ipw2100 not initializing

leupi · 08-24-2005, 06:14 PM

I am running FC4 with kernel 2.6.12-1.1398 on a Dell Latitude D600. I had FC3 on the computer previously and had the wireless networking working (finally...). I have since install FC4 (clean install, not an upgrade) and I cannot get my wireless working now. When I try and activate eth1 I get the error message:

Code:

ipw2100 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.

I went to atrmps.net and downloaded: ipw2100-1.1.0-32.rhfc4.at.i386.rpm but ran into a dependancy problem as it needed ipw2100-kmdl-1.1.0-32.rhfc4.at (.i386 I am guessing)

I am having trouble finding this exact file. Could anyone shed some light on this for me? Thank you.

Todd

Hangdog42 · 08-27-2005, 05:22 PM

Have you seen this ? Apparently you may have to upgrade the firmware you are using.

kz26 · 08-27-2005, 10:44 PM

As root, do /sbin/depmod -a.
Then do /sbin/modprobe ipw2100
/sbin/depmod -a (again just for good measure)

This ensures that the kernel driver module is loaded at boot automatically.