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sanjiv 07-21-2007 02:19 PM
wireless with 2.6.22.1-27.fc7
 
Hi,
I just upgraded to the new kernel through yum on my T61 thinkpad. I am running Fedora 7.
The new kernel seems to have mac80211 pre-loaded. Am attaching my lsmod output below.
Could somebody help me on how to set up wireless on my machine? The lsmod output also lists a iwl4965 module. Does that mean I don't have to go through any of the steps outlined in intellinuxwireless.org? Unfortunately, I can't check whether my wireless connection is working right now as I don't have wireless connectivity at home.

Code:
Module                  Size  Used by
i915                  35521  2
drm                  105321  3 i915
autofs4                32841  2
hidp                  38209  2
rfcomm                57833  0
l2cap                  41025  10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth              73541  5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                191305  1
nf_conntrack_ftp      19489  0
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns    11713  0
nf_conntrack_ipv4      20817  5
xt_state              11201  5
nf_conntrack          77213  4 nf_conntrack_ftp,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4,xt_state
nfnetlink              15113  2 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack
ipt_REJECT            13505  2
iptable_filter        11713  1
ip_tables              29097  1 iptable_filter
xt_tcpudp              12097  16
ip6t_REJECT            14529  2
ip6table_filter        11585  1
ip6_tables            23305  1 ip6table_filter
x_tables              29001  6 xt_state,ipt_REJECT,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,ip6t_REJECT,ip6_tables
cpufreq_ondemand      17489  1
acpi_cpufreq          19785  1
dm_multipath          28241  0
video                  28113  0
sbs                    28753  0
button                17633  0
bay                    15297  0
dock                  19752  1 bay
battery                19657  0
ac                    14537  0
ipv6                  341673  23 ip6t_REJECT
parport_pc            39273  0
lp                    22801  0
parport                48973  2 parport_pc,lp
loop                  27973  0
arc4                  10689  2
ecb                    12353  2
blkcipher              15301  1 ecb
iwl4965              190629  0
mac80211              164809  1 iwl4965
cfg80211              19025  1 mac80211
snd_hda_intel        316385  1
snd_seq_dummy          12613  0
snd_seq_oss            40897  0
snd_seq_midi_event    16577  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                63201  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device        17109  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
shpchp                42845  0
snd_pcm_oss            52673  0
snd_mixer_oss          25537  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                93257  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              32585  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    71785  10 snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
rtc_cmos              17017  0
firewire_ohci          26817  0
i2c_i801              17757  0
i2c_core              35777  1 i2c_i801
firewire_core          53889  1 firewire_ohci
joydev                19905  0
soundcore              17249  1 snd
sr_mod                26725  0
e1000                133121  0
serio_raw              16069  0
cdrom                  44009  1 sr_mod
snd_page_alloc        19025  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
crc_itu_t              10817  1 firewire_core
sg                    45673  0
dm_snapshot            25609  0
dm_zero                10817  0
dm_mirror              30785  0
dm_mod                68785  9 dm_multipath,dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
ata_piix              25413  2
ata_generic            17221  0
libata                137201  2 ata_piix,ata_generic
sd_mod                37441  3
scsi_mod              168697  4 sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  141905  2
jbd                    73009  1 ext3
mbcache                18249  1 ext3
ehci_hcd              42957  0
ohci_hcd              30405  0
uhci_hcd              34401  0
Your help is appreciated.

Thanks,

S.

Simon Bridge 07-22-2007 06:52 AM
Why not just try enabling your card with system-config-network (add new wireless adapter) and see if it is detected. Also check iwconfig. But you should really really state which wireless adapter you have.

sanjiv 07-22-2007 11:01 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Bridge
Why not just try enabling your card with system-config-network (add new wireless adapter) and see if it is detected. Also check iwconfig. But you should really really state which wireless adapter you have.
The wireless adapter is the new intel 4965 AGN that is being shipped with a lot of thinkpads.
It looks like my wireless adapter is being detected. I did a /sbin/ifconfig -a. I also checked my network manager and the device seems to be up and working. All that is needed is for me to download a vpn client and see if I am able to connect. I was at work yesterday (which is where I have wireless connectivity) and the adapter was able to detect many nearby access points. I think just updating to the new kernel solved my problem. Didn't have to go through intellinuxwireless.org at all.

S.

sanjiv 07-22-2007 07:38 PM
My wireless seems to be working. So, just updating to the new kernel (and rebooting twice) did it for me. I don't know why I had to reboot twice.

S.

Simon Bridge 07-22-2007 08:01 PM
Me neither... and without the logs we'll never know.

Probably, you upgraded the kernel, rebooted, then twiddled the wireless setting to see if it worked. Swore a bit when it didn't, and re-rebooted. Whatever you fiddled may have set something... maybe just having the config reworked... then running the network startup scripts (which happens at boot) was sufficient. Ping! Wireless.

I have always found fedoras gui network tools odd.


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