alcor,

Sorry I'm a little confuse here. Don't really know how you make it works.

Do you mean you boot up the knoppix from DVD, then you install VMware on the top of it. Then you try to make wireless work. But it failed and you un-install the VMware and try again so it is working?

Can you provide detail steps on what you have done to make it work as well as your setup?

Thanks

Rgds,
Chip