Add Wireless to Laptop

[Mike - EMAIL IGNORED]

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.