Bug 418491 - System-config-network doesn't see wlan0 device
Summary: System-config-network doesn't see wlan0 device
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: system-config-network
Version: 8
Hardware: ia64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Harald Hoyer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-12-10 17:43 UTC by Bevis King
Modified: 2008-03-31 10:28 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: system-config-network-1.4.7-1.fc8
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-03-31 10:28:02 UTC
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Description Bevis King 2007-12-10 17:43:27 UTC
Description of problem:
System-config-network doesn't see wlan0 device - if you go into New->Wireless it
doesn't seem to see currently detected and active wlan0 devices.  iwlist scan,
iwconfig and ifconfig all see the device.   Kinda defeats the point of being
able to use it to configure default start, etc.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.4.3

How reproducible:
All the time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Open system-config-network on a machine with a wireless card found by kernel
as wlan0 
2.  Click on New
3.  Click on Wireless
    Only "Other wireless devices" is offered.  It hasn't detected the live device.
  
Actual results:
wlan0 device does not appear in the device list.

Expected results:
wlan0 device should be first device offered.

Additional info:
Laptop is Dell Lattitude D430; wireless card is Broadcom 4312; firmware has been
installed via fwcutter; card is operational; driver is standard kernel b43
module; Fedora install is F8, x86_64 version.

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2007-12-11 09:49:58 UTC

system-config-network-1.4.7-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing
repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update system-config-network'


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