Wlan0 not connecting

[Jim]

John W. Linville wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:02:48PM -0400, Jim wrote:
>   
>> FC 8-i386 Laptop
>> Can't get Fedora to connect wireless with a RTL8187L.
>> The RTL8187 driver is loading as a module.
>> Below is the /var/log/messages on connecting.
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>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  User request for activation of wlan0.
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activating device wlan0
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): connection 'Auto linksys' requires no security.  No secrets needed.
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'ssid' value 'linksys'
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Config: added 'key_mgmt' value 'NONE'
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant interface state change: 2 -> 0
>> Mar 15 11:47:29 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  (wlan0) Supplicant interface state change: 0 -> 2
>> Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0/wireless): association took too long, failing activation.
>> Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) failed for access point (linksys)
>> Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Marking connection 'Auto linksys' invalid.
>> Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Activation (wlan0) failed.
>> Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <info>  Deactivating device wlan0.
>> Mar 15 11:47:54 localhost NetworkManager: <WARN>  remove_network_cb(): Couldn't remove network from supplicant interface: The requested network does not exist..
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> I'm not familiar with this last message.  I don't know if it indicates
> a wpa_supplicant problem or a kernel problem.
>
> Perhaps you should open a bugzilla entry?
>
> 	http://bugzilla.redhat.com
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>   
Did you update to the new kernel-2.6.24.-34, I have the same wireless 
card and the new kernel fixed it.