On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 07:58 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > Boris Glawe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > has anybody successfully installed the freshrpm's dkms-ndiswrapper package? > > > > The installation itself is not the problem, but the kernel module > > compilation fails. > > > > The kernel modules was usually compiled and properly installed with the > > execution of "/etc/init.d/dkms start". This command still does not show > > any error messages, but after returning after some seconds of operation, > > there's no kernel module in /lib/modules/`uname -r` which is confirmed > > by modprobe : "FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found." > > > > Nobody's reporting any problems?! How are you using ndiswrapper WLAN > > adapters with F8 and 2.6.24.x kernels? > > > > Thanks and greets > > Boris > > > > > IIRC (and I've been on vacation, so my brain hasn't caught up yet), > Linus himself got involved with the NDISwrapper code being GPL'd. He > put the kibosh on exporting the symbols needed to load it since in his > mind it CAN'T be GPL if it loads non-GPL binaries. IANAL, so take that > how you will. The thread was on Slashdot a couple weeks ago. It's my > understanding that ndiswrapper is broken in the .24 kernels and hasn't > been fixed yet. > > Granted, it's also my understanding the new WIFI stack is supposed to > have much better support for cards in .24, but I can't say for certain yet. > > > -- > Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar > > > Mark Haney > Sr. Systems Administrator > ERC Broadband > (828) 350-2415 > > Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support > I'm using ndiswrapper with this kernel: [chippy@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.24.3-50.fc8 But I'm using Livna's packages. Rick B.
