Hello all, I am new to the list and have just installed 9.0 RC2 on my Sony Vaio PCG-SR17 notebook. It works well, however there seems to be a problem with wireless setup in the control center. When I insert the card (Orinoco Gold Card), it lights up fine and is detected properly. Here is the problem:
I click on "Network and Internet" in control center and select "connection." When I run the wizard, I select "orinoco_plx" as the driver as it is the closest to my hardware. Control center then complains about the selected driver not being correct. (Which I totally expected.) Then, it asks if I want to continue and give it some optional params. I say "no" and am presented with a config screen showing fields for the IP address and such along with wireless config options (WIRELESS_FREQ, etc...). I complete the setup here and save or "finish" the setup. The issue is that the wireless information is not committed to the config files. If I manually edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and enter the wireless info manually and restart the network, it works. The file does however have in it the IP information, bootproto, etc... that I entered in control center. Here is what my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file looked like when control center was finished with it: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.0.6 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.0.0 BROADCAST=192.168.0.255 ONBOOT=yes I added the following to the end to make it work: TYPE=Wireless CHANNEL=11 KEY=s:mykey ESSID=mywirelesslan MODE=Ad-Hoc RATE=auto I'm not sure if I did something wrong or if there is a legitimate bug. I can provide more information if you need it, just specify what it is you need. I apologize for the footer and any wierd formatting hotmail does to this message, but it is the only e-mail I have access to right now :-(. Thanks, Mike _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
