[arch-dev-public] adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.conf

Aaron Griffin aaronmgriffin at gmail.com
Fri Dec 21 11:29:44 EST 2007


On Dec 21, 2007 3:00 AM, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa at solnet.ch> wrote:
> hi devs,
>
> i just got surprised by this post-install message:
>
> (2/2) installing ndiswrapper
> [##################################################] 100%
> adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.conf ...
>
> on what logic is ndiswrapper adding wlan0 to be ndiswrapper? this
> should not be. you cannot assume that the user wants wlan0 to be a
> ndiswrapper device. it may (as in my case) be wlan1 because wlan1 is
> the internal wireless device (intel 4965). let the user configure
> things like this by himself, no?

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