Description of problem: No wi-fi. After a GNOME install from the 64bit DVD, wi-fi is not functional. With drakconnect, I got: "unable to find a network interface for selected device (using iwlwifi)." I saw this in messages: kernel: [ 12.287605] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode' failed. kernel: [ 12.287883] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode' failed. kernel: [ 12.287888] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found! I manually installed iwlwifi-6050-ucode, but still get a failure with drakconnect: Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_cell_view_set_cell_data: assertion `cell_view->priv->displayed_row != NULL' failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive/gtk.pm line 520. Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_cell_view_set_cell_data: assertion `cell_view->priv->displayed_row != NULL' failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive/gtk.pm line 520. Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_cell_view_set_cell_data: assertion `cell_view->priv->displayed_row != NULL' failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive/gtk.pm line 520. Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_cell_view_set_cell_data: assertion `cell_view->priv->displayed_row != NULL' failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive/gtk.pm line 520. Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_cell_view_set_cell_data: assertion `cell_view->priv->displayed_row != NULL' failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/interactive/gtk.pm line 520. Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory Failed to create host name resolver: Invalid host name run-parts: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/hostname.d/avahi exited with return code 1 Compiling... Shorewall configuration compiled to /var/lib/shorewall/.restart Restarting Shorewall.... done. Failed to kill daemon. (No such file or directory) Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. Starting network-up (via systemctl): [ OK ] Not sure what is missing, but this device works fine in Fedora 16. iwlwifi : Intel Corporation|Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:0087 subv:8086 subd:1321) (rev: 5e)
We don't provide nonfree stuff in the dvd. SO you need to enable the nonfree repository and install iwlwifi-6050-ucode (drakconnect can also help you)
Status: NEW => UNCONFIRMEDComponent: Installer => RPM PackagesEver confirmed: 1 => 0
That is one of the points, drakconnect did _not_ help me. I had to figure out the missing rpm by myself by digging out the error from the syslog and search for it on the web. The second point is of course that it still does not work.
Note that drakconnect did not help me even though the non-free and tainted repositories were enabled when I tried to use it.
yep indeed sorry, it should be fixed soon (all iwlwifi bugs talking about missing firmware are the same) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 5549 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => DUPLICATE