[elrepo] Problem in install kmod-ndiswrapper by elrepo repository

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

Maybe this driver page will help: 
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

Also see 
this:http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-wireless-networking-41/broadcom-4328-dell-draft-n-card-469428/

4328 is N card, and it seams there is no drivers for it but using 
ndis-wrapper and Windows drivers. But I might be wrong.

Wagner Silva Vieira wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> I don't have reason to use PAE Kernel in my system because I don't have 
> more than 4GB memory in my notebook.
> 
> Answering your doubt:
> 
> I think that installation default of RHEL is to using PAE kernel in 
> installation process, because it's a Enterprise distro used for Servers. 
> I didn't choose this kind of kernel in my installation, it was choose by 
> the installation script less my participation.
> 
> Now I'll read information in "CentOS wiki" about wirelles card 
> (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless) to solve my problem 
> about the installation Broadcom BCM4328 Wirelles card in my OS.
> 
> 
> Best Regards.
> 
> 2009/10/22 Nicolas Thierry-Mieg <Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr 
> <mailto:Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr>>
> 
> 
> 
>     Wagner Silva Vieira wrote:
>      > [root at musashi ~]# yum install kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE
>     <snip>
>      > Installed: kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE.i686 0:1.54-3.el5.elrepo
>      > Complete!
> 
>      > So if I understand exactly what you thow explained for me, if I
>     put "yum
>      > install kmod-ndiswrapper" after create the file ".rpmmacros" in
>     my home
>      > directory I'll get success too, because the yum software will
>     identify
>      > the correct package for the corrent arch of the system and will
>     install
>      > "kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE-1.54-3.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm". Ok?
> 
>     no.
>     the .rpmmacros just improves the information provided by rpm queries
>     ("rpm -q" commands), by adding the packages' arches.
>     This is often useful on x86_64 systems where you can have two rpms
>     installed with the same name (one i386 and one x86_64).
>     Since you're running i386 it's not so useful, but doesn't hurt either.
> 
>     But "yum install kmod-ndiswrapper" will still fail, it's got no
>     connection with rpm -q.
>     The correct solution to your problem is that since you are running a PAE
>     kernel, you must install kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE instead of
>     kmod-ndiswrapper - it's a different package specifically for PAE kernels
>     such as the one you use. I didn't know about this because I don't use
>     PAE kernels.
>     And to know that this was the solution, we had to know which kernel you
>     were running. My initial suggestion "uname -a" provided the answer
>     to that.
> 
>     Now, concerning your particular wireless card, I have no idea. There's a
>     page about wireless cards on the centos wiki, did you check it out?
> 
>     Good luck.
> 
>     Regards,
>     Nicolas
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