On 04/15/2011 11:14 AM, Colin Paul Adams wrote: >>>>>> "james" == james tate<binarynut@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Perhaps I could NOW try a yum install (with an option to force > >> install already installed packages), and that would future-proof > >> me until next time I install from scratch. > james> On Drivers that need to be updated with the kernel may not > james> happen when kernel is updated , and the next time around when > james> you do a "yum update" they get updated. > > That's too late. Since it's a notebook, I re-boot it nearly every time I > want to use it. So when it re-boots, there will be no functioning > network in such a situation. > > james> I assume you do have the rpmfusion.rpms installed ? > > I assume so too. I haven't checked recently. Does your ethernet eth0 (wired connection) connect after booting ? The kmod-wl is a wireless adapter driver and comes from rpmfusion.org after you install the: Run command in terminal as user below. That is if your ethernet eth0 connection is connecting. Copy and Paste the complete command below into terminal. su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm' -- 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