New to Fedora, struggling with wireless

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Cecilia Lunardini wrote:

> 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-

I see you didn't heed my part of the advice below.  You now have a choice 
of going forward or back.

Going forward entails installing the gcc compiler kernel-devel RPM and 
completing the build and installation of the modules.  You could also 
(maybe more easily) get the RPMs from ATRPMS as listed in another message.

Going back entails getting a copy of your kernel RPM and installing it 
with the command

 	rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --oldpackage kernel-2.6.18-1.xxxx.fc6-i686.rpm

where xxxx comes from the kernel you are running.  (Run "uname -r" to see 
what goes there.)

Or if you haven't run updates, you can ignore the broken old kernel and 
just do

 	yum update kernel

(assuming you have a wired Internet connection).  That will install 
kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6.  When you reboot, you'll have the modules.

Did you get the firmware installed?  If so, when you install the new or 
replacement kernel, everything should work.  Check that the device is 
detected with

 	dmesg | grep ipw

You should see messages like

 	ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.4kmprq
 	ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
 	ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
 	ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)

Then check the configuration as I described in another message with System 
-> Administration -> Network.

Good luck.

>
> 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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