Wireless network keeps asking for password ...

[Dan Hansen]

Hello there.

I am new to this forum, so please have mercy if my english is bad, or I am asking a "dumb" question so far

Anyway, I just installed Fedora 13 on a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 3553, after doing some testing in Mandriva 2010.1 Spring XFCE. I am not (I repeat "not") an experienced Linux-user, so maybe I need to get things with a spoon here, but the wireless networking in Mandriva is similar to the one in Fedora, and in Mandriva it worked fine, in Fedora I cant get connected. It just ask me for the password over and over again. Now I am on cabel, and that works fine.

Any idea what this can be?

ps: this is also my first installation of Fedora, and also my first time in gnome ...

[Dangermouse]

Hi and Welcome to the forum,

If you want to get rid of it asking for a password altogether then...
http://dnmouse.org/forum/viewtopic.p...57bb1f6db8a343

[Dan Hansen]

Hi, and thank you.

Well, that is not the problem. The problem is that I can not connect to the wireless network, and when I try, it only ask me for the password (on the router that is), and even that I write it correctly over and over again, nothing happens. It just asks me one more time.

And the funny thing is that it seems just like the one in Mandriva Linux, and there it worked fine ...

[weitjong]

I think the problem is the default kernel module that come together with the kernel shipped by Fedora is somewhat broken. Depend on which chipset used in your wireless network device, you can try to install the corresponding module with proprietary firmware packaged by Rpmfusion team.

Show the output of the "lspci" command and some of us may be able to help you to figure out which package you need to install.

HTH

[Dan Hansen]

Hehe, now I really messed up here, and have no network at all. This is written in a live cd ...

Anyhow, the "lspci" command gives me this:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RS780 Azalia controller
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV620 Audio device [Radeon HD 34xx Series]
08:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller
0a:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
0a:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller
0a:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
0a:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller

[weitjong]

Your chipset is from Ralink rt2860. You can try to install "akmod-rt2860" from Rpmfusion to see it solve your problem. Good luck.

[Dan Hansen]

Hmm - trying, but new error:

could not do simulate: akmod-rt2860-2.3.0.0-1.fc13.1.i686 requires rt2860-kmod-common >= 2.3.0.0
akmod-rt2860-2.3.0.0-1.fc13.1.i686 requires akmods
akmod-rt2860-2.3.0.0-1.fc13.1.i686 requires kmodtool

Does this mean I need to install "akmods" and "kmodtool" first?

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 07:19 PM CDT ----------

Hmm, it doesnt matter witch one of them I try to install. It only tells me it needs one of the other one ...

[weitjong]

You mentioned in your first post that your internet connection works using cable network. You will need to boot into Fedora with wired cable network first. Then you need to install using yum command or using "Add/Remove Software" GUI of the suggested package (and all its dependencies packages) in one single transaction. You cannot download the corresponding *.rpm one at a time and install them that way as you have already tried in vain.

Having said that, if you can figure out all the dependencies packages required by akmod-rt2860 then have them all available in a directory, you may be able to use rpm command to install them in one go. I think temporary fallback to wired connection is worth all the trouble.

[Dan Hansen]

Excellent - I'll try that a little later. Right now I'm back on Windows, but is downloading the 64-bits version for a test ... :-)

[edit] Can't find the "akmod-RT2860" in the repos - how do I get it in there?

---------- Post added at 08:40 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 04:48 PM CDT ----------

Found it - now downloading ...

---------- Post added at 09:00 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 PM CDT ----------

hmm - now I got it in the repo, but when I tries to install it, it ask for the root-pwd, and then it says (very short) "getting information", and then notting happens. I can press "apply" over and over again, and the same happens all the time ...

[jose1770]

Dan follow these instructions:
1) make sure you are online with a hardwire etho cable
2) open up a terminal window
3) goto root, type:su -
4) enter your password
5) type: rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...ble.noarch.rpm
6) enter - you should see a download in progress
7) type: yum install rt2860
8) once complete - reboot
you should be ready to go.

[Dan Hansen]

Dan follow these instructions:
1) make sure you are online with a hardwire etho cable
2) open up a terminal window
3) goto root, type:su -
4) enter your password
5) type: rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/...ble.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...ble.noarch.rpm
6) enter - you should see a download in progress
7) type: yum install rt2860
8) once complete - reboot
you should be ready to go.

I think I love you - this solved my problem - thank you so much :-)

[jose1770]

I just recently had the same problem and it took me a good portion of 3 days (almost a divorce) to figure it out - enjoy!

[Dan Hansen]

Hehe, same here. And I'm so new to this that I've almost gave up and actually reinstalled Windows yesterday. But then I wanted to give it another try, and here you came around :-) This is great.

Now I just have to solve the rest of the problems ... :-)