RE: Why does not a WiFi card work in Fedora, when it works in Debian.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:35 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Why does not a WiFi card work in Fedora,when it 
> works in Debian.
> 
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 10:22:47PM +0200, Tomas Larsson wrote:
>  > Dear group.
>  > Been struggling to get a rt61 card to work in FC4.
>  > So-far with no success, not with the various rt61 drivers, 
> nor ndiswrapper.
>  > But the rt61 chipset is reported to work in debian, why 
> not in Fedora?
> 
> It may be that the module worked in an older Fedora kernel, 
> but as Fedora keeps moving to keep up with the upstream 
> kernel, sometimes things outside the kernel break.  If Debian 
> ran the same version kernel, it'd likely have the same problem.
> 
> (Not just Debian either, the same applies to just about any distro).
> 
> 		Dave
> 

Ok, question is the, should I drop FC and go for another distro (said to be
working) or should I get another card with hopefully another chipset and
start all over again?

With best regards

Tomas Larsson
Sweden

Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem


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