[PlanetCCRMA] intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG with planetedge kernels

[Matthew Allen]

in the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 you need to
change TYPE to "wireless".

I dont know where the GUI stuff id getting its info though.

when I have time today I will do some tests and see if I can replicate
your /var/log/messages output

m.


On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:43:11 -0500, Peter Lutek <plutek@infinity.net> wrote:
> some things i just noticed:
> 
> on the "devices" tab of system-config-network, eth1 was showing a
> regular ethernet icon; changing ifcfg-eth1 to make the TYPE "Wireless"
> rather than "wireless" changes that icon to the wireless icon -- so we
> know the type should be "Wireless". on the "hardware" tab, eth1 is still
> labelled as type Ethernet, and has the ethernet icon. how do we get the
> ipw2200 hardware recognized as "Wireless"?
> 
> -p
> 
> 
> 
> > did you ever post your /etc/modules.conf?
> >
> > and of course lsmod |grep ipw
> >
> > and a new one. after you do a modprobe could you also do a tail
> > /var/log/messages
> >
> > Don't fret, I am using this right now under your kernel, so we will
> > get it to work.
> >
> > m.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:23:13 -0500, Peter Lutek <plutek@infinity.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 12:06, Peter Lutek wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 10:23, Matthew Allen wrote:
> > > > > This is why I asked mark about which wireless adapter he has. I have
> > > > > this working on my machine, without having to recompile the kernel.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2.6.7-1.437.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrma
> > > > >
> > >
> > > ok... sorry, guys. i'm back.
> > >
> > > i've dropped my kernel back to the version mentioned above -
> > > 2.6.7-1.437.1.ll.rhfc2.ccrma - because i cannot successfully write CD's
> > > with a 2.6.8 kernel. unfortunately, now the ipw2200 no longer works.
> > >
> > > i did:
> > >
> > > cd /whatever/ipw2200-0.13
> > > make uninstall
> > > make clean
> > > make
> > > make install
> > > checked that the firmware was still in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
> > > checked that the relevant kernel configs were the same as the 2.6.8
> > > checked keys-eth1 and ifcfg-eth1
> > >
> > > i'm now stuck at my previous problem, that when i try to activate eth1,
> > > i get the error message "ipw220 device eth1 does not seem to be
> > > present". doing rmmod, wait, then modprobe doesn't seem to help this
> > > time.
> > >
> > > ugh!
> > >
> > > any new ideas?
> > >
> > > -p
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
>