Ndiswrapper not seeing card
 

Ok so I just installed Fedora Core 5 and updated to the latest kernel. I also installed the Kernel-Devel and followed all the steps in both the install file for ndiswrapper and Here. Now when i do the iwconfig it does not list the wlan0 in the list but it does show eth1 as wireless. Now it is a Broadcom wireless 1300 in a latitude D600. I can get all the drivers to install fine but cannot get my wireless to work. What really gets me is that I was able to get it all working one time. Had to reload because my wife wanted to play with the laptop and I was unable to get back into Gnome on boot. (Word of advice, dont let the wife touch the laptop if she dont know what she is doing.) So here i am with the whole box installed again and cant get ndiswrapper to work. Any help would be appreciated.


Also, quick question, does SElinux affect this?

Two possible answers(warning it may be both depending on your working kernel);

1. Create a file in the /etc/sysconfig/modules location called something like for example ndis.modules which has a line entry like; modprobe ndiswrapper


2. A possible conflict between ndiswapper and the new broadcom wireless (bcm43xx) and related modules, a quick way to check is; cat /proc/modules | grep bcm43

If you see this broadcom module then this may be the problem. You can always use this module instead of ndiswrapper if you want. You will need to install the firmware files as per; http://fcp.homelinux.org/modules/new...17638&forum=12

Or you need to remove the bcm43xx and related modules and then load the ndiswapper module.

how do i remove the module to use the ndiswrapper. It shows that the bcm43xx mod is installed but cant figure out how to do the firmware deal. Im not very smart at linux and just want my wireless working.

You should read for the details; man modprobe

As root type from the console or xterm session something like;

/sbin/modprobe -r ieee8021_softmac
/sbin/modprobe -r bcm43xx
/sbin/modprobe ndiswrapper

Can add this if desired to the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file using any text editor as root of course.