NDISWRAPPER and alot more

DaveyB · 09-29-2006, 09:45 AM

When I do:
uname -a

Code:

Linux foo 2.6.16-2-686 #1 Mon Aug 21 11:33:09 CEST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

apt-get install module-assistant <-- That works fine
module-assistant auto-install ndiswrapper <-- On this I get a blue screen saying:

Code:

Warning, /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-2 seems to contain unconfigured kernel source

Then it installs and brings up an error with this log file, and doesn't proceed:

Code:

for templ in ; do \ #
cp $templ `echo $templ | sed -e 's/_KVERS_/2.6.16-2-686/g'` ; \
done
for templ in `ls debian/*.modules.in` ; do \
test -e ${templ%.modules.in}.backup || cp ${templ%.modules.in}
${templ%.modules.in}.backup 2>/dev/null || true; \
sed -e 's/##KVERS##/2.6.16-2-686/g ;s/#KVERS#/2.6.16-2-686/g ;
s/_KVERS_/2.6.16-2-686/g ; s/##KDREV##//g ; s/#KDREV#//g ; s/_KDREV_//g'
< $templ > ${templ%.modules.in}; \
done
dh_clean
/usr/bin/make clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
rm -rf ndiswrapper.ko ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o
misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o pe_linker.o proc.o wrapper.o usb.o
divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
/usr/bin/make -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules #
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
for templ in ; do \
cp $templ `echo $templ | sed -e 's/_KVERS_/2.6.16-2-686/g'` ; \
done
for templ in `ls debian/*.modules.in` ; do \
test -e ${templ%.modules.in}.backup || cp ${templ%.modules.in}
${templ%.modules.in}.backup 2>/dev/null || true; \
sed -e 's/##KVERS##/2.6.16-2-686/g ;s/#KVERS#/2.6.16-2-686/g ;
s/_KVERS_/2.6.16-2-686/g ; s/##KDREV##//g ; s/#KDREV#//g ; s/_KDREV_//g'
< $templ > ${templ%.modules.in}; \
done
dh_clean
/usr/bin/make clean
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
rm -rf ndiswrapper.ko ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o
misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o pe_linker.o proc.o wrapper.o usb.o
divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper' #
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `kdist_config'.
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
dh_clean -k
dh_installdirs lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686/misc
# build and install the module
/usr/bin/make KPKG_EXTRAV_ARG= KSRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686 \
KVER=2.6.16-2-686 \
INST_DIR=debian/ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.16-2-686/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-686
/misc/ install
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
/usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686
SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper \
NDISWRAPPER_VERSION=1.1 \
EXTRA_VERSION= modules
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686'
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/hal.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/iw_ndis.o
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/loader.o #
/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/loader.c: In function `register_devices':
/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/loader.c:861: warning: assignment from
incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/loader.c:873: error: structure has no
member named `owner'
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/loader.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686'
make[2]: *** [default] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
make[1]: *** [binary-modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2

I get this far through the installation

Code:

Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
ndiswrapper-source is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Updated infos about 1 packages
Extracting the package tarball, /usr/src/ndiswrapper-source.tar.bz2
modules/
modules/ndiswrapper/
modules/ndiswrapper/debian/
modules/ndiswrapper/debian/changelog
modules/ndiswrapper/debian/compat
modules/ndiswrapper/debian/copyright
modules/ndiswrapper/debian/control.modules.in
modules/ndiswrapper/debian/postinst.modules.in
modules/ndiswrapper/debian/rules
modules/ndiswrapper/Makefile
modules/ndiswrapper/divdi3.c
modules/ndiswrapper/hal.c
modules/ndiswrapper/iw_ndis.c
modules/ndiswrapper/iw_ndis.h
modules/ndiswrapper/loader.c
modules/ndiswrapper/loader.h
modules/ndiswrapper/longlong.h
modules/ndiswrapper/misc_funcs.c
modules/ndiswrapper/ndis.c
modules/ndiswrapper/ndis.h
modules/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.h
modules/ndiswrapper/ntoskernel.c
modules/ndiswrapper/ntoskernel.h
modules/ndiswrapper/pe_linker.c
modules/ndiswrapper/pe_linker.h
modules/ndiswrapper/proc.c
modules/ndiswrapper/usb.c
modules/ndiswrapper/usb.h
modules/ndiswrapper/winnt_types.h
modules/ndiswrapper/wrapper.c
modules/ndiswrapper/wrapper.h
modules/ndiswrapper/x86_64_stubs.S
modules/ndiswrapper/INSTALL
modules/ndiswrapper/version

