Bug 383511 - Intersil Prism 2.5 wlan not configured correctly
Summary: Intersil Prism 2.5 wlan not configured correctly
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-network
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-11-14 21:46 UTC by birger
Modified: 2008-04-22 22:39 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 1.5.5-1.fc8
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-04-22 22:39:15 UTC
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Description birger 2007-11-14 21:46:37 UTC
Description of problem:
NetworkManager lists my Prism 2.5 wlan controller, and tags it as 'wireless',
but doesn't configure it correctly

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fedora 8

How reproducible:
I have tried deleting and adding the device, and it still fails

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
The device gets configured by default as eth0 instead of wlan0 as I would have
expected. When the system tries to bring the interface up it complains about
'link down' as if it was a disconnected wired ethernet.

Expected results:
a working wlan0

Additional info:
lspci lists it as
02:0d.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset (rev 01)

Comment 1 Dan Williams 2007-11-15 19:59:04 UTC
-> s-c-n

Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2008-03-31 10:23:30 UTC
How do your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files look like?

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-04-07 14:34:37 UTC
system-config-network-1.5.5-1.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

Comment 4 birger 2008-04-07 23:13:44 UTC
With recent updates I removed all network interfaces and rebooted.
The results were encouraging, with the interface now appearing as wlan0, but I
have yet to make it actually work.

I discovered that I had both orinoco_pci and hostap_pci loaded. I have tried
blacklisting one or the other, and with only hostap_pci I get wifi0 instead of
wlan0. Still the same result.

Status right now is that iwconfig lists wifi0 or wlan0 as a wireless device, but
iwlist <device> scanning doesn't find anything.

At least it's not a s-c-n issue anymore so this case can be closed, and I'll ask
for help on the hostap mailing list.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-04-22 22:38:43 UTC
system-config-network-1.5.5-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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