[Solved] emerge ndiswrapper fails

[Taldor]

This is the output I get:

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localhost conf.d # emerge ndiswrapper
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1 to /
>>> md5 files   ;-) ndiswrapper-1.1-r1.ebuild
>>> md5 files   ;-) ndiswrapper-1.2.ebuild
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/ndiswrapper-1.2-suspend2.patch
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/digest-ndiswrapper-1.1-r1
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/digest-ndiswrapper-1.2
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) ndiswrapper-1.1.tar.gz
 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     2.6.12-gentoo-r6
 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking ndiswrapper-1.1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work
 * Converting ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...                                                                        [ ok ]>>> Source unpacked.
cc -Wall -g -DNDISWRAPPER_VERSION=\"1.1\"    -c -o loadndisdriver.o loadndisdriver.c
gcc -o loadndisdriver loadndisdriver.o
 * Preparing ndiswrapper module
make -C //usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver \
        NDISWRAPPER_VERSION=1.1 \
        EXTRA_VERSION= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6'

  WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6/Module.symvers
           is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.

  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/hal.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/iw_ndis.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/loader.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/misc_funcs.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/ndis.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/ntoskernel.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/pe_linker.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/proc.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/wrapper.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/usb.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/divdi3.o
  LD [M]  /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1/work/ndiswrapper-1.1/driver/ndiswrapper.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
/bin/sh: scripts/mod/modpost: Onbekend bestand of map
make[2]: *** [__modpost] Fout 127
make[1]: *** [modules] Fout 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6'
make: *** [default] Fout 2

!!! ERROR: net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.1-r1 failed.
!!! Function linux-mod_src_compile, Line 491, Exitcode 2
!!! Unable to make                                  KSRC=//usr/src/linux KVERS=26 all.
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

('Fout' is Dutch for 'Error' and 'Onbekend bestand of map' means 'Unknown file or folder')
As the title says, it fails and I don't know what could have caused it. Since now ndiswrapper doesn't work, I don't have an internet connection under Gentoo.

My kernel version is 2.6.12-gentoo-r6.
My make.conf:

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CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
USE="-kde -qt alsa gnome gtk hal howl ipv6 nvidia symlink X x86"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.be.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"

[azuriel]

Looks like your /usr/src/linux is a bit messed up. Have you done a

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make bzImage && make modules_install

yet? It's looking for files that aren't there...so it's either this, or you need to re-get the kernel sources.

[Taldor]

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make bzImage && make modules_install

I use genkernel, so I think that's not nessecary then. So most likely I did something wrong with (using) genkernel?

[azuriel]

I hate to make you do this, but compiling a kernel by hand might be the way to go...I seriously have never had a kernel compilation fail, under any circumstances. Try getting a vanilla kernel from kernel.org and compiling that. It's really not all that hard to do, if you know your hardware and have google handy.

[Taldor]

I seriously have never had a kernel compilation fail, under any circumstances.

I don't think it's a compilation fail, but rather that I did not select the correct kernel options.

It's really not all that hard to do, if you know your hardware and have google handy.

A bit & no: I need ndiswrapper to get internet access under Gentoo.

EDIT: I was able to emerge things again, after I manually compiled my kernel and changed a few options. Thanks for the help!

[sanmartin]

I'm having this problem now and I was wondering if you know which specific kernel options you had to change to make it compile? If I get it working and figure out how I'll post another reply.

[sanmartin]

I had to make clean, bzImage and modules_install. No changes to my kernel config and I was able to emerge ndiswrapper after.

[jimonade]

related thread [SOLVED]: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-38 ... ight-.html

im having trouble with emerging ndiswrapper with kernel 2.6.13-r3. see below...

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bud ~ # emerge ndiswrapper -uDNva

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild  N    ] net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.2  -debug 146 kB

Total size of downloads: 146 kB

Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No] yes
>>> emerge (1 of 1) net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.2 to /
*** Adjusting cvs-src permissions for portage user...
>>> Downloading http://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz
--11:42:18--  http://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz
           => `/usr/portage/distfiles/ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz'
Resolving gentoo.osuosl.org... 140.211.166.134
Connecting to gentoo.osuosl.org|140.211.166.134|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 150,068 (147K) [application/x-gzip]

100%[====================================>] 150,068       87.40K/s

11:42:20 (87.23 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz' saved [150068/150068]

>>> md5 files   ;-) ndiswrapper-1.2.ebuild
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/digest-ndiswrapper-1.2
>>> md5 files   ;-) files/ndiswrapper-1.2-suspend2.patch
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz
 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     2.6.13-gentoo-r3
 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options:
find: invalid predicate `-quit'
 *
 * The version of GCC you are using (3.3.6) does
 * not match the version of GCC used to compile the
 * kernel ().
 *
 * Build will not continue, because you will experience problems.
 * To fix this either change the version of GCC you wish to use
 * to match the kernel, or recompile the kernel first.

!!! ERROR: net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.2 failed.
!!! Function check_vermagic, Line 130, Exitcode 0
!!! GCC Version Mismatch.
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

i had ndiswrapper working earlier. i was using a genkernel. i usually install gentoo with a genkernel and later config it myself. after reading this thread i was careful and did...

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emerge -C ndiswrapper;
cd /usr/src/linux
make clean; make mrproper
cp /tmp/config.working /usr/src/linux/.config
make && make modules_install

kernel built, copied stuff to /boot, rebooted, and then here we are at ndiswrapper failing.

as an aside, im using a pcmcia wireless card with ndiswrapper: netgear wg511 v2, and it works really well. (when i can manage to install ndiswrapper!)

-j