I installed ndiswrapper from the CD using YaST but when I tried to use it (ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5a.inf) it said "bash: ndiswrapper: command not found" so I rebooted and tried again and the same thing happened so I downloaded the source and compiled it myself and tried again and the same thing happened so I rebooted redownloaded it and recompiled it and tried again and it still doesn't work. I'm trying ndiswrapper 1.22 on a standard dell inspiron 5150 with a Truemobile 1350 card, I looked on the ndiswrapper wiki and it should be supported. I've followed all the instructions why isn't this working?

Please tell be before I go mad with rage and throw my laptop off the roof.

Punching the desk with fury,
Nate

No throwing laptops off the roof unless I'm there to catch them!

You have to be logged on as root to use ndiswrapper. In a console, type su, and enter the root password. You should be able to use it then. Don't forget to use the -m to write a configuration for modprobe, then modprobe ndiswrapper to load it!


Good luck!

Thanks for the quick response. I kept trying sudo (which says "ndiswrapper: no such command") but I never tried su.
I thought they did the same thing but I guess I was wrong. Thanks a lot!

No longer bashing my head into the wall,
Nate