Problem setting up wired networking

[Chuck Anderson]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 03:11:26PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 14 November 2008 15:05:10 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 14 November 2008 13:51:34 Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
> > > Anne could you test kernel 2.6.27. 4-79
> > > and see if it works..
> > > ( http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=68527 )
> >
> > I already had that kernel and had checked it.
> >
> > > Then test with 2.6.27.4-100 and see it if breaks..
> > > ( http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=69310 )
> >
> > So I installed this one and checked it.
> >
> > > Wondering if  -83 and or -85  are breaking this..
> >
> > Results:
> >
> > 2.6.27.3-34     no wired or wireless connection
> > 2.6.27.4-79     Wired connection ok, but WPA connection asks for WEP key
> > 2.6.27.5-94     ditto
> > 2.6.27.5-100   ditto
> >
> > (Just realised that you said 4-100 and I have 5-100 - is that what you
> > intended?)
> >
> > Note that when the WPA connection fails it brings up a dialogue box asking
> > for the WEP key.  Unlike the first dialogue, this is restricted to 4 WEP
> > entries - there is no option to enter a WPA key.
> >
> > Maybe I've already lost the kernel that was installed by the snapshot. 
> > That, presumably, was prior to 2.6.27.3-34 - and wireless did work, but
> > wired didn't when I first installed.
> >
> I've just seen that I have kernel-firmware.noarch 2.6.27.5-101.fc10.  
> Shouldn't that match the kernel?

It should be >= the kernel you have.

The condition I'm trying to have you capture with the "iwlist 
scanning" and "nm-tool" output is the one where you get a dialog box 
asking for a WEP key.