Now here's some strange things:

Code:

apt-cache search ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-386 - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-686 - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-686-smp - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-k7 - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-k7-smp - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-3-386 - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-3-686 - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-3-686-smp - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-3-k7 - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-3-k7-smp - Ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-source - Source for the ndiswrapper linux kernel module
ndiswrapper-utils - Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper

Nothing matches my kernel 2.6.16-2-686

Also this is odd as well:

Code:

apt-cache show kernel-headers-`uname -r`
W: Unable to locate package kernel-headers-2.6.16-2-686
E: No packages found

Any ideas, someone said to install my kernel source but when I do:
foo:/home/daveyb# apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r`
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package kernel-headers-2.6.16-2-686

Man so confused, what am I doing wrong, all I want to do is load NDISWRAPPER so i can configure my WIFI card

Dutch Master · 09-29-2006, 10:08 AM

It makes sense as you figure out that:
a) you've probably build this kernel yourself but didn't use the conventional build path of "configure && make && make install" from source, or you used a prepackaged kernel from either Testing, Unstable or unknown source (unknown for me, that is...)
b) latest kernel for Sarge is indeed 2.6.8

Solution: go back to where you've got this kernel from, search for the matching headers and source and install that on your system. Other solutions are: revert to the standard 2.6.8 kernel (not recommended!!) or build a kernel yourself properly from source (which isn't as difficult as you might think, there are plenty useful HOWTO's on the Net!)

DaveyB · 09-29-2006, 10:14 AM

This is what i did to upgrade:
pico /etc/appt/source.list
added line deb http://www.backports.org/debian sarge-backports main contrib non-free

Code:

apt-get -t sarge-backports install mutt

apt-get update

apt-get install mutt

apt-get -t sarge-backports install grub udev initramfs-tools linux-image-2.6.16.2-686

The installed the kernel header with

Code:

apt-get -t sarge-nackports install linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686

So what did i do wrong?

Dutch Master · 09-29-2006, 07:48 PM

Install the kernel sources: direct link Click the link, download the package and install with

Code:

dpkg -i linux-source-2.6.16_2.6.16-18~bpo.1_all.deb

DaveyB · 09-29-2006, 08:03 PM

Just installed the source-files, as stated bellow does it matter that my kernel version is 2.6.16-2-686 , either way getting exactly the same error message as stated in the logfile 1 post code 3.

Here is what i have just done

Code:

foo:/home/daveyb# dpkg -i linux-source-2.6.16_2.6.16-18~bpo.1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 90725 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-source-2.6.16 2.6.16-18~bpo.1 (using linux-source-2.6.16_2.6.16-18~bpo.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-source-2.6.16 ...
Setting up linux-source-2.6.16 (2.6.16-18~bpo.1) ...

Dutch Master · 09-29-2006, 08:31 PM

When you have the package installed, the sources aren't completely installed yet. Go to the /usr/src directory and see if there's a linux-source-<version> directory. Enter that directory and do the familiar "make menuconfig && make && make install" This properly installs the kernel sources. Good luck, I've been fighting ndiswrapper for a long time too, but I've conquered it!

DaveyB · 09-29-2006, 08:35 PM

This is all I have in the directory, I can't see my source for new 2.6.16-2-686 Kernel

Code:

foo:/usr/src# ls
linux                   linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686   modules
linux-headers-2.6.16-2  linux-source-2.6.16.tar.bz2  ndiswrapper-source.tar.bz2

Thankyou for all your help so far Dutch Master