[TriLUG] ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device -- ndiswrapper, wpa_supplicant

[Brian Henning]

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> You're using knoppix? How did you build the module? 

Knoppix 3.9.  ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant are both present.  The 
Win32 driver I just copy over via SCP (using a wired connection) at the 
start of a session.


> Are you sure you have the right/most recent ndiswrapper?

Of course not. :-)  As mentioned, I'm using the ndiswrapper that is part 
of the knoppix 3.9 distribution.  I'd try building the 
latest-and-greatest, but of course conveniently lack the kernel source 
in order to do so (without rolling my own Knoppix)..

> Lastly, do you still have the receipt? (you said this was an adapter
> and not an integrated wireless chipset, right?) If so, exchange it for
> a card with an Atheros chipset. 
 > ...
> Vote linux-friendly with your wallet.

It's not my machine.  Actually I didn't specify the form factor of the 
wireless circuitry; it's an internal expansion module (plugs into a 
SODIMM-like socket under a panel).  At any rate, this is all really a 
S&G project.  It's a friend's laptop that we're just having a bit of fun 
trying out Knoppix on.

I'll be certain to keep that in mind when I invest in my own laptop, 
however.

~Brian