Help me! I have a belkin f5d7050 for usb that I am trying to switch from win to lin, and its hard. I'm a newbie who just got his first taste of linux (20 ubuntu cds arrived) yesterday and I want internet on my pc!

I can't figure out how to install the source files from Ndiswrapper to my comp. I don't understand the instructions on the wiki.

If anybody could deliver a useful response, that would be much apreciated.

Hi and welcome to LQ How far have you got with the install?

i have no clue, I don't know the commands to get it to install. or how to even open a file from the terminal!

Ok. The instructions from the Installation Wiki are straightforward as long as you read through and take your time.

First of all, you need the kernel sources installed. Since you are using Ubuntu (which is Debian based), you may be able to install Ndiswrapper via Synaptic. Open up Synaptic and look through to see if it's there.

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ details how to add the link to the ndiswrapper download.

If you need to install via a tar ball, you will need to have your kernel sources installed - check Synaptic for the package. Most of the install is done via the command line, so you will need to have a terminal open to do this.

Some of the commands need you to be root - you usually do this by typing Since you are an Ubuntu user, you would simply type Work through the installation instructions and post back if you get stuck.

I don't know Synaptic.
The instructions from the Installation Wiki used


root@ubuntu:/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2 # make distclean
make -C driver clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
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 divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
make -C utils clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/utils'rm -f *~
rm -fr ndiswrapper-1.2 ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz *.deb patch-stamp
make -C driver distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
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 divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
rm -f *_exports.h .\#* x86_64_stubs.h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
make -C utils distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
rm -f .\#*
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/utils'rm -f .\#*
root@ubuntu:/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2 # make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
Can't find kernel sources in /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build;
give the path to kernel sources with KSRC=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2
root@ubuntu:/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2 # make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
Can't find kernel sources in /lib/modules/2.6.10-5-386/build;
give the path to kernel sources with KSRC=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2
root@ubuntu:/home/andrew/Desktop/int/ndis/ndiswrapper-1.2 #