> Toad <keepertoad@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >Unable to get ndiswrapper to work on 64 bit kernel. Works a treat on > >smp kernels. > > > >lspci shows hardware present. > > 05:06.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11G > >Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01) > > > >lsmod shows ndiswrapper.ko loaded. > > > >ndiswrapper shows hardware present: > >[keepertoad@office ~]$ ndiswrapper -l > >Installed drivers: > >rt2500 driver installed, hardware present > > > >Driver used is w2k/xp 32 bit. WinXP 64 bit driver results in hard > lock > >requiring hardware reset. > > > >service network restart responds with "wlan0 not present > delaying...." > > > >ifcfg-wlan0 is identical to known good config for smp kernels. Have > >tried several versions of ndiswrapper including 1.15 with same > result. > > > >Have tried 2054 and 2096 64 bit kernels with same result. > > > >FWIW, CentOS 4.3 64 bit kernels give same result. Yet, it works > without > >a hitch on 32 bit kernels and 32 bit smp kernels. > > > >Would appreciate any suggestions. Have Googled for hours without > >finding anything productive. Thanks in advance. > > > >bj > > > >Fedora Core 5, Linux 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5smp athlon 14:31:12 up 4 min, 2 > >users, load average: 0.49, 0.85, 0.41 > > > Bad news. Your choices are: > > 1) Run a 32-bit version of FC and hope the Windoze 32 bit driver > works. > 2) Figure out how to make the 64 bit Windoze driver work with FC 64 > bit. > 3) Try to find a native Linux driver that works with your existing > wireless NIC. > 4) Looks like its a mini-PCI card so you could try a different NIC by > swapping cards. > > I'm running FC4 64bit on an HP laptop and did a bunch of digging last > summer when I was attempting to make that combination work. The > Windoze > driver must match the word size of the Linux kernel for ndiswrapper > to > work (both 32 bit or both 64 bit). Could be things have changed > since > then but I doubt it. You might want to look around for a different > version of the Windoze driver (e.g., if this is a laptop, from the > laptop manufacturer) or, conversely, a plain vanilla driver from the > card manufacturer and see if it makes any difference. > > Cheers, > Dave Thanks much. Was afraid of that.:-( bj Fedora Core 5, Linux 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5smp athlon 18:21:04 up 3:54, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
