Netbook wifi, wlan0 and inet6 address (F10) - SOLVED
Anne Wilson
annew at kde.org
Mon Jan 12 13:09:47 UTC 2009
On Wednesday 07 January 2009 15:26:59 Jim wrote:
>
> If you are running the kernel-2.6.27 the correct driver will be ath5K_pci .
> If your running kernel-2.6.26 you'll have to use the madwifi driver, but
> sure to blacklist the driver originally supplied by Fedora.
>
> When kernel-2.6.27 came out it had the correct drivers fot the Atheros
> wireless card 2.6.26 did not.
I've spent the last couple of days trying to get F10 to dual-boot with Linpus,
the distro supplied with the AA1, to no avail. In the end I gave up and wiped
the whole drive, making a clean install of F10. This time I did it from the
DVD version, not the LiveCD, but I don't think that has any bearing on the
matter.
When I re-installed Linpus I found that the wireless wasn't working there
either. Then I remembered that originally, when wireless was enabled, there
was a tiny light (less than 1mm diameter), and that I couldn't see it. There
is a toggle-switch there for the wireless. I moved it several times, then
suddenly the light came on.
How it happened, I've no idea, but it looks as though the switch was
accidentally knocked off, and wasn't re-enabling.
I now have 4 bars (85% signal) wireless connection, and I'm a happy bunny -
but the tiny indicator light is not on, so there would be no warning if
something went wrong. The connection would just be lost, without me
suspecting the switch. I believe that's what happened before.
Thanks to all who tried to help. Without that return to factory defaults we
would never have guessed what the problem was.
Anne
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