Compaq WIFI card not recognized by FC4

[Jonathan Berry]

On 7/6/05, Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am running the most up-to-date kernel (I basically did a yum update for everything in fc4 to be
> current on it all when I first loaded it on my system)
> [root at Whistler broadcomwifidriver]# uname -r
> 2.6.12-1.1387_FC4
> 
> When I ran your command I got the following:
> [root at Whistler broadcomwifidriver]# yum list kernel-module-ndiswrapper
> Setting up repositories
> livna                     100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> updates-released          100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> base                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files

If you read really closely, you'll see that the command I wrote was:
yum list "kernel-module-ndiswrapper*"

Notice the quotes and the *.  You have to give it the kernel version
as well.  The * matches anything else so you will see all the kernel
versions.  Regardless, since you are up-to-date, you can just run the
other command I gave you.

yum install kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4

By the way, the practice on this list is not to "top post" (meaning
putting your reply above what you are replying to).  It's preferred if
you place your reply inline (like I have done) or below the original
text.  This makes it easier to see the discussion flow.

Jonathan

[snip]
[references]
> > Hmm, did you install the Livna package using the "yum install
> > ndiswrapper"?  I guess you need to explicitly tell it to get you the
> > kernel module as well.
> >
> > yum list "kernel-module-ndiswrapper*"
> >
> > will give you a list of the avialable kernel modules.  Install the one
> > for your kernel version ("uname -r" will tell you the one you are
> > running).  If you are running the latest FC4 kernel
> > (2.6.12-1.1387_FC4, which you should update to) then your install
> > command will be:
> >
> > yum install kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4
> >
> > Unfortuntely, the list will not show you the whole package name, so
> > you need to tack on the "FC4" part to the end.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >