Use the command:
to find your running kernel. That will either be PAE or not.
then:
That's a space and a minus sign after the su. It gives full root rights over the machine, not just over your own environment which is what you get with plain su.
If you haven't already, install the rpmfusion repositories:
Code:
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
Install ndiswrapper:
Code:
yum install kmod-ndiswrapper
or:
Code:
yum install kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE
depending on which kernel you discovered.
This should bring in the three relevant packages.
Then set up and configure ndiswrapper with:
Code:
ndiswrapper -i <path to your windows driver file>.inf
should install the driver,
if it is going to work should return "driver present" and "hardware present"
Code:
modprobe ndiswrapper
should load the driver into the kernel, but probably only until you reboot.
If you are lucky now and NetworkManager is running then after a short while it 'may' begin reporting wireless networks. NetworkManager is the preferred method of connecting to wireless networks with Fedora and should be located in the notification area of either KDE or Gnome just to the lefto of the clock.
If it works, or indeed if it doesn't you will also need to run:
to ensure the ndiswrapper module loads each time of booting.
Please remember that ndiswrapper is only happy with Windows XP/98 drivers and doesn't get on with Windows Vista drivers. Of those it doesn't happily co-exist with all XP/98 drivers either. Be prepared to experiment if your original doesn't work.