Hello Friends,
This is my first post on CentOS mailing list. I am using CentOS since last 3 years and using Linux since 2003. I am Java Based ERP(http://ofbiz.apache.org/) developer and I truly appreciate the stability of CentOS as the Desktop machine for the developers.
In the early 2003 I was using CentOS 4 then I moved to CentOS 5 stable release then before 1.5 month I installed CentOS 5.2 (Took all the available updates for 5.2 version). I am using Dell Precision M90 Laptop. My Wireless card details is "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG".
On the CentOS 5.2 I am not able to configure the wireless card on CentOS 5.2 although my wireless card was working fine with CentOS 5.1. I have installed the package dkms-ipw3945.noarch and it has installed all the dependent package for wireless card to work properly.
When I put command modprobe ipw3945 then it didn't give any error. My LED is glowing properly.
From the Network Manager I have added my Wireless card into the list of
Network Devices and from there I activated my device. But when I try to Join the Wireless Network then it "Deactivate" the status of my wireless device.
I have spent more then 10 hours on this and now I am looking to have some community help on my problem. Any help or pointer on this would be greatly appreciated .
If anybodsy of you can share the step by step learning document on Wireless Setup on Red Hat Derivatives then please let me know.
Thanks in advance for any help .
-- Ashish Vijaywargiya Indore (M.P), India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indore
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Ashish Vijaywargiya vijaywargiya.ashish@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Friends,
This is my first post on CentOS mailing list. I am using CentOS since last 3 years and using Linux since 2003. I am Java Based ERP(http://ofbiz.apache.org/) developer and I truly appreciate the stability of CentOS as the Desktop machine for the developers.
My Wireless card details is "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG".
I have installed the package dkms-ipw3945.noarch and it has installed all the dependent package for wireless card to work properly.
When I put command modprobe ipw3945 then it didn't give any error. My LED is glowing properly.
I have spent more then 10 hours on this and now I am looking to have some community help on my problem. Any help or pointer on this would be greatly appreciated .
The ipw3945 is deprecated and replaced by the iwl3945 driver. So you might to want to give the current one a try. iwl3945 is enabled in the centosplus kernel (but not in the distro kernel). You would need to install the firmware file into /lib/firmare. For more details, see this earlier post:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-September/064116.html
Akemi
Hello Akemi,
Thanks for your reply. I have seen the details in the thread and after reading that thread I have few questions :-
1) Can I install the Centos Plus kernel with the existing one that is distributed with Centos 5.2? I have read the information from the link http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CentOSPlus It looks like that I have to include / exclude the package. I had changed the settings inside /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.
#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&rep... #baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 includepkgs=iwl*
2) Now if I am running yum search iwl then it is not giving any result.
The main problem at my end is that it is showing two wireless devices but I am not able to join those devices. Can you please tell me how can I troubleshoot wireless settings (like which are the important files that plays important role in wireless setup)?
Any document shared on internet that tells us step by step wireless setup would be of great help. Thanks in advance for any help.
-- Ashish Vijaywargiya Indore (M.P), India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indore
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Ashish Vijaywargiya vijaywargiya.ashish@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Friends,
This is my first post on CentOS mailing list. I am using CentOS since last 3 years and using Linux since 2003. I am Java Based ERP(http://ofbiz.apache.org/) developer and I truly appreciate the stability of CentOS as the Desktop machine for the developers.
My Wireless card details is "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG".
I have installed the package dkms-ipw3945.noarch and it has installed all the dependent package for wireless card to work properly.
When I put command modprobe ipw3945 then it didn't give any error. My LED is glowing properly.
I have spent more then 10 hours on this and now I am looking to have some community help on my problem. Any help or pointer on this would be greatly appreciated .
The ipw3945 is deprecated and replaced by the iwl3945 driver. So you might to want to give the current one a try. iwl3945 is enabled in the centosplus kernel (but not in the distro kernel). You would need to install the firmware file into /lib/firmare. For more details, see this earlier post:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-September/064116.html
Akemi _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:00 AM, Ashish Vijaywargiya vijaywargiya.ashish@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Akemi,
Thanks for your reply. I have seen the details in the thread and after reading that thread I have few questions :-
- Can I install the Centos Plus kernel with the existing one that is
distributed with Centos 5.2? I have read the information from the link http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CentOSPlus It looks like that I have to include / exclude the package. I had changed the settings inside /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.
