Re: wifi troubleshooting

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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:
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# 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
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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
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