sylbaris
2006-12-30, 02:18 PM CST
I'm brand-new to Fedora Core, and essentially new to linux in general. I've played with a bit of Ubuntu and Red Hat, but I kept running into trouble with my wireless card - the Dlink DWL-AG530. I thought that I'd give Fedora Core a shot in the hopes that it would have the better hardware support of Red Hat with the cost of Ubuntu (free). Again, I had no luck.
I did, however, find out something after wandering the interwebs. Apparently the DWL-AG530 has an issue with region coding of some sort (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2005-October/007243.html). In order to fix it, I have to run a c-script that will fix the error. The only problem is that when I try to compile the code provided at this site (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8966525), I get a variety of errors that I don't understand. I'm sure that I have to fix a line of code for my machine, but I can't tell where to put it (I know a bit of C++, but only "un poco").
The original page said something about finding the hardware address using lspci, so here's what I've got.
[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006X 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
For what it's worth, I'm running the Fedora Core 6 with the latest updates on an old Dell OptiPlex GX110. If any of you could be of any help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance.
I did, however, find out something after wandering the interwebs. Apparently the DWL-AG530 has an issue with region coding of some sort (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2005-October/007243.html). In order to fix it, I have to run a c-script that will fix the error. The only problem is that when I try to compile the code provided at this site (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8966525), I get a variety of errors that I don't understand. I'm sure that I have to fix a line of code for my machine, but I can't tell where to put it (I know a bit of C++, but only "un poco").
The original page said something about finding the hardware address using lspci, so here's what I've got.
[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 GMCH [Graphics Memory Controller Hub] (rev 03)
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810E DC-133 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA PCI Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801AA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801AA IDE (rev 02)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA USB (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801AA SMBus (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801AA AC'97 Audio (rev 02)
01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006X 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
For what it's worth, I'm running the Fedora Core 6 with the latest updates on an old Dell OptiPlex GX110. If any of you could be of any help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance.