On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 20:24 +0100, Francois wrote: > Hi, > > I've been asked from the fedora mailing list, to post my problems here on > that one. > This is it : > I have a brand new laptop Lenovo T61P, and i wanted to install Fedora8 on > it. > The wireless stuff works fine, using another HD, with Windows Vista on it. > After different pbs, I got F8 installed on it. > Now when I boot, I have the following message : > "error for wireless request "set mode (8B06)". Set failed on device wlan0. > invalid argument. > > I have that message since I've updated the packages. When I just installed > F8 from the DVD, I didn't get that warning, but the wifi didn't work > though. > The little led that shows that wifi is activated is off. > > The wireless I have is : > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN > Network Connection (rev 61) > > 03:00.0 0280: 8086:4230 (rev 61) > Subsystem: 8086:1111 > Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- > Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > <TAbort- > <MAbort- >SERR+ <PERR- > Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 216 > Region 0: Memory at df2fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] > Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3 > Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA > PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) > Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- > Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ > Queue=0/0 > Enable+ > Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 4162 > Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0 > Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, > ExtTag- > Device: Latency L0s <512ns, L1 unlimited > Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd- > Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- > Device: RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ > Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes > Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0 > Link: Latency L0s <128ns, L1 <64us > Link: ASPM L0s Enabled RCB 64 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch- > Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1 > > After a while, I have my wireless stuff that works. But it works, only if I > run knetworkmanager. If I stop it, it doesn't work. The led that shows that > the wifi function is running doesn't work, but I don't care. > > The pb I have is that knetworkmanager doesn't take care of the IP address I > wrote in the ifcfg-wlan0 file. It takes an IP from my dhcp router, but my > laptop has a fixed ip, It is configurated that way, it is not supposed to > take an IP from my dhcp router.
The NM bits in 0.7 don't quite yet support static IP from /etc/systconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* yet. That's coming soon. Dan > Another pb, is that I'm disconnected from the network after 8 or 10 minutes. > I have to stop my connection from the icon on my desktop and to connect > again to the wireless network. Something is broken somewhere. I didn't have > such problems before running my old laptop and F7. > > Francois > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
