FC3 Wireless Problem

[jim lawrence]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:41:20 -0500, jim lawrence <fedorajim at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:24:56 -0700, Robert Jerrard
> <rjerrard at math.concordia.ab.ca> wrote:
> > I used up2date to change from Fedora kernel 2.6.10-1.766_FC3 to
> > 2.6.10-770_FC3. The new kernel does not find my
> > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 BG:
> >
> > dmesg | fgrep ipw   gives:
> > ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 0.13
> > ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
> > ipw2200: ipw2200_boot.fw load failed
> > ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: 0xFFFFFFFE
> > ipw2200: failed to register network device
> > ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5
> >
> > In response to an, rpm -q -f ipw2200-LICENSE.txt, I get:
> > ipw2200-firmware-2.2-5.at
> >
> > I have seen this reported at the end of last year but the fix was to
> > upgrade firmware and the version quoted was earlier than mine.
> >
> > In system-config-network under the hardware tab the wireless is not
> > listed and if I try to add a new one, the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 is not
> > in the list.
> >
> > The wireless card is detected with the 2.6.10-1.766_FC3 kernel and works
> > fine with it. How can I get it working with the newer kernel?
> >
> > Thanks for any help, Robert
> >
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> get the new kernel module  from ATrpms
> [jim at JimsNotebook ~]$ rpm -qa | grep ipw2200
> ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.10-1.766_FC3-1.0.0-23.rhfc3.at
> ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.10-1.770_FC3-1.0.0-23.rhfc3.at
> ipw2200-firmware-2.2-5.at
> ipw2200-1.0.0-23.rhfc3.at
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Jim Lawrence
> Registered Linux User: #376813
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> 

ALso using NetworkManager makes the wireless experience much more user
friendly!!

-- 

Jim Lawrence
Registered Linux User: #376813
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When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. 
It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
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