>Jerry Geis wrote: >>/ All, />>/ />>/ Over the weekend I purchased a linksys wireless-g PCI card />>/ for use in my amd64 box. I downloaded ndiswrapper, compiled, installed, />>/ tried to load the driver off the CDROM and it was a no-go. />>/ />>/ I have do this on another box with an amd sempron. Difference being />>/ 32 bit versus 64 bit... />>/ />>/ Seems there are no 64 bit drivers for the wireless card. />>/ />>/ Anyone have a wireless card working on a 64 bit machine? />>/ What was the card and driver? / >I've been noticing this more and more as I've been playing with new >batches of 64-bit machines. Johnny seems to have hit the nail on the >head when he mentioned something to the effect of "if you're doing >straightforward vanilla server things, x86_64 works fine." Since I >don't have any situations (currently) where I need all the extra address >space (no big honking databases 'round here or machines with more than a >few gigs of RAM), I think I'm just going to revert to the x86 32-bit >build to keep my compatibility options open. >Did you ever get everything working satisfactorily on your athlon_64 >notebook? Did you run the 32-bit or 64-bit version of CentOS? >Cheers, Chris, After alot of fuss I did get my compaq R4000 working OK. I had to put the latest kernel from kernel.org on it and recompile. This fixed the SLOOWWW ness issue. Finding ATI drivers fixed the display issues. Personally I dont like the 1280x800 display. Too small more my taste. I miss at least having 1600x1200 on my old dell insipron. Jerry