Dear all
We have installed FC with no graphic. The keyboard is "querty" (english). How shall I do to make it french (azerty).
Thanks in advance.
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Cecilia Lunardini wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > ok, I started to follow the clemson guide
> > (http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml)
> > step by step, until I had to stop because I was
> > getting errors.
> >
> > I attach a log of what I have done. Steps that do not
> > appear in the log looked successful so I haven't
> > copied them down.
> >
> > My understanding is that I have a problem with the
> > mirrorlist (not sure what it is) and with gcc.
> >
> > In the log you also see that I have tried to unistall
> > the version 1.1.11 of ieee80211, and I get an error
> > there too, perhaps because the installation of it was
> > unsuccessful in the first place (I tried it as an
> > experiment some time ago). So, probably I can forget
> > about ieee80211-1.1.11 altogether.
> >
> > I did not continue after the failed installation of
> > ieee80211-1.2.15, but I rebooted and checked if the
> > wireless card was detected. It wasn't.
> >
> > Any ideas? Thank you so much for helping!
>
> Cecilia-
>
> I see you didn't heed my part of the advice below. You now have a choice
> of going forward or back.
>
> Going forward entails installing the gcc compiler kernel-devel RPM and
> completing the build and installation of the modules. You could also
> (maybe more easily) get the RPMs from ATRPMS as listed in another message.
>
> Going back entails getting a copy of your kernel RPM and installing it
> with the command
>
> rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --oldpackage kernel-2.6.18-1.xxxx.fc6-i686.rpm
>
> where xxxx comes from the kernel you are running. (Run "uname -r" to see
> what goes there.)
>
> Or if you haven't run updates, you can ignore the broken old kernel and
> just do
>
> yum update kernel
>
> (assuming you have a wired Internet connection). That will install
> kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6. When you reboot, you'll have the modules.
>
> Did you get the firmware installed? If so, when you install the new or
> replacement kernel, everything should work. Check that the device is
> detected with
>
> dmesg | grep ipw
>
> You should see messages like
>
> ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.4kmprq
> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
> ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
>
> Then check the configuration as I described in another message with System
> -> Administration -> Network.
>
> Good luck.
>
> >
> > Cecilia
> >
> > --- Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Erik Hemdal wrote:
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 23/11/06, Cecilia Lunardini
> >> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> So, my question is: is there a step by step,
> >> guide on
> >>>>> how to set up the wireless? It has to be very
> >>>>> detailed, because I am an absolute beginner and
> >> even
> >>>>> the most obvious aspects of Linux are not
> >> obvious to
> >>>>> me.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cecilia,
> >>>>
> >>>> Try this guide (for Fedora Core 6) and see if you
> >> can follow it
> >>>> through (I think the only missing element from a
> >> Fedora installation
> >>>> to get Centrino wireless working is the Intel
> >> firmware that needs to
> >>>> be downloaded):
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >> http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml
> >>>>
> >>>> Nick
> >>>
> >>> The Clemson instructions are very good and step by
> >> step. Take a few minutes
> >>> to read over all of it to get an idea of what
> >> you're in for, because it's
> >>> very detailed. There are several steps you need
> >> to do before you can simply
> >>> check for the detection of the card.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> > http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/detail_desc.aspx?Product
> >>> ID=1847&DwnldID=11780&agr=Y
> >>>
> >>> Also provides updated source for a driver and the
> >> latest Intel firmware. I
> >>> found both of these links to be useful when trying
> >> to get an Intel card to
> >>> work.
> >>>
> >>> It can indeed be done, although it is not trivial
> >> to do.
> >>
> >> But the updated drivers should not be needed for
> >> normal use by beginners.
> >> Getting the firmware *is* necessary, but it *is*
> >> pretty trivial--just grab
> >> the Livna RPMs and install them.
> >>
> >> We should not go out of our way to intimidate
> >> newbies unnecessarily. It's
> >> bad enough that it is still sometimes necessary.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Matthew Saltzman
> >>
> >> Clemson University Math Sciences
> >> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
> >> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
> >>
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