Re: Fedora & Ndiswrapper & Mimo Wireless

From: Paul Hoy (paul.hoy_at_mac.com)
Date: 07/25/05

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    Thanks for your email, Lloyd. I plan to take a look at your
    information at LinuxQuestions.org.

    I actually tried to use two wireless modems with ndiswrapper, but
    I've been unsuccessful. I had thought that this was related to the
    fact that mimo is relatively new. I've also downloaded the Linuxant
    kernels and have recompiled my own, but to no avail.

    As I write from my Mac :), I'm currently installing Suse 9.3 in a
    desperate attempt to run the wireless modem. If it doesn't work, I'll
    do what you suggested: install FC4, and immediately install the
    Linuxant kernels. Suse looks good, but it appears their focus is on
    KDE, rather the Gnome. I really like what Fedora has done with Gnome.

    Thanks again.
    Paul

    On Jul 24, 2005, at 8:24 PM, Lloyd Hayes wrote:

    >
    >
    >
    >>
    >> Is anyone aware of a FAQ or webpage that provides ndiswrapper
    >> information specific to Fedora?
    >>
    >> I'm currently trying to get a mimo-based wireless card to work with
    >> FC4. It's active, but I haven 't been able to make it connect.
    >>
    >> Thanks.
    >>
    >>
    >
    > I assembled a lot of information about getting Ndiswrapper to work
    > with
    > Fedora which is posted on LinuxQuestions.org. You can read them there.
    >
    > Unfortunately, I have not been able to get Ndiswrapper to work with
    > FC4
    > yet myself. You have to download your kernels from Linuxant, which are
    > free, to get the wireless cards to work. I just installed FC4 the
    > other
    > day on one of my laptops and the kernel on my computer is newer
    > then the
    > ones on Linuxant. Their kernels won't install until they get a newer
    > version then what I have on my computer.
    >
    > I'll replay events. In installed FC4, then yum updated all. I should
    > have gotten a kernel from Linuxant 1st before updating.
    >
    > In general over the past couple of days, I have found FC4 to be
    > nothing
    > more then a testing version of an operating system which is filled
    > with
    > bugs. I don't believe that it should have released as a user
    > version at
    > this time. I have corrected a few of the bugs. But I can't be sure
    > that
    > what I did actually corrected anything. Plus I have a bunch more bugs.
    > Permissions seem to be a problem. If I can't get things working
    > smoothly
    > within the week, the computer gets reverted back to FC3.
    >
    > One bug on FC4 that is driving me up the wall is that when I move the
    > mouse pointer from the lower right part of the screen in an upper left
    > direction, web pages, workspaces, or whatever goes back to what I was
    > doing before. It's like a backup button. I'm sure some IDIOT thought
    > that this was great idea. I hate this!!!!
    >
    >
    >
    > Good Luck
    >
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