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On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Dick Roark <droark.sg(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Harish Pillay <harish.pillay(a)gmail.com>wrote:
> > It all started with Puppy Linux 5.2. I setup a LiveCD and jumped in to
> get
> > familiar with it. I had some trouble with connectivity. I eventually
> got
> > around to trying my linksys Wireless-G dongle. This showed some promise
> > although I was unable to find the correct Puppy driver for the dongle
> and
> > eventually removed the Wireless-G and shelved that project. Later on,
> I
> > tried to log on with Fedora and found that NetworkManager was now
> unusable.
> > Okay, after fiddling around with it for a while, I did a complete
> reinstall
> > of Fedora (including reformatting the disk) and low-and-behold
> > NetworkManager still doesn't work. I would have thought the Fedora
> reinstall
> > would have installed the correct driver but apparently it didn't. I am
> able
> > to send this because I have plugged the Wireless-G back in. (aargh!)
> Has
> > anyone ever seen this sort of thing?
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> Actually, the easier way is to do the following:
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> yum reinstall NetworkManager*
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> and it will replace the existing NetworkManager.
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> I actually don't understand the issue you are facing. Your machine has
> some OS installed in the harddisk or are you working entirely off of a
> liveCD?
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> Harish
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Actually, I think it's a hardware problem with the Dlink PCI wireless
card. Reinstalling NetworkManager was the first thing I tried. I've done
two cold reinstalls with the same results. The Puppy Linux is a live CD. By
now, there are no remaining traces on the Puppy Linux. I'm going to remove
the Dlink card and have a look at it. Once in a blue moon, even reseating a
card makes a difference. I don't believe it's a Fedora problem because on
both the reinstalls the Wireless-G USB dongle works just fine. To me, it's
just gotta be a hardware problem. I expect to fix it today. Will keep you
updated.
The problem *did turn out to be the wireless PCI card*. Took it out,
cleaned it, put some Pro-Gold on the contacts, reinstalled it and we're off
to the races.