[SOLVED] Setting up Wireless on Eee PC 900HD

[reed9]

You don't need a network manager for wired connections, for the most part. First, plug it in, it may just work.

If not, try as root:

dhcpcd eth0

or

dhclient eth0

I don't know which Fedora uses.

I still can't help but think we may be barking up the wrong tree. Everything I can find suggests the 8187se driver should be included in the kernel from 2.6.29 on, and again, you said it was working and stopped. But I'm at a loss for why, so by all means try ndiswrapper.

[waterhead]

On a recent install of Ubuntu, I had trouble using NetworkManager to connect to my wireless router. Using Wicd instead fixed the problem.

I guess that there may be some bugs in the current version of NetworkManager.

[reed9]

It's true, I've had trouble with networkmanager as well. I always use wicd now.

[Canas]

Alright, looks like I just need urwid to install it. I'll post details after I try it.

[Canas]

I've installed wicd, and it's listed as installed in KPackageKit.


EDIT: I see that it's not working in Xfce, but it does work in KDE.

But when I open it on KDE, if says "No wireless networks available"

[waterhead]

Does the wireless have an on/off switch? Is it turned on?

[reed9]

Can you post the output of

dmesg

[Canas]

Since the file was too big too attach, I had to zip it.

[Canas]

Does the wireless have an on/off switch? Is it turned on?

It does have a key for it, but I tried pressing it and it did nothing.

[reed9]

Well, there isn't anything about your wireless card in dmesg. Can you post /sbin/modprobe -l as well? (That's a lower case 'L', not a 1.)