Add Wireless to Laptop
Mike - EMAIL IGNORED
m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 14 23:23:10 UTC 2007
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:52:42 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:39:29 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>
>>> Well nm-tool is accurate. You have it all set up but it isn't working.
>>> Check /etc/modprobe.conf and remove anything you put in it. I think you
>>> put a wlan0 in there.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>
>> [root at mbrc35 ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf
>> alias eth0 e100
>> alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix
>> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
>> options snd-card-0 index=0
>> options snd-hda-intel index=0
>> alias wlan0 3c501
>>
>> I did not add the last line, but I changed eth1 to wlan0.
>> In any case, I commented it out and rebooted. When I tried
>> to activate, I still got:
>>
>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.
>> Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
>> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
>>
>> Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.
>>
>> I am thinking of reinstalling FC7. I may have messed up
>> something in fiddling around. In any case, I have to stop
>> working on this now. I'll get back to it later this evening
>> or tomorrow.
>>
>> Mike.
>>
>>
>>
> Well I'm sure the change you made to modeprobe.conf is why your laptop
> does not work. Just take out the whole last line and let NetworkManager
> put in what it needs.
>
> Karl
I did what you suggested, and it made no difference. Also,
nothing was added to modeprobe.conf .
Mike.
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