On 10/12/13 06:02, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > > [root at 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.