hobartimus
03-09-2007, 01:04 AM
I'm just getting my feet wet with Linux. I have installed various flavors on an old PC in the back room, but never got any to work very well. Tried everything from hand compiling CentOS to a simple Ubuntu install. Each one worked partly, but not fully and each had a different problem. So I eventually gave up.
The other day I decided to install Fedora Core 6 on my PowerBook G4 that I am no longer using much. It was almost totally painless. Everything works except Airport. The thing troubling me is that it does see the Airport card with no effort on my part, but it is inactive. When I try to activate it, I get an error message telling me to check the cable. WTF?
Not knowing much about Linux, I am assuming that the driver is already installed or the system would not be seeing a wireless card and calling it "Airport" by default.
So, what steps should I take to activate this thing?
The other day I decided to install Fedora Core 6 on my PowerBook G4 that I am no longer using much. It was almost totally painless. Everything works except Airport. The thing troubling me is that it does see the Airport card with no effort on my part, but it is inactive. When I try to activate it, I get an error message telling me to check the cable. WTF?
Not knowing much about Linux, I am assuming that the driver is already installed or the system would not be seeing a wireless card and calling it "Airport" by default.
So, what steps should I take to activate this thing?