Linux FC4 - Desktop Wireless Issue

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Alright guys and gals...I'm a new member to the Linux community. I'm finally trying to make a switch from Windows to Linux - or atleast give Linux a shot. I just downloaded the newest release of Fedora Core - FC4. I installed it on an older desktop, which is a Compaq DeskPro PIII 900MHz with 512MB RAM. I am having a problem configuring the wireless card that I installed in the machine. It is a Linksys WMP11. I am trying to install the card driver using ndiswrapper. I successfully installed the driver, and FC4 confirms this. However, I get an error message after I configure the card's settings and try to activate it. The message states, "ndiswrapper device does not seem to be present." Everything seems to be in order, from what I can see, and this message does not come up if I activate the Ethernet card in the computer. I've tried 3 different versions of ndiswrapper with no luck, following the installation instructions along with the guidence of a friend very carefully. I've also tried moving the card to a different PCI slot in my machine to be sure it was not a hardware problem. I'm totally stumped, and would appricate any help and knowledge that anyone may have. If you need any other information, let me know and I'll get it for you.


Thanks in advance,
Joe

Throw it out and buy a new one? :uhoh:

a few things:

have you tried to see if linksys has any official drivers for linux?

try disabling the other ethernet card since there might be a conflict

fedora core 4 just came out a day or two ago and this might be am early bug.


Btw as far as linux distros go, fedora like many others have really bloated, personally i think debian is a better choice even though is a bit less friendly. However if you still perefer to stick to a friendly distro go for mandrake since its pretty much the most user friendly.