Need help with ndiswrapper installation

e11 · 10-25-2004, 09:20 AM

Hi, I've finally got to the stage of installing ndiswrapper...

Anyway, i'm stuck as follows:
I've used apt-get to d/l the source package from the sourceforge site.
i've un-tar the package.

The next step to do is the command

Code:

e11mobile:/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper# debian/rules binary-modules KSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/build

it returns me some stuff with an error at the end:

Code:

sed -e 's/#KVERS#/2.6.8-1-686/g' \
-e 's/#NDISVERS#/0.11/g' \
-e 's/#DATE#/'"`date --rfc-822`"'/g' \
        -e 's/#MAINT#/Giridhar Pemmasani <pgiri@users.sourceforge.net>/g' \
        debian/changelog.template > debian/changelog
sed -e 's/#KVERS#/2.6.8-1-686/' \
-e 's/#NDISVERS#/0.11/' \
debian/control.modules > debian/control
sed -e 's/#KVERS#/2.6.8-1-686/' debian/postinst.modules > debian/postinst
if [ 6 == 4 ];then \
        module=ndiswrapper.o; \
else \
        module=ndiswrapper.ko; \
fi; \
echo "driver/$module /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/misc" \
        > debian/ndiswrapper-modules.install
dh_testdir
make: dh_testdir: Command not found
make: *** [common-prolog] Error 127

wow...

eh... what's the error? seems like i'm short of a command... maybe i need some package? Please advise. Thanks!

Regards,

Edwin

e11 · 10-26-2004, 03:59 AM

Anyone able to help?

Thanks and Regards,

Edwin

darkleaf · 10-26-2004, 09:59 AM

You can just install it from source unless you want to do it the debian way completely.

tar zxvf /path/to/file
cd ndiswrapper-xx
make install

Then you can install the drivers with the ndiswrapper options.

e11 · 10-26-2004, 10:15 AM

hi darkleaf, thanks!

i've managed to solve the original problem... was lacking the package dh-make, so installed the package and proceeded to make install it as well.

btw, i d/led the wireless card driver, but it comes in an EXE file. what can i do with it? i suppose its an executable-zip? if so, how can i extract it?

Thanks!

Regards,

Edwin

darkleaf · 10-26-2004, 11:57 AM

I read somewhere that if it's an executable zip you can use unzip on it to extract it.

Code:

unzip file

I'm not completely sure it'll work. Otherwise I think you need to do it in windows.

e11 · 10-31-2004, 01:16 AM

I've hit another snag with ndiswrapper...

I've done the following successfully:

Code:

# apt-get install ndiswrapper ndiswrapper-source
# tar -xvzf ndiswrapper-source.tar.gz
# debian/rules binary-modules KSRC=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
# dpkg -i ndiswrapper-modules-*.deb
# ndiswrapper -i lsbcmnds.inf

But when I do:

Code:

# modprobe ndiswrapper

I got:

Code:

FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

Did i miss out any step?

Thanks and Regards,

Edwin

e11 · 10-31-2004, 01:26 AM

ok, i've solved the problem...

Seems like i had to use modconf to manually add the ndiswrapper module instead of using modprobe ndiswrapper.

Question: When do I use modconf, and when do I use modprobe?

Also, because of my wireless network's security settings (broadcast disabled, WEP), whenever i bootup, i have to issue the command:

iwconfig essid NETWORKNAME channel N rate 54M key restricted WEPKEY
then restart the network...

Question: Is it possible to do this automatically, maybe by adding those entries in /etc/network/interfaces or some other file?

Thanks and Regards,

Edwin

darkleaf · 10-31-2004, 03:47 AM

I think the difference between modconf and modprobe is in kernel version but I'm not sure. Are you using a 2.4 kernel?

I can only help you with setting the essid automatically but the WEP key is similar and in the same file I just don't know what the line is. You need to edit your /etc/network/interfaces file, this is my wireless part:

Quote:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid ****

I think man ifup or man ifdown can give you some useful info. Or perhaps wireless-tools man page.

e11 · 10-31-2004, 07:36 AM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally posted by darkleaf
I think the difference between modconf and modprobe is in kernel version but I'm not sure. Are you using a 2.4 kernel?

I'm using a 2.6.8 kernel.

Quote:

Originally posted by darkleaf
I can only help you with setting the essid automatically but the WEP key is similar and in the same file I just don't know what the line is. You need to edit your /etc/network/interfaces file, this is my wireless part:

I think man ifup or man ifdown can give you some useful info. Or perhaps wireless-tools man page.

Yup, went through the README.Debian in /usr/share/doc/wireless-tools, the key-value pairs for interfaces is just the same as for iwconfig... for those interested to know, that means my interfaces file looks like:

Code:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid *NAME*
wireless-channel *N*
wireless-rate 54M
wireless-key restricted *KEY*

Thanks darkleaf!!

Regards,

Edwin