fred smith wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 08:57:10AM -0800, jack craig wrote: >> On 03/11/2010 07:24 AM, fred smith wrote: >>> Trying out F13 alpha on my eeepc 901. >>> >>> In previous versions, we had to go to a 3rd-party repo to get drivers for >>> the RTA2860STA wireless chipset. But F13 seems to have at least some >>> support built in, i.e., network manager detects the wireless hotspots >>> nearby and offers them up for connection. >>> >>> however it won't actually connect. it noodles around for quite a while >>> then reports failure. >>> >>> I've tried it with several different hotspots, including my own at home >>> (to which f12 connects just fine on the same hardware) as well as two at >>> work (all are WPA or WPA2), as well as a totally open, un-encrypted >>> router at work, and it won't connect to any of them. >>> >>> Is thre some other package I need (beyond what is on the live cd)? Or is >>> this fodder for Bugzilla? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >> having issues with my eeepc 1000 and its rt2860, i replaced it with a >> Intel wireless card and it >> works fine on fc12 for me. >> >> just fyi, jackc.. > > well, as I said above, the rt2860 works fine in f12 too. > > I booted the f13 alpha on some j-random laptop around the office (an old HP > of some sort) and wireless didn't work there either, in exactly the same way > as on my eeepc. I did a lsmod and saw some ipw2200 things there which I > think are the wireless driver modules, so it's not working at least on those > two different types of devices, with the same symptoms in both places. > If you have ipw2200 modules either you or the OS is really confused about the hardware! How about attaching a dmesg to your next post and let's see why that is. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
