FC6 and ndiswrapper

[mylar]

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?
> 
> THANKS!
> 
> Harold
> 
> 
I think I recall having similar problems. Try installing ndiswrapper
from scratch. That's what I had to do in order to get it to work.