On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 03:18:31PM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
I'm trying to get WIFI working on my new DELL and I've been
told to try
ndiswrappers.
What does lspci say? Maybe you don't need ndiswrappers.
I tried
yum search ndiswrapper
and varients, but nothing was found. I then found RPMs using rpmsearch and
downloaded them.
Now when I try 'yum localinstall' it adds the kernel as a dependancy,
downloads it, and then errors saying it is already installed.
If I try 'rpm -i' it fails on dependancy for /boot/vmlinuz
I've included the session log. Has anyone any suggestions?
Yes, it looks like you downloaded the packages for an i586 kernel,
which in reality you run an i686 one. Just download the same kmdl
package ending with i686.rpm (not i586.rpm), or simply use yum
pointing to ATrpms and do yum install ndiswrappers.
Gary
[root@gary gary]# yum localinstall ~gary/ndiswrapper-1.54-20.fc10.i386.rpm
ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10-1.54-20.fc10.i586.rpm
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining /home/gary/ndiswrapper-1.54-20.fc10.i386.rpm:
ndiswrapper-1.54-20.fc10.i386
Marking /home/gary/ndiswrapper-1.54-20.fc10.i386.rpm to be installed
fedora
|
2.8 kB 00:00
adobe-linux-i386
|
951 B 00:00
updates
|
2.3 kB 00:00
Examining ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10-1.54-20.fc10.i586.rpm:
ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10-1.54-20.fc10.i586
Marking ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10-1.54-20.fc10.i586.rpm to be
installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ndiswrapper.i386 0:1.54-20.fc10 set to be updated
---> Package ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i586 0:1.54-20.fc10 set
to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i586 for
package: ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10
Importing additional filelist information
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10 set to be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version
Repository Size
=============================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
ndiswrapper i386
1.54-20.fc10 /home/gary/ndiswrapper-1.54-20.fc10.i386.rpm
48 k
ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10 i586 1.54-20.fc10
ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10-1.54-20.fc10.i586.rpm 186 k
Installing for dependencies:
kernel i586 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10
updates 19 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================================================================================================
Install 3 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total size: 19 M
Total download size: 234 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:
package kernel-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i586 is already installed
Error Summary
-------------
[root@gary gary]# rpm -i ndiswrapper-1.54-20.fc10.i386.rpm
ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10-1.54-20.fc10.i586.rpm
warning: ndiswrapper-1.54-20.fc10.i386.rpm: Header V4 DSA signature: NOKEY,
key ID 66534c2b
error: Failed dependencies:
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i586 is needed by
ndiswrapper-kmdl-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10-1.54-20.fc10.i586
[root@gary gary]# uname -a
Linux gary.ringways.co.uk 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 23
23:37:54 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@gary gary]#
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