Ndiswrapper problems

[Cat]

The computer I'm posting from is a Dell Dimension 4600 w/ an Pentium 4, 2.6 
ghz & hyperthreading. I'm posting this from XP but I'm dual-booting with 
Ubuntu 5.10. The adapter works fine on Ubuntu. Ubuntu's kernel is 2.6.12 and 
DSL's is 2.4.26. The chipset for the adapter is, according to 
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz, is a Prism GT. It's a 
USB adapter (Linksys WUSB54GV2), and I've got it to work fine under Linux 
before. I configure it to use DHCP, and I have no WEP key. Basically I just 
install the driver and configure it either with a graphical program (such as 
the network configuration in Ubuntu) or iwconfig. I'm using DSL 1.2. I don't 
know how to find the version number of ndiswrapper, so if you know how, let 
me know.
I've heard of other people having this problem, so I know I'm not the only 
one.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric "Shubes"" <plug at shubes.net>
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: Ndiswrapper problems


> Cat wrote:
>> I've just installed Damn Small Linux on an old emachines computer. 334 
>> Mhz, 32 megs of RAM and a 3.2 gig hard drive. Now I obviously want to 
>> connect it to our wireless network, and since DSL comes with ndiswrapper, 
>> I thought I'd test it out with my wifi adapter I use with the computer 
>> I'm posting this from now. But whenever I try to install the driver the 
>> computer locks up and wont respond to anything unless I restart it. The 
>> first time it happened X screwed up and I had to reinstall DSL (I'm no 
>> Linux guru, so that was the easiest solution for me). Which wasn't a big 
>> problem, but I just want to get this old crap-heap connected to the 
>> Internet! Anyone have any ideas on what can fix this?
>>  Thanks in advance,
>>  Cat
>>
> What chipset does your wifi adapter have, what is the computer you're 
> posting from, and how is it configured when it works? You may not need to 
> use ndiswrapper.
>
> -- 
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
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