wireless on acer aspire 5600

[antidrugue]

Are you in KDE or GNOME ?

You can always access "system-config-services" from the command line. Just make sure you are root, and then :

system-config-services

[patrinos06]

well,i'm in GNOME...i found services, it was in ''server settings'',and i've already enabled both "NetworkManager" and "NetworkManagerDispatcher"....i'm gonna reboot...

[patrinos06]

i'm back...i still cannot connect...pls,take a look in those pictures i've already upload...also,now i'm wired connected.in hardware both network hardware is ethernet,both status:ok,device:eth1 for the intel and device:eth0 for the realtek (10/100 wired).but when, i try to add a new device (in devices) the exact model of my intel is not listed....

[antidrugue]

You shouldn't have to add a new device manualy.

Is the ipw3945 module loaded ?

/sbin/lsmod | grep 3945

Does the wireless device appear ?

/sbin/iwconfig

Does the wireless networks appear ?

/sbin/iwlist scan

As I am not a Fedora user/expert, I unfortunatly cannot give you the exact answer.

Perhaps some Fedora enthusiast will step in.

[patrinos06]

this is what i get..


Module Size Used by
e100 40393 0
autofs4 25413 2
hidp 24129 2
rfcomm 46041 0
l2cap 31681 10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth 58917 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc 158333 1
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns 7105 0
ipt_REJECT 9665 1
xt_state 6337 3
ip_conntrack 56993 2 ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink 11353 1 ip_conntrack
iptable_filter 7233 1
ip_tables 17669 1 iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT 9537 1
xt_tcpudp 7361 12
ip6table_filter 7105 1
ip6_tables 18821 1 ip6table_filter
x_tables 18501 6 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpud p,ip6_tables
cpufreq_ondemand 11085 2
dm_multipath 22601 0
video 21061 0
sbs 20225 0
i2c_ec 9281 1 sbs
button 10961 0
battery 14405 0
asus_acpi 20697 0
ac 9541 0
ipv6 267489 22 ip6t_REJECT
parport_pc 31205 0
lp 17033 0
parport 40841 2 parport_pc,lp
snd_hda_intel 22613 1
snd_hda_codec 154049 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_dummy 8133 0
snd_seq_oss 37185 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11841 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57137 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 12621 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 46561 0
snd_mixer_oss 20545 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 80325 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 27077 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
joydev 13697 0
snd 57029 11 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,sn d_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd _timer
8139too 31169 0
soundcore 14113 1 snd
ipw3945 195112 1
8139cp 28609 0
ieee80211 34953 1 ipw3945
i2c_i801 11853 0
mii 9665 3 e100,8139too,8139cp
sdhci 22617 0
snd_page_alloc 14281 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ieee80211_crypt 10433 1 ieee80211
i2c_core 25537 2 i2c_ec,i2c_i801
ide_cd 42337 2
mmc_core 30401 1 sdhci
cdrom 38625 1 ide_cd
serio_raw 11205 0
pcspkr 7361 0
dm_snapshot 21357 0
dm_zero 6337 0
dm_mirror 32913 0
dm_mod 61273 13 dm_multipath,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
ext3 135369 2
jbd 63209 1 ext3
ehci_hcd 35533 0
ohci_hcd 25181 0
uhci_hcd 27725 0

[mitsos@localhost sbin]$ /sbin/iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

[mitsos@localhost sbin]$ /sbin/iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

sit0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

!!!!!!!!!!!!anyone???

[antidrugue]

What about

dmesg | grep 3945

?

Try to start manualy the ipw3945 daemon and see if it helps :

/sbin/ipw3945d

If all doesn't work, uninstall the ipw3945 package

yum remove dkms-ipw3945

and try one the numerous tutorial avalaible on the internet (most are for Fedora Core 5, but it should be similar) :
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~mdc1/sa...#wireless_prep
http://www.puzzle.ch/samsung_q35.html

Some tutorials use packages from ATRPMS :
http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/ipw3945/

Also, if you are using Linux for the first time, Fedora Core is certainly not the easiest distro out there (far from it). Try something else perhaps.