#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&rep...
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/ gpgcheck=1
enabled=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
includepkgs=iwl*
Remove this line ( includepkgs=iwl*). You do not need it. Instead, see Example #2 of the CentOSPlus wiki article. You need to add:
exclude=kernel kernel-devel kernel-PAE-*
in the [base] and [update] sections. This way, yum will get the kernel from the centosplus repo instead of the distro kernel.
After installing the centosplus kernel, reboot the system and try your wireless again. The iwl3945 is *part* of the centosplus kernel. More precisely, it is also part of the distro kernel except that it is disabled there.
Akemi
Hello Akemi,
Here is the details from my command line :-
[root@hwmw001 yum.repos.d]# yum install kernel Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmforge: apt.sw.be * base: ftp.oss.eznetsols.org * updates: ftp.oss.eznetsols.org * centosplus: ftp.oss.eznetsols.org * addons: ftp.oss.eznetsols.org * extras: ftp.oss.eznetsols.org Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates Finished Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus set to be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution --> Running transaction check ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.el5 set to be erased ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus set to be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: kernel i686 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus centosplus 16 M Removing: kernel i686 2.6.18-92.el5 installed 37 M
Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 1 Package(s)
Total download size: 16 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): kernel-2.6.18-92.1 100% |=========================| 16 MB 05:49 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus) is already installed
Error Summary
So should I remove the kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 package from my installation first ?
-- Ashish Vijaywargiya Indore (M.P), India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indore
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Akemi Yagi amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:00 AM, Ashish Vijaywargiya vijaywargiya.ashish@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Akemi,
Thanks for your reply. I have seen the details in the thread and after reading that thread I
have
few questions :-
- Can I install the Centos Plus kernel with the existing one that is
distributed with Centos 5.2? I have read the information from the link http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CentOSPlus It looks like that I have to include / exclude the package. I had changed the settings inside /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.
#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=
http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&rep...
#baseurl=
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1 gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
includepkgs=iwl*
Remove this line ( includepkgs=iwl*). You do not need it. Instead, see Example #2 of the CentOSPlus wiki article. You need to add:
exclude=kernel kernel-devel kernel-PAE-*
in the [base] and [update] sections. This way, yum will get the kernel from the centosplus repo instead of the distro kernel.
After installing the centosplus kernel, reboot the system and try your wireless again. The iwl3945 is *part* of the centosplus kernel. More precisely, it is also part of the distro kernel except that it is disabled there.
Akemi _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 9/28/08, Ashish Vijaywargiya vijaywargiya.ashish@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Akemi,
Here is the details from my command line :-
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing: kernel i686 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus centosplus 16 M Removing: kernel i686 2.6.18-92.el5 installed 37 M
Transaction Summary
Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus) is already installed
Error Summary
So should I remove the kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 package from my installation first ?
The reason you are getting that error is because 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.centos.plus is *not* available yet and you already have 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 installed. I would suggest you wait for Johnny Hughes to build the current centosplus kernel.
If you would rather not wait, you could remove kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 for now. In that case, first boot into the previous kernel 2.6.18-92.1.10. After that yum will install 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus normally.
Akemi
Hello Akemi,
I did what you suggested but my wireless is not working. Can you please tell me what is the purpose of following line in modprobe.conf file ?
alias eth1 eep100
How can I troubleshoot my wireless connection ? Can you please tell me few commands so that I can share the output of those command with you for troubleshooting wireless connection ?
-- Ashish Vijaywargiya Indore (M.P), India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indore
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:30 PM, amyagi@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/28/08, Ashish Vijaywargiya vijaywargiya.ashish@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Akemi,
Here is the details from my command line :-
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository
Size
=============================================================================
Installing: kernel i686 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus centosplus 16 M Removing: kernel i686 2.6.18-92.el5 installed
37 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus) is already installed
Error Summary
So should I remove the kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 package from my installation first ?
The reason you are getting that error is because 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5.centos.plus is *not* available yet and you already have 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 installed. I would suggest you wait for Johnny Hughes to build the current centosplus kernel.
If you would rather not wait, you could remove kernel-2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 for now. In that case, first boot into the previous kernel 2.6.18-92.1.10. After that yum will install 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus normally.
Akemi _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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