Re: [SLL] need help with Fedora 23 wlan (wifi)

2016-02-23 Thread M. Gelle 
I joined their meeting at the Bellevue library. They didn't have knowledge
about this and couldn't fix it either.

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 1:02 AM, ac  wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 22:14:20 -0800
> "M. Gelle"  wrote:
> > Great to hear this. I tried both CentOS & opensuse leap which I'm
> > familiar with both - the same thing happened. This hardware isn't
> 
> for the record: if I were anywhere close to Seattle I would gladly have
> helped you... but as I am in rural Africa atm, this is somewhat
> challenging :)
> as i am probably/hopefully moving to the Seattle area in the next year
> or two, I have joined this list also:
> http://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-list
>
> they seem fairly active and from a lurker perspective seem to be very
> cool and keen Linux users, there must be one of them with a caffeine
> addiction that you could meet up with :)
>
> what worries me about your post is that if it is not just 'new' hardware
> but does
> turn out to be an actual hardware error you may be sacrificing stability
> for function, this tends to never end well...
>
> Will you please also post when you have resolved the issue, so we know
> what it was?
>
>
>
>

Re: [SLL] need help with Fedora 23 wlan (wifi)

2016-02-23 Thread ac 
On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 22:14:20 -0800
"M. Gelle"  wrote:
> Great to hear this. I tried both CentOS & opensuse leap which I'm
> familiar with both - the same thing happened. This hardware isn't

for the record: if I were anywhere close to Seattle I would gladly have
helped you... but as I am in rural Africa atm, this is somewhat challenging :)
as i am probably/hopefully moving to the Seattle area in the next year
or two, I have joined this list also: 
http://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-list

they seem fairly active and from a lurker perspective seem to be very
cool and keen Linux users, there must be one of them with a caffeine
addiction that you could meet up with :)

what worries me about your post is that if it is not just 'new' hardware but 
does 
turn out to be an actual hardware error you may be sacrificing stability
for function, this tends to never end well... 

Will you please also post when you have resolved the issue, so we know what it 
was?

Re: [SLL] need help with Fedora 23 wlan (wifi)

2016-02-21 Thread M. Gelle 
I have the drivers & firmware but could not make them work. This wlan card
isn't supported by the kernel by default. Did you read the links I included?


On Sunday, February 21, 2016, Howard Gibson  wrote:

> M. Gelle,
>
>You should have some sort of network configuration tool.  If you are
> running Gnome, pull up Applications, click on Settings, click on Network,
> and click on IPv4.  There should be a network tool on your command bar.
>
>When I ran dmesg, I was able to see that it was recognizing the MAC
> address of my router, even though the network was not working.
>
> On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 17:43:04 -0800
> "M. Gelle" > wrote:
>
> > I have no wlan interface, let alone change any settings. The driver needs
> > the expertise to make it work. This's a slim laptop with no RJ45 either.
> > So, how can I get online on Linux? This's very annoying.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, February 21, 2016, Howard Gibson  
> > ');>> wrote:
> >
> > > M. Gelle,
> > >
> > > Upgrading my desktop to Fedora_23 has been a huge pain, especially
> the
> > > network.  When I installed, set up the network IPv4 from Automatic to
> > > Link-Local.  When I installed, rebooted and updated, I configured IPv4
> from
> > > Link-local to Automatic.  Try that.
> > >
> > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 08:47:56 -0800
> > > "M. Gelle" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Could some of you in Seattle area please help me get wifi on a newer
> > > > Lenovo laptop using
> > > > Fedora 23? This's my 3rd month with no wifi.
> > > >
> > > > Currently, I'm stuck with Windoze 10. This laptop has a weird Linux
> wifi
> > > > problems that will not even make it work with supported USB wlan
> unless I
> > > > hassle by unloading critical modules.
> > > >
> > > > I kept googling and Fedora mailinglist to no avail. I don't believe
> that
> > > > ndiswrapper will work either.
> > > >
> > > > My system info is this:
> > > >
> > > > dmidecode | grep 'System Information' -A8
> > > >
> > > > System Information
> > > > Manufacturer: LENOVO
> > > > Product Name: 80QD
> > > > Version: Lenovo YOGA 700-14ISK
> > > > Serial Number: PF0EKTY1
> > > > UUID: 4F9FAF54-8C06-11E5-8FC7-507B9D6D7E08
> > > > Wake-up Type: Other
> > > > SKU Number: LENOVO_MT_80QD_BU_idea_FM_Lenovo YOGA 700-14ISK
> > > > Family: IDEAPAD
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > lspci | grep Network
> > > > 01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 (rev 30)
> > > >
> > > > The wlan card model is the Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 Wireless Network
> > > > Adapter using Windoze driver
> c:\windows\system32\drivers\qcamain10x64.sys
> > > > (4.0.1.137, 2.22 MB (2,327,040 bytes), 10/30/2015 12:17 AM)
> > > >
> > > > Possibly it works with Linux and I have both drivers and firmware.
> > > > Nevertheless, I followed these steps.
> > > >
> > >
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-305292.htmlhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2300861=3http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1748060
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I can meet you at the public library or GSLUG if you're in Seattle
> area.
> > > My
> > > > cellphone # is 2066310357 if you can text me.
> > > >
> > > > best regards,
> > > > Mo
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Howard Gibson
> > > hgib...@eol.ca 
> > > howard.gib...@teledyneoptech.com 
> > > jhowardgib...@gmail.com 
> > > http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson
> > >
>
>
> --
> Howard Gibson
> hgib...@eol.ca 
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