ramfree17 Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 i have read the pinned wireless tip thread but it doesnt seem to apply to me directly. let me just give a brief recount. i have a gemtek card with my amilo pro v7010 (yes it is a laptop but it fits right here than in the laptop section) which is reported to be supported and working in debian with kernel 2.6.10. anyway, mandriva le 2005 detects it and autoconfigures it to eth1. when i do a iwconfig it gives out this output: eth1 NOT READY! ESSID:"Ramfree" Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Tx-Power=31 dBm Sensitivity=0/200 Retry min limit:0 RTS thr=0 B Fragment thr=0 B Encryption key:AAAA-BBBB-17 Security mode:restricted Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 the ESSID and encryption key are supplied by me via the commandline because the wizard is taking forever to complete. although i have already installed the ndiswrapper from the installer it is not being shown in lsmod. heck, modprobe ndiswrapper gives out an erorr that it cannot be found. the module for the card is 'prism54'. i am also trying to change the channel to 6 because that is the one used by the card when in windows. however i cannot seem to budge the channel setting. where can i find the information on why the card is not ready? what logs do i have to open? can you direct to what steps i need to do to get this thing working, or at least what steps do i need to do to start getting more information that can help resolve this problem? my lowerback is already hurting from using the coffeetable and i can only use windows if i use the kitchen table since i cant make the lan cable run all the way to the kitchen area without courting disaster. thanks for your time. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 I know, this is not helping much... I read (some time ago) that there exist a native linux driver for prism chipsets. Maybe, worth checking... Clearly, the problem is due to ndiswrapper not loading. Did you try driverloader? I had no luck with ndiswrapper, buy driverloader works like a charm - I am typing this message via WiFi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 this is the first time that i have heard of driverloader so i will research more about it when i get home. thanks for the tip. prism support was supposed to be included already in the 2.6.10 kernel. :( ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted September 22, 2005 Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 ah, so it is the same as linuxant. :D ill put that off as the last resort. i dont know if my wife is going to approve buying a license from them (and i am going to sell this laptop when i go home so it might not be a wise decision). ill try to hammer out the native solution. wish me luck... ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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