On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:31:02PM -0800, Noel Milton Vega wrote: > Hi Friends.... > > UPDATE: > > In working with the kernel.org linux-wireless developers, the conclusion > from one developer was that, though generally speaking the > "Centrino Advanced-N 6230 AGN" card is supported by the "iwlagn" kernel > module, it seems that the stock kernel module provided in the > Fedora 14 kernel package (circa 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64), does not > support the this card. > > In other words, though code in the main kernel.org git repository does > show support for the card (via iwlagn kernel module), Fedora 14's > rendition/distribution of that does not. The point you seem to be missing is that your hardware is very new, and the current Fedora 14 kernel is an "ancient" 6+ months old. > "lspci(8) -v" did show the hardware (Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6230 > (rev 34)), the necessary driver and firmware packages were installed, and the > laptop RF toggle switches are set to enable wireless communications. > Yet manually performing "modprobe(8) iwlagn" does not produce a wlan0 > interface in "ifconfig(8) -a" output; and although "dmesg(8)" shows the > module being loaded, it does not show it detecting the card. > > The two work arounds were suggested (I haven't tried either): > > (1) Update the kernel. Since I have the latest one provided > by Fedora for Fedora 14, this implies a manual compile > of a kernel.org kernel. Note that if Fedora is not aware of > this issue, it's not likely that the next kernel update > will remedy this. You could update to a Fedora Rawhide kernel. As root: yum install fedora-release-rawhide yum --enablerepo=rawhide install kernel Please note that Rawhide is not known for its stability... > (2) Using a compat-wireless technique described here, > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download > > > Command output during my debugging session with the developers is > shown below for completeness, and in case the Fedora folks are > monitoring. I'm sorry, but your acquisition of bleeding-edge hardware does not merit a change in the normal Fedora release policy. John P.S. I apologize if this seems rude -- that is not my intent. -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
