FC5 issue with ndiswrapper

gecobb at maine.rr.com gecobb at maine.rr.com
Wed Mar 22 14:23:56 UTC 2006


My real concern is that the documented ndiswrapper installation process 
has stopped working with this release and I want to make the community 
aware.

I can try the livna approach this evening to see if it makes any 
difference.

Thanks for the reply.
-gc

----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Grosswiler <roger at gwch.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:59 am
Subject: Re: FC5 issue with ndiswrapper
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>

> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I just loaded FC5 and then configured my NetGear WG511T with
> > ndiswrapper as is my usual process.  This worked on FC4 and FC5-
> T3 but
> > the system-config-network app can't "see" wlan0 with the latest
> > distro.  Additionally the ndiswrapper.ko module isn't getting 
> loaded at
> > boot time.  I have it working through a script in rc5.d so I don't
> > think it is a physical issue -- does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > Also, is there a reason that the kernel-devel RPM isn't on the 
> distro?> Having to go find that made the install experience a 
> little less than
> > optimal for me.
> >
> > Thanks
> > -gc
> >
> why not using livna's ndiswrapper-packages?
> 
> HTH
> Roger
> 
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