[driverloader] Problem with driverloader loading at startup

[Clifford Snow]

With the new kernel 2.6.9-1.724_FC3 just released,  I downloaded and ran
dldrinstall.run.  After re-booting, networking came up perfect!
Congratulations on a great new install.  It not only installed easily,
but works with having a separate partition for /var.  And it appears
that I won't have to download each time a new kernel is release.  

Thanks,
Clifford
On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 11:03 -0500, Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> it seems that when the DriverLoader module is inserted into the kernel, 
> it is unable to find the Windows driver you have uploaded. Since 
> re-inserting the DriverLoader module in the kernel when the machine is 
> fully booted (dldrconfig --dumpdiag does re-load the DriverLoader 
> module), it is quite possible that the problem is that the partition 
> holding the '/var/lib/driverloader' directory is not mounted at the 
> moment the 'driverloader' service is started.
> 
> If this is the source of the problem, you could adjust the starting 
> order of your services to fix this issue.
> 
> Alternatively, under Fedora Core 3, you could add the following lines at 
> the end of your '/etc/rc.local' file :
> 
> ---
> dldrstop
> modprobe driverloader
> ifup <iface>
> ---
> 
> You should replace '<iface>' with the name of your wireless interface, 
> for example, eth1.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> Clifford Snow wrote:
> > I'm running Fedora Core 3 on a Dell 600m laptop using Linuxant drivers.
> > Recently I repartitioned my hard drive to add a /var partition.  I moved
> > the data from the old partition to the new.  Except for loading the
> > driverloader, everything works like it did before.  Now when I boot the
> > system, my wireless network does not start.  I receive the following
> > dmesg error:
> > 
> >         driverloader: /var/lib/driverloader/bcmwl5.sys: unable to open
> >         (err=-2)
> >         driverloader: unable to load "bcmwl5.sys" (-2)
> >         driverloader: probe of 0000:02:03.0 failed with error -2
> >         driverloader: /var/lib/driverloader/bcmwl5.sys: unable to open
> >         (err=-2)
> >         driverloader: unable to load "bcmwl5.sys" (-2)
> >         driverloader: probe of 0000:02:03.0 failed with error -2
> > 
> > Running dldrconfig --dumpdiag solves the problem.  It goes ahead and
> > loads the windows drivers.  Or I can load the drivers from
> > http://127.0.0.1:8020 by clicking on reload.
> > 
> > I've removed driverloader using  "rpm -e driverloader" and have deleted
> > and reinstalled the windows drivers with no success.  
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us>
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