New to Fedora, struggling with wireless

[Cecilia Lunardini]

Hi, 

ok, I started to follow the clemson guide
(http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml)
step by step, until I had to stop because I was
getting errors.  

I attach a log of what I have done.  Steps that do not
appear in the log looked successful so I haven't
copied them down. 

My understanding is that I have a problem with the
mirrorlist (not sure what it is) and with gcc.  

In the log you also see that I have tried to unistall
the version 1.1.11 of ieee80211, and I get an error
there too, perhaps because the installation of it was
unsuccessful in the first place (I tried it as an
experiment some time ago). So, probably I can forget
about ieee80211-1.1.11 altogether.

I did not continue after the failed installation of
ieee80211-1.2.15, but I rebooted and checked if the
wireless card was detected.  It wasn't.

Any ideas? Thank you so much for helping!

Cecilia

--- Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Erik Hemdal wrote:
> 
> >>
> >> On 23/11/06, Cecilia Lunardini
> <cecilialunardini at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> So, my question is: is there a step by step,
> guide on
> >>> how to set up the wireless?  It has to be very
> >>> detailed, because I am an absolute beginner and
> even
> >>> the most obvious aspects of Linux are not
> obvious to
> >>> me.
> >>
> >> Cecilia,
> >>
> >> Try this guide (for Fedora Core 6) and see if you
> can follow it
> >> through (I think the only missing element from a
> Fedora installation
> >> to get Centrino wireless working is the Intel
> firmware that needs to
> >> be downloaded):
> >>
> >>
> http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml
> >>
> >> Nick
> >
> > The Clemson instructions are very good and step by
> step.  Take a few minutes
> > to read over all of it to get an idea of what
> you're in for, because it's
> > very detailed.  There are several steps you need
> to do before you can simply
> > check for the detection of the card.
> >
> >
>
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/detail_desc.aspx?Product
> > ID=1847&DwnldID=11780&agr=Y
> >
> > Also provides updated source for a driver and the
> latest Intel firmware.  I
> > found both of these links to be useful when trying
> to get an Intel card to
> > work.
> >
> > It can indeed be done, although it is not trivial
> to do.
> 
> But the updated drivers should not be needed for
> normal use by beginners. 
> Getting the firmware *is* necessary, but it *is*
> pretty trivial--just grab 
> the Livna RPMs and install them.
> 
> We should not go out of our way to intimidate
> newbies unnecessarily.  It's 
> bad enough that it is still sometimes necessary.
> 
> -- 
>  		Matthew Saltzman
> 
> Clemson University Math Sciences
> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
> 
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