I'm running SuSE 9.1 personal and am trying to upgrade ndiswrapper from 0.06 to 0.10 to try and fix a wireless problem. First I uninstall 0.06 in YAST. Then, having untarred 0.10 I try make install but get the following error messages:

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make[3]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
CHK include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/wrapper.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/iw_ndis.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/loader.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/ntoskernel.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/ndis.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/misc_funcs.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/proc.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/divdi3.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/hal.o
CC [M] /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/usb.o
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/usb.c: In function `usb_submit_nt_urb':
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/usb.c:337: error: structure has no member named `act_altsetting'
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/usb.c:340: error: structure has no member named `act_altsetting'
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver/usb.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.4-52'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2

I have no idea what this means or how to fix it so any clues would be very welcome.

Thanks

./configure
make
make install

./configure produces

bash: ./configure : No such file or directory

Can you spell it out for me?

whats the extention of the file your attemting to load?

I am trying to compile and install the ndiswrapper-0.10 module. The folder ndiswrapper-10 contains various files including a Makefile and an Install file. The Install file simply says "As root run make install . This should compile both the kernel module and the userspace utilities." So, I cd to the appropriate directory, su, make install and get the error shown above.

remove the ndiswrapper prior to loading the new one or build an rpm package with your source and use rpm -ivhF...
you could also be missing dependencies

I have removed the old ndiswrapper using the YAST rmp tool - give the same error. I don't know about building rpms - from what I've read it doesn't look too easy and I'm not confident about going down that route. That leaves dependencies. How can I check for dependencies?

the only way I know to check for deps is to use an installer pakage like rpm, tar, dpkg...other than that, you could go the source site and research it

OK, re-installed suse, upgraded the kernel, downloaded ndiswrapper-0.11 and it installs. Now, if I can just configure the damn network...

Networking is pretty staight foward, use the "man" pagers on ifconfig

Turns out my adaptor - Edimax EW-7126, (Realtek chip) - plus ndiswrapper plus Win driver is an unholy combination. Lights will blink but mode cannot be set to Managed, only ad-hoc. There's probably a way around this but life is short so... I yanked the card and swapped it with a smc2662w usb device from a win box and, (short firmware upgrade later), hey presto, connection.

Thanks for all your help - really appreciated.