Re: Still no wireless network on my laptop

[Johan Lozano <johan lozano tiscali be>]

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 09:10 -0600, Tom Weniger wrote:
> On 8/17/05, Johan Lozano <johan lozano tiscali be> wrote:
> > > 3) ndiswrapper -d 17fe:2120
> > > # I may have this backwards -- but don't think so  --
> > >
> > [root mbarwen 80211g]# ndiswrapper -d 14e4:4318 bcmwl5
> > ln: `/etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/14E4:4318.5.conf': File exists
> > Driver 'bcmwl5' is used for '14E4:4318'
> > 
> > 
> > > 4) ndiswrapper -m # Writes info to modprobe.conf
> > >
> > [root mbarwen 80211g]# ndiswrapper -m
> > Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.conf
> > 
> > 
> > > 5) modprobe ndiswrapper
> > >
> > [root mbarwen 80211g]# modprobe ndiswrapper
> > [root mbarwen 80211g]# (no message, no error)
> > 
> Greetings Johan,
> 
> Please check your modprobe.conf file to see if the entry has been
> correctly written. I have had the same problem with a different driver
> which was fixed when I manually entered the alias into the
> modprobe.conf file.
>  

[root mbarwen ~]# more /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 r8169
alias snd-card-0 snd-atiixp
options snd-card-0 index=0
options snd-atiixp index=0
remove snd-atiixp { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1
|| : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-atiixp
alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
alias ath0 ath_pci
[root mbarwen ~]#

see everything it needs is there.

Johan Lozano
MicroBit, Duffel
E-mail : johan lozano tiscali be

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