Hi, I upgraded to F14 now. I still have the same problem. Using the GUI I can see that the correct name of the card is displayed in System -> Administration -> network -> devices -> double click. Here is the output of lspci: --------------------------- # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661FX/M661FX/M661MX Host (rev 11) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS964 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 36) 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev 01) 00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0) 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0) 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.1 Controller (rev 0f) 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 90) 00:09.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3) 00:09.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08) 00:09.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17) 00:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 08) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter -------------------------- Thank you --- On Mon, 3/21/11, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: wifi troubleshooting > To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, March 21, 2011, 2:21 AM > On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Adam > Tong <helpcomm@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My fedora 12 detects my wifi card. But i'm unable to > activate the device. When I try to do that I have the > following error: > > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > > This Error is typically seen when the "driver" for the card > does not > have the capability for the settings you are trying to > change to. > There are several things here, and firstly you are using a > version of > Fedora that is no longer supported. I would suggest > that you install > Fedora 14 which is a big advance on F12, and has a lot of > improvements > to virtually every package. Secondly it is possible that > Fedora 14 may > support the functions you need, but you will need to give > details of > what your wireless card is, (eg use lspci or lsusb to get > details of > the card in use). It may also depend on the chipset in the > card. > Although the vast majority of wireless cards are now > supported, there > remain some that are not. The device may get detected > but unless the > driver is supported then the system will be unable to set > it up or > send data through it. > > You are sure that you have both the correct driver and the > correct > firmware files, right? > > So a little more information first, and some may be able to > advise you > further, but many will likely suggest you update your > system to a > supported version before real help can be given. > > -- > mike c > -- > 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 > -- 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
