Newb with fatal error using ndiswrapper

char_015 · 02-25-2007, 09:33 PM

I am running Fedora Core 6 and ndiswrapper 1.37. I managed to install ndiswrapper successfully, but when i tried "modprobe ndiswrapper" i got and error message that read:
FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module format
Any ideas on what i can do? If it means anything, the card im using is a d-link wua-2340.

JoeDuncan · 02-26-2007, 12:37 PM

Usually something like that means that your module is incompatible with you kernel. Have you recently done a kernel recompile? If so, you will also have to build a custom NDISwrapper as the binary one will no longer work.

char_015 · 02-26-2007, 04:37 PM

could you give me instructions or a link to instructions on how to do that?

JoeDuncan · 02-26-2007, 09:53 PM

Well, I only know how to do it the Debian way, but a quick google gave me this site:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...p/Installation

it looks pretty good. That said, you shouldn't need to compile ndiswrapper from source unless you have re-compiled your kernel. Have you re-compiled your kernel?

char_015 · 02-26-2007, 10:30 PM

not to my knowledge. i did update fedora and now have kernel 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6-i686, but nothing besides that.

2Gnu · 02-26-2007, 11:02 PM

New kernel means you'll probably need to recompile ndiswrapper.

JoeDuncan · 02-27-2007, 07:21 AM

Well, there's your problem them, you updated the kernel to version 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6-i686, but your ndiswrapper module is for 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.

The module is for kernel 2.6.18 and you are using kernel 2.6.19. They are incompatible. You will have to update your ndiswrapper rpm package with the ndiswrapper package that corresponds to the 2.6.19 kernel you installed or compile ndiswrapper from scratch.

char_015 · 02-28-2007, 02:28 PM

thanks, i'll try that