FC6 and ndiswrapper

[Harold Hallikainen]

> On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 11:46 -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 20:18 -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> >> I did an upgrade on my hp laptop from fc5 to fc6 and my wlan stopped
>> >> working. Here's some stuff I've found:
>> >>
>> >> [root at hhlaptop sbin]# /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper -l
>> >> Installed drivers:
>> >> bcmwl5          driver installed, hardware present
>> >>
>> >> So, it looks like it's there
>> >>
>> >> [root at hhlaptop sbin]# /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
>> >> FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
>> >>
>> >> But maybe it isn't.
>> >>
>> >> Check versions between os and ndiswrapper...
>> >>
>> >> [root at hhlaptop sbin]# cat /proc/version
>> >> Linux version 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>> >> (brewbuilder at hs20-bc1-6.build.redhat.com)
>> >> (gcc version 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30)) #1 SMP Mon Oct 16
>> >> 14:39:22
>> >> EDT 2006
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> [root at hhlaptop sbin]# /sbin/modinfo ndiswrapper
>> >> modinfo: could not find module ndiswrapper
>> >>
>> >> Still can't find ndiswrapper...
>> >>
>> >> Ideas?
>> >
>> > Harold,
>> >
>> > ndiswrapper isn't part of the standard distribution and must be
>> rebuilt
>> > for each new kernel that gets installed.  You did a major upgrade (FC5
>> > to FC6), so the kernel was updated.  Also note that if you update the
>> > kernel via yum, you will also need to rebuild ndiswrapper.
>> >
>> > ndiswrapper actually is made of several parts.  The bit in /usr/sbin
>> > is the bit that sets up the Windows driver to be used.  It generally
>> > doesn't change and can be used over all kernel versions.  The second
>> > bit, ndiswrapper.ko, is the actual kernel module and is
>> kernel-specific.
>> > It lives in the "/lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc" directory.
>> >
>>
>> THANKS to all! I uninstalled ndiswrapper, then installed the latest, and
>> IT WORKS! Next trick is to finish the upgrade of my server from FC4 to
>> FC6. At a minimum, it changed httpd.conf so it brings up a default web
>> page instead of where my stuff really is. So, I'll start digging through
>> stuff to see what doesn't work and fix it. I guess upgrades cannot just
>> be
>> load it and run...
>
> Rather depends on how your old Apache was set up.  If you did a custom
> configure and modified the /etc/rc.d/init.d script to start your server,
> yes, things will be different.  FC6 uses Apache 2.x, with the config
> files in /etc/httpd/conf and the content in /var/www/html, and the
> startup script reflects that.  I'm not sure anaconda is as nice about
> creating "rpmsave" versions of config files as rpm and yum are.
>


Thanks for the comments! I modified /etc/httpd.conf to set up the "main
page" in my home (/home/harold/public_html) and various virtual host sites
in other user homes. I'll print out my old httpd.conf and compare it with
the new.

Thanks!

Harold

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