Problem getting ndiswrapper to autoload on 9.3
Folks, I'm using ndiswrapper for the wifi driver I need for my Linksys PCMCIA card. I can load ndiswrapper manually with modprobe each time I power up the laptop, and things work fine. But when I run ndiswrapper -m so that it automatically starts during boot-up, I get the following error message in dmesg: ndiswrapper: module not supported by Novell, setting U tain flag. Yet the next two lines show ndiswrapper v. 1.1 loaded, as well as the Linksys driver. The bottom line: I can't get ndiswrapper to activate on start-up, but I can (and do) manually start it with modprobe ndiswrapper after starup. What steps have I failed to take (I followed the SuSE ndiswrapper instructions at Novell's web site)? Best, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 11:17 -0400, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
Folks,
I'm using ndiswrapper for the wifi driver I need for my Linksys PCMCIA card. I can load ndiswrapper manually with modprobe each time I power up the laptop, and things work fine. But when I run ndiswrapper -m so that it automatically starts during boot-up, I get the following error message in dmesg:
ndiswrapper: module not supported by Novell, setting U tain flag.
Yet the next two lines show ndiswrapper v. 1.1 loaded, as well as the Linksys driver.
The bottom line: I can't get ndiswrapper to activate on start-up, but I can (and do) manually start it with modprobe ndiswrapper after starup.
What steps have I failed to take (I followed the SuSE ndiswrapper instructions at Novell's web site)?
Did you add the info to /etc/sysconfig/kernel ? Add ndiswrapper to the MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT section. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 11:27:17 -0400 Ken Schneider <suse-list@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 11:17 -0400, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
Folks,
I'm using ndiswrapper for the wifi driver I need for my Linksys PCMCIA card. I can load ndiswrapper manually with modprobe each time I power up the laptop, and things work fine. But when I run ndiswrapper -m so that it automatically starts during boot-up, I get the following error message in dmesg:
ndiswrapper: module not supported by Novell, setting U tain flag.
Yet the next two lines show ndiswrapper v. 1.1 loaded, as well as the Linksys driver.
The bottom line: I can't get ndiswrapper to activate on start-up, but I can (and do) manually start it with modprobe ndiswrapper after starup.
What steps have I failed to take (I followed the SuSE ndiswrapper instructions at Novell's web site)?
Did you add the info to /etc/sysconfig/kernel ? Add ndiswrapper to the MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT section.
Ken, Sorry to take so long to reply. Thanks for the hint. No, it isn't in sysconfig/kernel. Supposedly, ndiswrapper -m drops an alias of some sort into modprobe.conf, although obviously that isn't working. What should the entry in the kernel config look like? I notice MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="capabilities raw1394 video1394" on one line. Do I merely insert ndiswrapper after the video entry? Best, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts | Science Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in home: 508-520-3139 Email: pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 18:47 -0400, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 11:27:17 -0400 Ken Schneider <suse-list@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
Ken,
Sorry to take so long to reply. Thanks for the hint. No, it isn't in sysconfig/kernel. Supposedly, ndiswrapper -m drops an alias of some sort into modprobe.conf, although obviously that isn't working.
What should the entry in the kernel config look like? I notice MODULES_LOADED_ON_BOOT="capabilities raw1394 video1394" on one line. Do I merely insert ndiswrapper after the video entry?
Best,
Pete
That's all that is needed. Then whenever you boot the module is loaded. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
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