Fedora 8, Wireless Realtek 8187B, Toshiba Satellite

uncholowapo · 04-25-2008, 09:34 PM

Ok now I have a new problem. When I run the command to check the version ndiswrapper -v it tells me that the command was not found even though I had it installed. I even tried to unistall and reinstall but that didn't work either.

Code:

[Juan@localhost ~]$ ndiswrapper -i net8187b.inf
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[Juan@localhost ~]$ cd /home
[Juan@localhost home]$ ndiswrapper -i net8187b.inf
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[Juan@localhost home]$ su
Password: 
[root@localhost home]# ndiswrapper -i net8187b.inf
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[root@localhost home]# yum erase ndiswrapper
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ndiswrapper.i386 0:1.52-1.lvn8 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: ndiswrapper-kmod-common >= 1.52 for package: kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8 = 1.52-6.lvn8.1 for package: kmod-ndiswrapper
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-ndiswrapper.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Removing:
 ndiswrapper             i386       1.52-1.lvn8      installed          75 k
Removing for dependencies:
 kmod-ndiswrapper        i686       1.52-6.lvn8.1    installed          0.0 
 kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8  i686       1.52-6.lvn8.1    installed         203 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      0 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       3 Package(s)         

Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Erasing   : kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64 ######################### [1/3] 
  Erasing   : kmod-ndiswrapper             ######################### [2/3] 
  Erasing   : ndiswrapper                  ######################### [3/3] 

Removed: ndiswrapper.i386 0:1.52-1.lvn8
Dependency Removed: kmod-ndiswrapper.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1 kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1
Complete!
[root@localhost home]# yum install ndiswrapper
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package ndiswrapper.i386 0:1.52-1.lvn8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: ndiswrapper-kmod >= 1.52 for package: ndiswrapper
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-ndiswrapper.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8 = 1.52-6.lvn8.1 for package: kmod-ndiswrapper
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size 
=============================================================================
Installing for dependencies:
 kmod-ndiswrapper        i686       1.52-6.lvn8.1    livna             8.5 k
 kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8  i686       1.52-6.lvn8.1    livna              91 k
 ndiswrapper             i386       1.52-1.lvn8      livna              33 k

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)         
Update       0 Package(s)         
Remove       0 Package(s)         

Total download size: 133 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/3): ndiswrapper-1.52-1 100% |=========================|  33 kB    00:00     
(2/3): kmod-ndiswrapper-1 100% |=========================| 8.5 kB    00:00     
(3/3): kmod-ndiswrapper-2 100% |=========================|  91 kB    00:00     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: kmod-ndiswrapper             ######################### [1/3] 
  Installing: kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64 ######################### [2/3] 
  Installing: ndiswrapper                  ######################### [3/3] 

Dependency Installed: kmod-ndiswrapper.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1 kmod-ndiswrapper-2.6.24.4-64.fc8.i686 0:1.52-6.lvn8.1 ndiswrapper.i386 0:1.52-1.lvn8
Complete!
[root@localhost home]# ndiswrapper -v
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[root@localhost home]#

BobNutfield · 04-26-2008, 05:26 PM

OK, it appears that ndiswrapper is installed, but the ndiswrapper module is not loaded. After it is reinstalled properly, type (as root):

modprobe ndiswrapper

Then try rerunning the installation commands from the previous posts. You can test that the ndiswrapper module is loaded by typing (as root):

lsmod

This will list the loaded modules and ndiswrapper should be one of them. When it is loaded the driver installation commands will work.

Bob