FC5T2 and ndiswrapper

[Roger Grosswiler]

Am Freitag, den 20.01.2006, 19:34 -0500 schrieb Neal Becker:
> You'll be happy to know, that ndiswrapper is working for me on the latest
> kernel.   I used the ndiswrapper cvs.  It has a patch for 2.6.16. 
> Unfortunately, the current kernel claims to be 2.6.15, so I just modified
> the patch slightly.
> 
> I do have 1 question about ndiswrapper and NetworkManager.  When I boot,
> nothing is loading ndiswrapper, and hence the wireless IF (wlan0) is
> missing.
> 
> What is the suggested way to get the kernel mod loaded at boot?  I would
> really expect an entry /etc/init.d/ndiswrapper.
i got ndiswrapper too, but i always compiled with DISABLE_USB=1, so it
runs again since a longer time.

if you want to get it activated, use system-config-network and click on
something like activate at boot-time, this will get it up automatically.

HTH
Roger