ipw3945 not working with kernel 2.6.20-1.2925.fc6

[Ernest L. Williams Jr.]

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:56 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On 3/20/07, Ernest L. Williams Jr. <ernesto at ornl.gov> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I get the following error on my DELL Precision M90 which uses the
> > ip3945:
> >
> >
> 
> You will have to check with one of the other repositories (freshrpms,
> etc) for items to get the ipw3945 working. If it was working in the
> past, but doesnt work now.. then it is probably that the module needs
> an update from whatever repository you got ipw3945 from.

Looks like there are no updates, drats!!

[root at panther yum.repos.d]# yum update "ipw3945*"
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Loading "kmdl" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Could not find update match for ipw3945*
No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion
[root at panther yum.repos.d]#


Does anyone else have this problem:
[root at panther yum.repos.d]# ifup eth1
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present.  Check
cable?
[root at panther yum.repos.d]#


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> -- 
> Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
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