On 10/12/13 06:02, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
[root@jvermeulen ~]# dmesg | grep iwlwifi iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode' failed. iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found! iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
when trying to install elrepo's kmod-compat-wireless :
Error: Package: kmod-compat-wireless-3.5.4-1.sn.el6.elrepo.x86_64 (elrepo) Requires: kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x9cdb99b7 Installed: kernel-2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64 (@updates) kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x44d098b7 Installed: kernel-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (@base) kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x44d098b7 Available: kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (base) kernel(iw_handler_get_thrspy) = 0x9273aa6f You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
No, don't do that. That package is old and unsupported. Your wireless chipset is supported by the distro and you should use the kernel driver.
As Tom C said, dmesg output above is telling you the problem. Find out why the firmware is missing.