Stuck Halfway Installing Ndiswrapper

[sfink16]

I'm brand new to Fedora, previously only using windows OS. I've worked through quite a bit of problens but this one has stumped me.

I had nothing but trouble get wireless to work on my Acer Aspire laptop on my Fedora 7 OS. The laptop comes with a internal card but is not recognized by any of the wirelss install chocies presented.

I purchased an AnyCom Bluetooth USB adapter after reading a review that someone had success on their Linux OS using it.

Neither the internal wireless (intel ?) or the AnyCom are working. BTW, I've partion the hard drive, leaving the original windows Vista OS intact.

I have the latest ndsiwrapper loaded source from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper in the newly created folder called ndiswrapper under the home folder. The instructions I'm using stop at "make distclean" with an error message saying that it's expecting a kernel that is no longer on my system as I have a newer one.

Does anyone have be instructions for installing ndiswrapper for someone with limited Fedora/Linux OS skills? Thanks!

[markkuk]

I had nothing but trouble get wireless to work on my Acer Aspire laptop on my Fedora 7 OS. The laptop comes with a internal card but is not recognized by any of the wirelss install chocies presented.
What's the type of the internal wireless adapter? Show the output of "/sbin/lspci".

I purchased an AnyCom Bluetooth USB adapter after reading a review that someone had success on their Linux OS using it.

Bluetooth is a different method of wireless communication that works only with other Bluetooth-enabled devices, not wireless LANs.

[sfink16]

Thank you Mark for your response and the Bluetooth info!

It appears that I have an Atheros AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter. Here is the /sbin/lspci info that requested in order to further help me:


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GHM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
0a:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0a:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)

Help is appreciated!

Steve

What's the type of the internal wireless adapter? Show the output of "/sbin/lspci".

Bluetooth is a different method of wireless communication that works only with other Bluetooth-enabled devices, not wireless LANs.