Hi All, Karloslambchop here,

Well here goes for my first post...

I have been attempting to build Ndiswrapper on my Laptop. I have a Broadcom chipset (Dell 1450) wireless card.

I have attempted two ways:

Manual - Complains about GCC error.

And

Automatic - "sudo module-assistant autoinstall ndiswrapper"

If anyone can point me in the right direction that would be very appreciated. I forgot to mention that I have come across from the doze side so forgive me if this is something really straight forward.

On the plus side, this troublshooting and errors have been a good way into Linux.

Take it easy everyone,

Karloslambchop.


output (error log):



for templ in ; do \
cp $templ `echo $templ | sed -e 's/_KVERS_/2.6.12-9-386/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##/2.6.12-9-386/g ;s/#KVERS#/2.6.12-9-386/g ; s/_KVERS_/2.6.12-9-386/g ; s/##KDREV##/2.6.12-9.23/g ; s/#KDREV#/2.6.12-9.23/g ; s/_KDREV_/2.6.12-9.23/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_/2.6.12-9-386/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##/2.6.12-9-386/g ;s/#KVERS#/2.6.12-9-386/g ; s/_KVERS_/2.6.12-9-386/g ; s/##KDREV##/2.6.12-9.23/g ; s/#KDREV#/2.6.12-9.23/g ; s/_KDREV_/2.6.12-9.23/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/2.6.12-9-386/misc
# build and install the module
/usr/bin/make KPKG_EXTRAV_ARG= KSRC=/usr/src/linux \
KVER=2.6.12-9-386 \
INST_DIR=debian/ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.12-9-386/lib/modules/2.6.12-9-386/misc/ install
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
/usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper \
NDISWRAPPER_VERSION=1.1 \
EXTRA_VERSION= modules
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-386/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 11: gcc-3.4: command not found
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-386/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 12: gcc-3.4: command not found
make[3]: gcc-3.4: Command not found
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-386'
CC [M] /usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/hal.o
/bin/sh: gcc-3.4: command not found
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/hal.o] Error 127
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-386'
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

You need to install the gcc compiler. Also install wireless-tools and wpa_supplicant.
You may also need to install the kernel-source and maybe kernel-syms if ubuntu has such a package.

Hi ischiwal,

Thank you so much for your time. I have installed the GCC files using apt-get and started again. I am (wirelessly) typing this thank you.

The sense of acheivement you get when using (an learning) through Linux distro's definatly beats Windozes...

Thanks for taking time to help.

Karl.

I'm glad you got it working.