On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:20:16 +0100, Andy Green wrote: > : >> Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >>> I am thinking of again reinstalling the system, and trying without >>> ndiswrapper. >>> >>> Any opinions on this? >>> >> Reinstalling the system is a rather drastic approach to changing the >> driver you are using. Changing the alias in /etc/modprobe.conf or >> /etc/modprobe.d/<file> and rebooting is more then enough. If you >> don't want to reboot, you could run: > > Right... I hesitate to call anything that can work "wrong", but > ndiswrapper is an amazing hack that should be avoided if at all possible. > > Hint for making sure ndiswrapper is no longer allowed to get a look-in: add > > install ndiswrapper /bin/true > > to /etc/modprobe.conf, remove everything else in there that mentions > ndiswrapper, and either modprobe -r ndiswrapper or reboot. > > -Andy In this case it is not as drastic as it seems because I have nothing of importance in the partition, and the wait time forces me to take care of neglected matters not related to computers. I am sure, however, that I will make use of your advice in the future. On my fresh system, I intend to proceed using bcm43xx-fwcutter followed by wpa_supplicant. From what I have seen so far, I think that I should be able to get my WiFi to work with these. What do you think? Mike.
