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Howto install ndiswrapper?!

Hey,
I've bought an Linksys WMP11 v4 wireless card 'cause it's in the list at the ndiswrapper page.
I'm using debian testing/sarge with the 2.4.27-1-386 kernel.
But now I don't know to install ndiswrapper :(
I've used dselect to install ndiswrapper-source, it didn't work after this, so I downloaded the source (ndiswrapper-1.0rc3) from sourceforge.net, but it didn't had an make file so I couldn't go on after this.
What do I've to do to install it?
Ruben

The installation instructions are here:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...p?Installation

Quote:

Originally posted by david_ross
The installation instructions are here:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...p?Installation

I know and I've seen them, but I don't get a clew of it:(
things whit the kernel source and then I've to link it (i THINK i did that)
But later it's talking about make distclean, but in wich folder has this to happen?
Ruben

That needs to happen in the ndiswrapper source directory.

Quote:

Originally posted by david_ross
That needs to happen in the ndiswrapper source directory.

Ok:D, but which directory is that?
EDIT: I have it now, I just used the tar from internet. There's only one problem left: I can't seem to be able to link the kernel sources correct. Please help with it, I'm using the 2.4.27-1-386 kernel.

I just installed the kernel-sources with dselect, and I link it the way that the manual says at nr.3 but when I do make install it returns this error (translated):

Code:

make -C driver install

make[1]: Entering directory `/root/ndis-install/ndiswrapper-0.12/driver'

Can't find kernel sources in /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/build;

  give the path to kernel sources with KSRC=<path> argument to make

make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ndis-install/ndiswrapper-0.12/driver'

make: *** [install] Error 2

What did I do wrong when linking the kernel?
Ruben2

Did you create the link? Can you post the output from:
ls -l /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386

here is the output:

Code:

totaal 424

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    36 2005-01-25 19:28 build -> /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-2-386

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2005-01-25 18:06 initrd

drwxr-xr-x  8 root root  4096 2005-01-25 18:06 kernel

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 2005-01-25 20:33 misc

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 128120 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.dep

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    31 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.generic_string

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    443 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.ieee1394map

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  8038 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.isapnpmap

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    29 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.parportmap

-rw-r--r--  1 root root  81439 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.pcimap

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    24 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.pnpbiosmap

-rw-r--r--  1 root root 169201 2005-01-25 20:33 modules.usbmap

The 'make install' worked after doing
# ln -s /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.27 /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/build

But now I get a error-output when doing:
# modprobe ndiswrapper

It looks like this:

Code:

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol remove_wait_queue_R5dbd8645

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_get_descriptor_Rb0b6ec0a

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_ifnum_to_if_R6586d168

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol netif_rx_R86c60d40

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_reset_device_R10e60f3f

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_clear_halt_R70e19cad

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol irq_stat_R7228bf63

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol __netdev_watchdog_up_R80f97538

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol pidhash_R701cbc6e

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol __kfree_skb_R9ecd04e6

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol softnet_data_Rfeb9b41f

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_unlink_urb_R20ca45d7

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_submit_urb_Rc30485d3

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol misc_register_R852aab78

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol misc_deregister_R5c8bd137

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_alloc_urb_R827e2dfc

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol usb_deregister_Rb5e3e19b

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol create_proc_entry_Ra52db232

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol proc_mkdir_Rba727c62

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper

.o: unresolved symbol skb_over_panic_R0f704938

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol add_wait_queue_Rf89d8ae0

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol eth_type_trans_R6b47b152

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol wireless_send_event_R13877bce

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol remove_proc_entry_Rf2afedc2

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol usb_register_R791122f0

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol usb_set_interface_R07f760d0

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol alloc_skb_R22cf598a

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol skb_copy_and_csum_dev_Rdefa9b80

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol proc_net_Rff86b932

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: unresolved symbol usb_free_urb_Ree17dd38

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o failed

/lib/modules/2.4.27-1-386/misc/ndiswrapper.o: insmod ndiswrapper failed

I don't know what the problem causes. I still think I did something wrong whit the linking.
So what I also want to know is which file do I have to link? Did I link the correct one? And how can I solve this problem?

Please post results from 'uname -a'. It looks like your kernel source and running kernel are different versions.

here is the output:

Code:

p2:~# uname -a

Linux p2 2.4.27-1-386 #1 Wed Dec 1 19:43:08 JST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

BTW. is it a problem if I use the 2.4.27-2 kernel-packages (kernel-headers, kernel-source, kernel-build) instead of the 2.4.27-1 kernel-packages?

Yes, it is. Unless you reinstall your kernel to be the new -2. Your running kernel version MUST match (EXACTLY) the source you compiled ndiswrapper against, as a result of the way modules work. If it does not match, errors like the ones you experienced occur.

Quote:

Originally posted by Matir
Yes, it is. Unless you reinstall your kernel to be the new -2. Your running kernel version MUST match (EXACTLY) the source you compiled ndiswrapper against, as a result of the way modules work. If it does not match, errors like the ones you experienced occur.

So that means that I have to reinstall my kernel :(
But thanks for the help.

Unfortunately, yes. Though most default kernels have /proc/config.gz support, so that should help you extract the neccessary settings.

Quote:

Originally posted by Matir
Unfortunately, yes. Though most default kernels have /proc/config.gz support, so that should help you extract the neccessary settings.

I don't understand what you mean. Can you please be more specific?