[Gllug] 32-bit CardBus in laptop

[Ian Norton]

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 02:27:10PM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> My new craptop supports 32-bit CardBus and I got a 802.11g wireless card 
> with it that worked under Wiondows XP.  However, under Linux the card 
> doesn't even seem to be attempting to be detected.  The card 
> specifically says "32-bit CardBus" on it.
> 
> Normally when you plug in a card (supported or not), Hotplug picks up 
> the insertion event and then either loads the relevant modules or not.  
> However with this one I'm not getting anything.  Just nothing.
> 
> So what's different between my Linux setup and how WinXP worked?  It's a 
> stock Ubuntu kernel and install.

You might also want to look at ndiswrapper, it lets you use windows drivers for
your cards, often used for wifi stuff

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Ian Norton-Badrul

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