ndiswrapper

merseyman · 02-03-2008, 12:25 PM

how do i know if i have ndiswrapper installed and how do i install the drivers off a cd too run my wireless connection?

David1357 · 02-03-2008, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by merseyman

how do i know if i have ndiswrapper installed and how do i install the drivers off a cd too run my wireless connection?

The following commands will show you if you have the ndiswrapper driver installed

Code:

[machine:~]:pushd /lib/modules/`uname -r`
/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386 ~
[machine:/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386]:find . -name 'ndiswrapper*' -print
./kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper
./kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko

The ndiswrapper.ko is the kernel module for ndiswrapper. Mandriva probably has a package manager that you could use to query for this information, but I have never used Mandriva.

ernie · 02-03-2008, 05:40 PM

Yes it does. You can use the GUI Software Installer and search for ndiswrapper in the search box at the top of the window using the default search option to search in names. Any packages with the string ndiswrapper in their names will be listed. A green check mark at the left of a line indicates the package is installed.

Alternatively, you could open a terminal window, su to root, then run the following command:

Code:

urpmi ndiswrapper

If ndiswrapper is installed, urpmi will exit with a message to that effect. If it is not installed, urpmi will install it.

HTH,

reddazz · 02-03-2008, 06:25 PM

To find out if a package is installed on systems that use rpm, you can do

Code:

$rpm -qa | grep -i packagename

So for ndiswrapper, you would do

Code:

$rpm -qa | grep -i ndiswrapper

If ndiswrapper is installed, the output from that command should show you the version. If its not installed, then you won't get any output.

To install wireless drivers, you should be able to do something like

Code:

ndiswrapper -i /path/to/driver.inf

Detailed info is available here.