I hadn't thought of that. I did modify the line in modules.pcimap, and it loads the ndiswrapper instead of the prism54 module. So I'm happy. I don't really have a better understanding of how all these programs interact to load the kernel modules, but it works, so I can live with it. On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:36:42 -0600, Joseph Key <jkey at tomobiki.dyndns.org> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of George Fischer > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:18 PM > Cc: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] wrong kernel module loaded for wireless card > > I'm sure the prism54 driver won't work. The card (which is in the > slot at the moment, so I can't check) is a ver 4 of the wg511. When I > first plugged it in and the prism54 module was loaded, I tried my best > to get it to work. I tried several different revisions of the > firmware (linked from prism54.org) and it was no go. I'm pretty sure > I found a message somewhere from someone else who never got ver 4 of > the card to work either. The lesson I've learned from trying six > different cards is that there are no prism chipset cards that work > anymore. (which is why, I assume, the website hasn't seen much > activity since June of last year) > > But that's fine, since the ndiswrapper works great. I'd have to use > non-Free software either way. The only thing I want is the > ndiswrapper module to be loaded on insert, instead of the prism54 > module. > -----End Original Message----- > > If you add the prism54 driver to the hotplug blacklist it should stop trying > to load the prism54 driver so you can load the correct driver. > > Joseph Key > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- George Fischer Minneapolis