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    jwdvd Guest

    wireless nic problems

    Hi folks,

    before i ask this question i would just like to say hi as this is my first post, cool site and i think i will be using it a lot as im starting to get more into linux every day.

    I have a dell inspiron 9100 laptop, fc4 installed (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)

    i cannot for the life of me get the wireless card working, i have installed ndiswrapper as described on many sites all seems fine until i run /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper, then i get this....
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    [root@trinityx ~]# ndiswrapper -m
    Adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper
    [root@trinityx ~]# ndiswrapper -l
    Installed drivers:
    bcmwl5 driver installed, hardware present
    [root@trinityx ~]# /sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper
    FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module format
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    is there anyone out there who has any clue about this, its killing me, and forcing me to use windows at home as i cant be arsed with cables.

    thanks in advance folks.

    regards

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    I would recommend you update the system first by the following comand
    su -
    yum -y update
    once update is complete
    reboot

    reinstall your ndiswrapper by doing the follwoing from a terminal window
    su -
    rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release4.rpm
    yum -y install kernel-module-nidswrapper-$(uname -r)
    ndiswrapper -i /path/to/net8180.inf
    ndiswrapper -l
    modprobe ndiswrapper
    iwconfig (make sure you see wlan0 device is present)
    modprobe -m
    If you don't know your purpose, you will spend a lifetime not fulfilled. :rolleyes:

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    jwdvd Guest
    ooohh thats looks good, will try that tonight, thanks loads.

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