On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 05:08:33PM -0700, Gus Wirth wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > >I'm frustrated. FC4 broke wireless for me on every box that used it. I > >can't get it to work with different HW, different chip sets, ndiswrapper > >or madwifi. > > > >I freely admit I'm both stupid and inexperienced. But I have been > >reading the stuff and trying what I understood to be the right stuff. > > > >I have no assurance that FC5 will fix things. I'm tempted to try another > >distro ... maybe SUSe. > > > >Who has what wireless working with SUSe? Especially Atheros chips ... > > > >I have been as loyal to Red Hat as I have to my wife, but goddamit, even > >when she messes with me, she doesn't cut off communication. > > > > I just upgraded my laptop and desktop to Fedora Core 5. In the process, > I found <http://rpm.livna.org>, which produces extra kernel modules and > packages for the Fedora line. I noticed that they had both kernel > modules and tool packages for madwifi and ndiswrapper. >
I tried madwifi from livna (via yum) and had zero luck. I would try FC5 I suppose if I had some assurance that the problem was fixed. To remind you, all this worked for me in FC3 but broke in FC4. > You might give them a try. The install on my laptop went well, but I > have a Centrino chipset. > > If you are coming to the Thursday meeting I would be glad to test your > wireless card in my laptop for you. > I plan to come Thursday and will bring both my laptop wifi cards for your perusal. Thanks. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
