tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post2121612054113870998..comments2023-08-16T08:55:46.031-05:00Comments on Ubuntu on the Dell Inspiron 1501: Why NDISwrapper Didn't Work in HeronredDEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07778199165854076395noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-8057784690617919802008-04-07T10:27:00.000-05:002008-04-07T10:27:00.000-05:00I guess one could replace the minipci card...http:...I guess one could replace the minipci card...<BR/><BR/>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=598372Jim Natronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173704973114612335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-47297173176005214692008-04-06T23:18:00.000-05:002008-04-06T23:18:00.000-05:00ndiswrapper worked fine on my hardy install... it ...ndiswrapper worked fine on my hardy install... it didn't however work in a clean install...i had to clean install gutsy..set up ndiswrapper and then upgrade..that seemed to be the fix although if one looks at the forums there are a number of other alternativeshttp://myddewji13.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/05387950548874127781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-84729958201951747582008-04-06T05:05:00.000-05:002008-04-06T05:05:00.000-05:00I agree with Linus for gpl-ndiswrapper issue, but ...I agree with Linus for gpl-ndiswrapper issue, but on the other hand Im left with no solution for my dell 6400 broadcom chipset 4328 (draft N) to connect. ndis has been the only way to connect to the world. maybe levi can post some detailed howto make ndis start before b44 on ubuntu hardy?<BR/>thanks.Required field must not be blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05987795323560797460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-68653818779870170242008-04-06T03:36:00.000-05:002008-04-06T03:36:00.000-05:00Also, Linus accepted the patch.http://kernel.org/...Also, Linus accepted the patch.<BR/><BR/>http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.25-rc4tim b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18391815459451635117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-359995008095788812008-04-06T01:45:00.000-05:002008-04-06T01:45:00.000-05:00Me too. I followed this posthttp://ubuntuforums.or...Me too. I followed this post<BR/><BR/>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=734003tim b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18391815459451635117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-80949259515288449512008-04-06T01:25:00.000-05:002008-04-06T01:25:00.000-05:00i have 8.04 now working again with wireless (delet...i have 8.04 now working again with wireless (deleted the keyring, fixed my logging on issues now works perfectly with the new network manager etc)<BR/><BR/>i'm fairly sure NDIS does and will always work, NDIS is derived from wine and if NDIS wasn't GPL compliant then neither is wine or a lot of things.<BR/><BR/>anyway the reverse engineered driver works fantastically here, i much prefer it to NDIS (not sure about resource usage though.)shrewd.userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04901800418828682501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-50673946074795590822008-04-05T19:03:00.000-05:002008-04-05T19:03:00.000-05:00i think either linus backed down or the ubuntu ker...i think either linus backed down or the ubuntu kernel was patched<BR/><BR/>this will get it working (it's an unrelated problem):<BR/>http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=734003&highlight=ndiswrapper+hardytom wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283231377708856201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-30456703196596293362008-04-05T17:02:00.000-05:002008-04-05T17:02:00.000-05:00How do you load the ndiswrapper before something e...How do you load the ndiswrapper before something else?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204077613711120616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-51237156976973830162008-04-05T14:05:00.000-05:002008-04-05T14:05:00.000-05:00I am using ndiswrapper not for my built in Wifi, b...I am using ndiswrapper not for my built in Wifi, but for my D-Link DWA-130, until all the issues get fixed with the internal one. So is it only the built-in wireless driver that isn't working, because my D-Link is working fine.jrcdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587041798657453834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-84322535170621152052008-04-05T00:48:00.000-05:002008-04-05T00:48:00.000-05:00Ditto. Running 8.04 beta and ndiswrapper is the on...Ditto. Running 8.04 beta and ndiswrapper is the only driver that works on my Insipiron 1501. Same steps as levi.SigmaBetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09805903077505793389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876560611515310173.post-4914209190978403802008-04-04T22:53:00.000-05:002008-04-04T22:53:00.000-05:00Strange...I am using ndiswrapper with kernel 2.6.2...Strange...I am using ndiswrapper with kernel 2.6.24 on Arch Linux, and I don't believe it has been patched to work. The only thing I had to do was make sure ndiswrapper loaded before b44 in the modules, because ssb conflicts with ndiswrapper.Levihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01984987178962804914noreply@blogger.com