[SOLVED] Fedora 10 Wireless

**waterhead** · 08-15-2009

One other thing to check. Is there an On/Off switch for the wireless? Make sure that it is turned On.

**nujinini** · 08-15-2009

Originally Posted by waterhead

Did you reboot after installing the driver? The new wl module should load after a reboot. Post the output of this command.

Code:

lsmod

If the wl module is not present, try loading it manually.

Code:

sudo modprobe wl

Yes, I did reboot after installing. Here is the lsmod.

Code:

[jun@localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8                5632  1 
fuse                   49436  8 
i915                   53380  2 
drm                   158260  3 i915
sco                    12932  2 
bridge                 43668  0 
stp                     6148  1 bridge
bnep                   14848  2 
l2cap                  21504  3 bnep
bluetooth              48608  5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc                155924  3 
ip6t_REJECT             7296  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      15864  2 
ip6table_filter         6400  1 
ip6_tables             14736  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  230132  22 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand        9996  1 
acpi_cpufreq           12172  1 
dm_multipath           17164  0 
uinput                 10624  0 
snd_hda_intel         351124  2 
snd_seq_dummy           6660  0 
snd_seq_oss            30364  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9600  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48576  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         10124  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
uvcvideo               50184  0 
compat_ioctl32          5120  1 uvcvideo
snd_pcm_oss            42496  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                65924  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
videodev               32000  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            15876  2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_timer              22024  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         11016  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw               8836  0 
video                  20244  0 
snd_hwdep              10500  1 snd_hda_intel
pcspkr                  6272  0 
sdhci_pci              10624  0 
sdhci                  17540  1 sdhci_pci
snd                    50616  14 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore               9416  1 snd
output                  6528  1 video
i2c_i801               12048  0 
i2c_core               21396  2 drm,i2c_i801
mmc_core               43676  1 sdhci
jmb38x_ms              12292  0 
joydev                 12736  0 
memstick               12060  1 jmb38x_ms
wmi                     9768  0 
tg3                   107268  0 
libphy                 18560  1 tg3
ata_generic             8452  0 
pata_acpi               7680  0 
[jun@localhost ~]$

**nujinini** · 08-15-2009

Yes. Checking the manual switch for wl was one of the first things I did and it was "ON".

**nujinini** · 08-15-2009

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe wl
FATAL: Module wl not found.
[root@localhost ~]#

Don't really understand this.

**waterhead** · 08-15-2009

And what happens when you manually load the driver? Load it, and then check the output of these commands again.

lsmod
ifconfig
iwconfig

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see your other posts on this.

**waterhead** · 08-15-2009

It is possible that the driver module that installed is for a different kernel than the one that you are running. Post the output of this command.

Code:

uname -r

It would need to match the kernel module that was installed:

kmod-wl-2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10.i686

**nujinini** · 08-15-2009

Originally Posted by waterhead

And what happens when you manually load the driver? Load it, and then check the output of these commands again.

lsmod
ifconfig
iwconfig

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see your other posts on this.

Its OK. I an again do it so you can see it in one page.

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8                5632  1 
fuse                   49436  8 
i915                   53380  2 
drm                   158260  3 i915
sco                    12932  2 
bridge                 43668  0 
stp                     6148  1 bridge
bnep                   14848  2 
l2cap                  21504  3 bnep
bluetooth              48608  5 sco,bnep,l2cap
sunrpc                155924  3 
ip6t_REJECT             7296  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      15864  2 
ip6table_filter         6400  1 
ip6_tables             14736  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  230132  22 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
cpufreq_ondemand        9996  1 
acpi_cpufreq           12172  1 
dm_multipath           17164  0 
uinput                 10624  0 
snd_hda_intel         351124  2 
snd_seq_dummy           6660  0 
snd_seq_oss            30364  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      9600  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48576  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         10124  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
uvcvideo               50184  0 
compat_ioctl32          5120  1 uvcvideo
snd_pcm_oss            42496  0 
snd_mixer_oss          16896  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                65924  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
videodev               32000  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            15876  2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_timer              22024  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         11016  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw               8836  0 
video                  20244  0 
snd_hwdep              10500  1 snd_hda_intel
pcspkr                  6272  0 
sdhci_pci              10624  0 
sdhci                  17540  1 sdhci_pci
snd                    50616  14 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore               9416  1 snd
output                  6528  1 video
i2c_i801               12048  0 
i2c_core               21396  2 drm,i2c_i801
mmc_core               43676  1 sdhci
jmb38x_ms              12292  0 
joydev                 12736  0 
memstick               12060  1 jmb38x_ms
wmi                     9768  0 
tg3                   107268  0 
libphy                 18560  1 tg3
ata_generic             8452  0 
pata_acpi               7680  0 
[root@localhost ~]#

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1E:68:F0:BB:D7  
          inet addr:192.168.1.6  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:68ff:fef0:bbd7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:15624 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:21477 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:3455066 (3.2 MiB)  TX bytes:26122205 (24.9 MiB)
          Interrupt:17 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:800 (800.0 b)  TX bytes:800 (800.0 b)

[root@localhost ~]#

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

**nujinini** · 08-15-2009

Originally Posted by waterhead

It is possible that the driver module that installed is for a different kernel than the one that you are running. Post the output of this command.

Code:

uname -r

It would need to match the kernel module that was installed:

kmod-wl-2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10.i686

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686
[root@localhost ~]#

**waterhead** · 08-15-2009

As you can see, it installed the driver for a different kernel version! I don't know why it would do that, so you will need to specify the version that you want it to install.

Code:

yum install kmod-wl-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686

**waterhead** · 08-15-2009

In my last post, I originally posted the incorrect kernel version. I corrected it, so make sure you use the corrected command.

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