Whoa, ok hold on a second, WHERE did you download Ndiswrapper from? Do this isntead of compiling it, see how it works for you:
First off, make sure you have your Kubuntu Install CD in your drive when you do this. If you have a fresh install, and haven't mucked around with your repositories at all, you should still have the CD-ROM as a repo. Go to the command line and do the following:
This will put you at a password prompt. Enter your normal password, now you are root.
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apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
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Make sure that you have your install CD in the drive, apt will pull the ndiswrapper-utils package from the CD and install it, no muss no fuss.
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ndiswrapper -i <path to your windows driver file>
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So for example, I type in ndiswrapper -i /home/olly/drivers/bcmwl5.inf
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ndiswrapper -m
modprobe ndiswrapper
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So, at this point, if everything has worked without errors, you will have installed your wireless driver. Check this by:
This will show all the available network devices... you should see one that is your card, and will return a bunch of info about it. To connect to your Wireless AP, type:
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iwconfig <cardname, i.e. wlan0, eth0, whatever> essid <SSID name>
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Now if you run iwconfig again, you will see that your card is associated with your AP. The last step then is:
This will get you an IP.
So for a real world example, if I was doing this on my laptop, it would like like this:
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sudo -s
<enter my password>
apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
ndiswrapper -i /home/olly/drivers/bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -m
modprobe ndiswrapper
iwconfig eth0 essid <my essid> key <my wep key>
dhclient eth0
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That would get me on the internet after a fresh Ubuntu/Kubuntu install. You could also skip the 'sudo -s' and just type 'sudo' in front of every command, either way works fine.
Cheers, let me know if you have any questions, need any clarification.
Once you make it this far, let me know, and I'll write up a guide on editin your /etc/network/interfaces file so that you can have it grab your wireless signal automatically on boot.
-olly