Problem with RTL8178

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:44:54 +0000
Jonathan Allen <jonathan at barumtrading.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have an old laptop that got upgraded this week from WinXP to F14 after a 
> massive virus/trojan hit :-(
> 
> The laptop has the Realtek RTL8178 wireless chipset and did wireless fine in 
> WinXP.  Although it can see the wireless network fine, it won't connect in F14.
> 
> I downloaded the F16 Live CD and the wireless works and connects perfectly, so 
> whatever was wrong with the RTL8178 stuff has been fixed between F14 and F16.  
> However, as far as this laptop is concerned, F16 has downgraded to Gnome3, which 
> the laptop can't run.
> 
> The choices seem to be:
> 
>     a. F16 without Gnome 3
> 
>     b. back-fitting the working RTL8178 stuff into the (otherwise fine)
>         F14 installation
> 
> Recommendations or instructions?

F14 is out of support so security holes in thr browser etc are not being
fixed. I'd suggest F16 with another desktop.

Alan