Text 5764, 50 rader
Skriven 2006-04-19 17:44:02 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 5757 av Charles Scaglione (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: pcmcia & kv2.6
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Hey Charles!

Apr 19 13:37 06, Charles Scaglione wrote to ROBERT FOWLER:

 CS> I understand that, however, when the card is not even recognized (and
 CS> therefore not initialized) during system boot up, there's no way to 
 CS> get it
 CS> working except as you pointed out - with ndiswrapper.

Not even then if your kernel isn't in sync with the app your distribution is
providing for pcmcia.  You first need to get the proper module loaded (yenta I
believe for that contoller) and take it from there.  Next would be to get the
proper rc file to load yenta before it sets up networking.  That is usually
where RH, or whatever they call themselves now, and SuSE fail miserably wrt
laptops.  With Slackware rc.modules is checked before setting up networking,
and the rc.inet1 also uses rc.inet1.conf which can be editted to use wireless
networking.  However you still need to get your controller recongnized before
any of the rest will work.

 CS>  And, there's 
 CS> no
 CS> guaranty that an add on wireless bus card will work even with 
 CS> ndiswrapper.

Right.  In order for ndiswrapper to work pcmcia has to work.

 CS> I realize we're working here with open source and a lot of volunteer
 CS> development, but this is one area that if it could be resolved 
 CS> (developing
 CS> drivers for wireless) would be a boon for Linux.

How so?  I doubt most laptop owners are interested in linux development.  The
ones around here seem to be married to outdated, unsupported software and can't
get them to work with their expensive hardware such as older GPS recievers that
cost them +$5000 new and require proper serial support which laptop
manufacturers appear to have abandoned for usb.  Without proper drivers for
their unsopported OS of choice they are stuck buying older laptops on eBay that
usually are broken and overpriced for what they are given that parts and
peripherals are hard to come by.

Bottomline is these people won't support development and thus are abandoned
along with their hardware and replacements are extremely crappy in comparison,
usb GPS recievers being a prime example.  They are on their own and have no
idea what they are doing computerly speaking.

Life is good,
Maurice

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