Thread: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] ndiswrapper and fedora core 6
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From: Richard C. <rik...@ho...> - 2006-10-29 09:58:08
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thanks, i sorted it, there's a bug in fc6, where it is mis-probing some processors and installed= i586 kernel instead of i686. ndiswrapper i686 is therefore incompatible. at least that's what i think. you need to yum remove kernel kernel-devel then yum install kernel.i686 kernel-devel.i686 thanks rik. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:21:57 -0700 > From: net...@gm... > To: rik...@ho... > Subject: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] ndiswrapper and fedora core 6 >=20 > On 10/28/06, Richard Cross <rik...@ho...> wrote: > > > > hi all, > > > > i have been happily using ndiswrapper with my wireless card since fedor= a 4, > > but for some reason cant get it to work on fedora 6. i am using version > > 1.23, which although not the latest, was working fine in fedora 5. > > > > my problem is that although the drivers load fine, when i try to use > > iwconfig to set the essid, the kernel crashes. i have been playing arou= nd > > for some time, and discovered that changing the mode to 'ad-hoc' and no= t > > 'managed' allows me to set the essid without the kernel crashing. (if i= then > > set it back to managed it will crash). using the gui tool has the same > > effect. > > > > also, when trying to set the key, it returns an error along the lines o= f > > 'interface not recognised' or 'invalid argument' (i cant remember). > > > > my linux installation is pretty much useless without wireless, but i ha= ve no > > idea how to even find out what the problem could be, let alone fix it (= i'm > > relatively new to linux). > > > > any help would be greatly appreciated. >=20 > I'd think that using the latest ndiswrapper version would be the first > logical step. If that doesn't help, you prolly need to talk to the > ndsiwrapper developers. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > L. Friedman net...@gm... > LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=3D5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-= 4911fb2b2e6d= |
From: Pavel R. <pr...@gn...> - 2006-10-30 23:11:17
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On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 09:58 +0000, Richard Cross wrote: > > > thanks, i sorted it, > > there's a bug in fc6, where it is mis-probing some processors and > installed i586 kernel instead of i686. ndiswrapper i686 is therefore > incompatible. > > at least that's what i think. Correct. It's a known issue (and it's quite a blunder for a release that was delayed several times): http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common > you need to yum remove kernel kernel-devel then > yum install kernel.i686 kernel-devel.i686 Better yet: yum install yum-utils yumdownloader kernel.i686 kernel-devel.i686 rpm -Uvh --replacefiles --replacepkgs kernel-*.i686.rpm At this point you can compile and install the latest version of ndiswrapper. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin |
From: Lonni J F. <net...@gm...> - 2006-10-30 23:21:07
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On 10/30/06, Pavel Roskin <pr...@gn...> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-10-29 at 09:58 +0000, Richard Cross wrote: > > > > > > thanks, i sorted it, > > > > there's a bug in fc6, where it is mis-probing some processors and > > installed i586 kernel instead of i686. ndiswrapper i686 is therefore > > incompatible. > > > > at least that's what i think. > > Correct. It's a known issue (and it's quite a blunder for a release > that was delayed several times): Well the reasons for the delay in releasing had nothing to do with needing more QA time, they were to address specific known bugs. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman net...@gm... LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org |