Ndiswrapper wireless help

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jamesfarr · Post by **jamesfarr** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:24 am

Ok, so I was following the Tutorial ... and I had some problems, this ended up working just fine.

#ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 present

But, on this

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#modprobe ndiswrapper

I get the message

ndiswrapper doesn't exist

jamesfarr · Post by **jamesfarr** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:58 am

Does anyone know what I did wrong ... or what I may need to recompile?

Jengu · Post by **Jengu** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:46 am

A link to the tutorial you're talking about might help =)

AgaKhan · Post by **AgaKhan** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:09 pm

try ndiswrapper -m

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Usage: ndiswrapper OPTION

Manage ndis drivers for ndiswrapper.
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-m                Write configuration for modprobe

then modprobe ndiswrapper

jamesfarr · Post by **jamesfarr** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:13 pm

Sorry aboot that
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=125627

Taladar · Post by **Taladar** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:30 pm

You might want to check wether your /usr/src/linux link points to the kernel you are currently using. If this isn't the case the ndiswrapper module might have been compiled for the wrong kernel.

jamesfarr · Post by **jamesfarr** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:45 pm

I know this a totally n00b question but how do I make sure it points to my 2.6 kernel?

planet-admin · Post by **planet-admin** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:28 am

jamesfarr wrote:I know this a totally n00b question but how do I make sure it points to my 2.6 kernel?

cd /usr/src/
ls -l linux

over to the right, it will list what it's linked to.

Ideally, it should be for the kernel sources you're currently running with, or, if compiling under a different kernel, the kernel that you want ndiswrapper to work with.

Michael

jamesfarr · Post by **jamesfarr** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 10:30 am

Well ... I tried both and still no such luck, I don't understand why? Anyone who can help me?

planet-admin · Post by **planet-admin** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 9:30 pm

jamesfarr wrote:Well ... I tried both and still no such luck, I don't understand why? Anyone who can help me?

Are there any build errors when using ndiswrapper? What kernel are you using? Give me the output of ls -l in the /usr/src directory.

Also, try emerging an earlier version of ndiswrapper, preferably 0.6.

Michael