Fatal error, terminal can not find ndiswrapper module! plz help!

LinuxLlama422 · 01-17-2007, 03:48 PM

I am running Ubuntu on a Dell Latitude C610 and whenever i type:
modprobe ndiswrapper

it tells me FATAL: ndiswrapper module cannot be found., or something like that.

Im a newbie so can someone tell me step-by-step how im supposed to do this, and maybe tell me what sort of feedback im supposed to get from each line I type.

thanks

Matir · 01-17-2007, 05:19 PM

Did you install the ndiswrapper packages? Usually you need ndiswrapper-common and ndiswrapper-utils.

LinuxLlama422 · 01-17-2007, 06:02 PM

yea, i installed those, and the ndisgtk package too.
oh, i am running Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) by the way.

also, i just plugged in my Belkin F5D7010 and it comes up in console as having the driver installed, and the hardware connected, but the lights don't flash on the PCIMAI card, and there is no connection to the internet.

LinuxLlama422 · 01-18-2007, 11:59 AM

Anyone??!?!!

Matir · 01-18-2007, 01:40 PM

Does "locate ndiswrapper.ko" return anything? What does dmesg say?

LinuxLlama422 · 01-19-2007, 12:22 PM

ok, well i reinstalled ndiswrapper, and just for the record "locate ndiswrapper.ko" returns the path to the file so that is all set. I installed my driver for my Belkin F5D7010, and it says that it is connected, but i can't connect to the internet.

LinuxLlama422 · 01-19-2007, 12:24 PM

it is also not registering as "wlan0" like all the guides say it should, instead it shows up as "ath0", is this a problem?

beagle2 · 01-20-2007, 04:21 AM

At a guess your card has atheros chipset which will appear as athx using native driver, no ndiswrapper required. See the hcl here - http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/sh...898&cat=myprod portamenteff's post.

LinuxLlama422 · 01-20-2007, 01:44 PM

the link to that driver is broken.

beagle2 · 01-20-2007, 02:23 PM

Post the output of /sbin/lspci -v just to confirm chipset.

LinuxLlama422 · 01-20-2007, 03:38 PM

i can't post the output, becuase i have no way of transporting it to this computer, but it does say "Atheros Chipset", and it says "Belkin unknown device"

beagle2 · 01-20-2007, 03:55 PM

Ok then should just work without ndiswrapper. See if you have conflicting drivers , ndiswrapper -l will say something like driver installed (alternate driver: xxxxx) . If that happens rmmod ndiswrapper and the alternate driver and then load the alternate again and see if the device appears in the network configurator.

LinuxLlama422 · 01-20-2007, 04:04 PM

no...it doesn't work. and there is no alternate driver.

beagle2 · 01-20-2007, 04:16 PM

if you can post output of ndiswrapper -l and what " says that it is connected" . If driver and hardware present do modprobe -r ndiswrapper, modprobe ndiswrapper and check dmesg for errors.

LinuxLlama422 · 01-20-2007, 04:27 PM

yea, it worked alright, and it said that ndiswrapper installed ok, without any errors.