service iptables restart" from your regular user account.
> You will be prompted for a password which is *your* account password;
> not the root password.  The whole idea of sudo is to allow a regular
> user access to things normally only root can do but without having to
> give them full root access.  You can refine the above to only allow
> access to certain commands at some point in the future.
>
> You will need to update to a more recent kernel to get access to the
> PCMCIA slot.  I ran into the identical problem with some of the early
> FC4 kernels, started playing with the 2.6.13 kernel from kernel.org, got
> too busy to figure out what the problem was and now my PCMCIA slot
> recognizes a card with the current FC4 kernel.  Based on a discussion I
> found on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), your PC card slot will
> not work until you get to a more recent kernel.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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