axelseap
2006-03-02, 08:53 PM PST
i'd suggest that you update your kernel to the latest and then install the madwifi-kmdl for it. if you upgrade your kernel you will also need to install your nvidia, ati, ntfs and ndiswrapper drivers if you have any of those but everything should still work fine
iltafkhalid
2006-03-02, 09:14 PM PST
i m using a branded compaq pIII system. i have no extra graphics card like nvidia or any other cards on my system. i dont knw wat is ati,ndiswrapper. can any one plz tell me n a bit detail as i m a newbie in linux world. shud i still need drivers for the specified things n the above post by " axelseap " f i have to upgrade my kernel? also i dont knw how to upgrade my kernel. how shud i do tht? plz some one tell me tht too n a bit detail like wat steps shud i follow.which kernel shud i upgrade to as i m having 2.6.11-1.1369_fc4#1 .plz some suggest me one for fc4.
anyways thanx axelseap for the help.
axelseap
2006-03-02, 09:36 PM PST
to upgrade only your kernel run this. yum install kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4
then do u have the atrpms or livna repos added? it's best not to use atrpms. reboot into the latest kernel and if you have atrpms you can run this yum install madwifi-kmdl-$(uname -r) and if you have livna run this yum install kernel-module-madwifi-$(uname -r) once again it's best not to be using atrpms. if you don't have either create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo and add this to it [livna]
name=Fedora Core 4 - i386 - livna
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY and install madwifi with the livna command above, after doing that you can run system-config-network and set up your card
iltafkhalid
2006-03-02, 11:43 PM PST
man, i suppose yum doesnt work without an internet connection so how can i use it since my first problem is internet connection,thats y i m looking for madwifi. first i shud b having an internet connection. man can u plz give me ur email (hotmail or yahoo) so that i may chat with u and discuss my problem in full detail. anyways thanx for the reply. :)
imdeemvp
2006-03-03, 01:07 AM PST
Can you temporaly connect your laptop to you interntet cable? or dsl? if so do that and then try installing the drivers.
iltafkhalid
2006-03-03, 01:35 AM PST
i m havng a desktop,i told u i m havin a branded compaq p3 desktop.i have a wirless lan card of senao.
window show its name as ar5001x. do u knw abt this card. plz tell me how shud i install it n fc4?
i also need ur hotmail or yahoo email. i want to chat with u to solve my wlan problem cuz its urgent. or add my id as iltaf_khalid2000@yahoo.com or iltafkhalid@hotmail.com . plz man help me .... :(
axelseap
2006-03-03, 08:58 AM PST
to start you can download these rpms and try installing them, start with the kernel one. if you get any dependencies try looking for there here (http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/)
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn/kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4-0.0-0.lvn.15.20060128.4.i686.rpm
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/kernel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4.i686.rpm
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/i386/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4.i686.rpm
iltafkhalid
2006-03-03, 03:36 PM PST
hey i have installed kernel 2.6.15-1.1831_fc4 and i have found wlan drivers. but there is one problem.
that is..wen i try to create initial image with mkinitrd for this new kernel , i get an error message "no dep found for 2.6.15-1.1831_fc4". what does this mean? i dont knw wat to do. shud i upgrade mkinitrd too ? plz tell me n the simplest words.
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