-Luis
]]>are we talking about 2.6.10-3-ARCH? lol I think so, because if we are well my wireless stopped working, too. Switching to a previous kernel, like the one that is posted on this thread. S0o00o thanks for the Link dUdE.
-Luis
Yes, I am using the latest, and wireless is still working. However, I am using a dual-boot machine, and whenever I boot into windows I have to remove the device and then plug it in again. When I go back to linux I have to do the same thing. If I just keep booting up in one of those, then I dont have to do that pop-out/pop-in thing.
A bit odd. But did you update wlan26-ng at the same time you updated the kernel? Thats what I had to do.
]]>-Luis
]]>[root@LapTop ~]# ndiswrapper -i /lib/windrivers/NET8180.INF
Installing net8180
[root@LapTop ~]#
[root@LapTop ~]#
[root@LapTop ~]#
[root@LapTop ~]# modprobe -v ndiswrapper
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.10-ARCH/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
[root@LapTop ~]# dmesg|grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
ndiswrapper version 0.12 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper: driver net8180 (Realtek,10/07/2004,5.173.1007.2004) added
ndiswrapper version 0.12 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper: driver net8180 (Realtek,10/07/2004,5.173.1007.2004) added
[root@LapTop ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@LapTop ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper "wlan0"
[root@LapTop ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
[root@LapTop ~]#
[root@LapTop ~]#
Going to try and put the kernel back to the old version. Also notice all my DVD problems that i had sorted out finally all came back with the kernel update.
:cry:
]]>I uploaded it:
Excellent, thankyou very much.
]]>I found that out by diff the lsmod without hwd and with hwd
thank you ArchLinux I love you every day. I know see that hal automatically mounts (without problems) every CD disc I insert. Nice and this doesn't have to do anything with kernel2.6.10 but with ArchLinux in general
]]>Are old packages stored anywhere?
]]>It would have been nice if pacman told me that I shouldnt upgrade the kernel because a compatible version of wlan-ng hasnt been put in the repositories yet.
this incompatibility comes only up, when wlan-ng uses newer things respectively things that are handeled otherways by the wireless modules in the kernel (the wlang and kernel-modules communicate and should understand each other ;-) ) ... this change does not happen on every kernel upgrade 2.6.10 is a special case for non-backwards compatibility, that was most probably unknown till now :-(
]]>I'm trying to do that myself with abs, but since my wireless network is no longer working, its rather troublesome to have to keep booting in to windows, download the files I want, store them on my USB drive. Reboot into linux, try it... reboot into windows, download more files... etc.
I'll post something if I can get it to work, but in the meantime, if you rely on wlan-ng, then I recomend that you do not upgrade to kernel 2.6.10
MOD: made important warning big, to be seen better - dp
to change the subject a little, should packages that are built for a particular kernel list that kernel version as a requirement? It would have been nice if pacman told me that I shouldnt upgrade the kernel because a compatible version of wlan-ng hasnt been put in the repositories yet.
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