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Old 30th November 2008, 08:10 PM
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Laptop Wireless Card and Desktop Nvidia Graphics Card
So far i'd like so say that Fedora works great except for two drivers not working.

I tried to manually install the nvidia 177 driver but it kept giving me errors about the kernal being out of date or something. Is there any specific instructions on installing the nvidia geforce 177 driver on Fedora 10?

My HP Pavilion dv6500 laptop's wireless isn't working. In ubuntu I used the b43-fwcutter and it worked, but in Fedora it says it's already installed and it's not working, any ideas on how to get that working?

Thank you guys for this wonderful OS (so far).'


Also, when my Desktop boots up, it says Could not load package type 0 or something right before the loading bar, but on my laptop it doesn't do that, any specific reason for this?
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Old 30th November 2008, 08:56 PM
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Hi and welcome to the forum this should help you a bit
http://dnmouse.org/broadcom.html
http://dnmouse.org/nvidia.html
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Old 30th November 2008, 09:52 PM
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On the nvidia part,which one would I use for a Nvidia Geforce 6150SE?

Thanks for the help!
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Old 30th November 2008, 11:13 PM
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The Broadcom wireless in my laptop is not working with Fedora 10. It can connect to an unprotected access point (a throwing-caution-to-the-wind neighbor named "Linksys"), but it cannot connect to my access point, which uses WEP. It asks again and again for the WEP password. Since both the router and NetworkManager can display that password in plain text, I'm sure I'm typing it right.

I have a Broadcom 4303:

Code:
# lspci | grep -i wireless
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
In /var/log/messages it says:

Code:
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  starting...
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/dell_wlan_switch
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 30 17:47:12 : <WARN>  killswitch_getpower_reply(): Error getting killswitch power: dellWirelessCtl returned 4.
Nov 30 17:47:12 turnip nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-fedora: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 30 17:47:15 : <info>  Setting system hostname to 'localhost.localdomain' (no default device)
Nov 30 17:47:15 : <info>  Setting system hostname to 'turnip' (from system configuration)
Nov 30 17:47:16 : <info>  dhclient started with pid 1990
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    address 192.168.1.46
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    prefix 24 (255.255.255.0)
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    gateway 192.168.1.1
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    nameserver '192.168.1.1'
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    nameserver '192.168.1.1'
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    domain name 'myhome.westell.com'
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  wlan0: driver is 'b43-pci-bridge'.
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  wlan0: driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  Found new 802.11 WiFi device 'wlan0'.
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_90_4b_b0_00_52_0
Nov 30 17:48:35 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 1 -> 2
Nov 30 17:48:35 : <info>  (wlan0): bringing up device.
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): preparing device.
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 2 -> 3
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant interface state:  starting -> ready
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'clownfish'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 3 -> 4
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'clownfish' has security, but secrets are required.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 6 -> 4
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'clownfish' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'clownfish'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'wep_key0' value '<omitted>'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'wep_tx_keyidx' value '0'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> disconnected
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -> associated
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  associated -> disconnected
Nov 30 17:48:42 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
Nov 30 17:48:43 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> associating
Nov 30 17:48:52 : <info>  wlan0: link timed out.
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long.
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): asking for new secrets
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  associating -> disconnected
Nov 30 17:49:17 : <info>  wlan0: link timed out.
Nov 30 17:49:26 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
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Old 30th November 2008, 11:22 PM
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The Broadcom wireless in my laptop is not working with Fedora 10. It can connect to an unprotected access point (a throwing-caution-to-the-wind neighbor named "Linksys"), but it cannot connect to my access point, which uses WEP. It asks again and again for the WEP password. Since both the router and NetworkManager can display that password in plain text, I'm sure I'm typing it right.

I have a Broadcom 4303:

Code:
# lspci | grep -i wireless
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
In /var/log/messages it says:

Code:
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  starting...
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <WARN>  nm_generic_enable_loopback(): error -17 returned from rtnl_addr_add():#012Sucess#012
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  Found radio killswitch /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/dell_wlan_switch
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  Trying to start the supplicant...
Nov 30 17:47:11 : <info>  Trying to start the system settings daemon...
Nov 30 17:47:12 : <WARN>  killswitch_getpower_reply(): Error getting killswitch power: dellWirelessCtl returned 4.
Nov 30 17:47:12 turnip nm-system-settings: Loaded plugin ifcfg-fedora: (c) 2007 - 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  To report bugs please use the NetworkManager mailing list.
Nov 30 17:47:15 : <info>  Setting system hostname to 'localhost.localdomain' (no default device)
Nov 30 17:47:15 : <info>  Setting system hostname to 'turnip' (from system configuration)
Nov 30 17:47:16 : <info>  dhclient started with pid 1990
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    address 192.168.1.46
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    prefix 24 (255.255.255.0)
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    gateway 192.168.1.1
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    nameserver '192.168.1.1'
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    nameserver '192.168.1.1'
Nov 30 17:47:21 : <info>    domain name 'myhome.westell.com'
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  wlan0: driver is 'b43-pci-bridge'.
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  wlan0: driver supports SSID scans (scan_capa 0x01).
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  Found new 802.11 WiFi device 'wlan0'.
Nov 30 17:48:31 : <info>  (wlan0): exported as /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_90_4b_b0_00_52_0
Nov 30 17:48:35 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 1 -> 2
Nov 30 17:48:35 : <info>  (wlan0): bringing up device.
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): preparing device.
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): deactivating device (reason: 2).
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 2 -> 3
Nov 30 17:48:36 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant interface state:  starting -> ready
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) starting connection 'clownfish'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 3 -> 4
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): access point 'clownfish' has security, but secrets are required.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 6 -> 4
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 4 -> 5
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'clownfish' has security, and secrets exist.  No new secrets needed.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'clownfish'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'scan_ssid' value '1'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'auth_alg' value 'OPEN'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'wep_key0' value '<omitted>'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: added 'wep_tx_keyidx' value '0'
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  Config: set interface ap_scan to 1
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> disconnected
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -> associated
Nov 30 17:48:37 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  associated -> disconnected
Nov 30 17:48:42 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
Nov 30 17:48:43 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  scanning -> associating
Nov 30 17:48:52 : <info>  wlan0: link timed out.
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long.
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  (wlan0): device state change: 5 -> 6
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): asking for new secrets
Nov 30 17:49:02 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  associating -> disconnected
Nov 30 17:49:17 : <info>  wlan0: link timed out.
Nov 30 17:49:26 : <info>  (wlan0): supplicant connection state:  disconnected -> scanning
Not to be rude but you kinda interrupted my topic :\
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