> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stuart bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Wireless Woes.... > Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:27:42 -0600 > > > On 11/01/07, Dan LaBine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JRH wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > This new wireless card, as gotten me pulling my hair out bigtime..... > > > > > > I cant get it to run either with the Linux drivers, or even > > with ndiswrapper. > > Dan is probably right here but last time i had a major problem like > this it was because the OS was loading the wrong module first (in my > case bcm43xx) check lsmod to see if there is aready a mod loaded for > the card, it'll be the wrong one. This will stop you loading the new > one but shows "hardware present driver present" I got round it by > blacklisting the other mod to stop it loading, some people have done > it by renaming it. I too was tearing my hair out - I'm now bald! but > my wifi works. Re PCLinux (my main OS) that seems to load bcm43xx for > almost any card! > Keep trying! > Stuart > Registered Linux Mangler #001 > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to > http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________
This e-mail may not be off a lot of help, but I can feel your frustration. I had to buzz my hair to keep from pulling it out when it comes to configuring network/wireless devices in Mandrake/Mandriva. I've been using Mandrake/Mandriva part time to full time at home since version 8.2, and internet config issues have been my personal nightmare. I have even saved config files when upgrading to help solve my issues, which sometime has worked, othertimes not. If I weren't so set on using Linux, I may have given up on occasion. This has been the most frustrating thing for me. In all fairness though, I believe the difficulty is mostly due to hardware which was never designed to run under anything but M$. That is changing, albeit slowly. Don't give up! The good folks on this list will go out of their way to help. I am convinced it's worth the effort. [8-) Regards. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *********************************************** ~Linux Laptop, Powered by Mandriva-2006~ *********************************************** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *********************************************** -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
