hii, im a little slow so bear with me please.

im trying to get my mn-720 to work w. mandrake 10
i read treystangs threads and a few other, but i am having a problem that i cant seem to find the answer to, was hoping to get some help. when i try to run the make to install the ndiswrapper, i get:

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/crews/Documents/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver'
You don't seem to have sources for your kernel; install them in /usr/src, link /lib/modules/2.6.3-7mdk/build to it and try again.
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/crews/Documents/ndiswrapper-0.10/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2


what do i need to do to fix this?
any help is appreciated, thanks

r

you need to install the kernel sources. Look for an rpm package named kernel-source-blah-blah. Maybe it's on your CDs. If not, look for it at rpmfind.net. Make sure you install the right version (has to match the kernel you're running).

thanks for the help. that worked, i think.

after following the directions here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...highlight=mn70
(the wireless guide)

i do the ndiswrapper -i /pathtofile/bcmw15.inf and get

bcmw15.inf is alreayd installed. use -e to remove.

using -e gives me, Driver not installed, use -l to see what installed.

using ndiswrapper -l now lists

installed ndis drivers:

bcmw15 hardware not present
bcmw15 hardware not present


any ideas on how to remove those and possibly get it to work. the lights on the card are now on though.

thanks

I think you can forcibly remove them by deleting the subdirectories of /etc/ndiswrapper. Be sure to back-up before you do it, though.

well, if i delete them, i would still need to reinstall it once right?

guess my questions is, how do i get it to detect the hardware or find out if its detected?

i really appreciate the help

one of them was incorrect, an 'el' instead of a 1, or vice verse, but they were both empty. what should be in there if it installs correctly?

an .inf file. a .sys file and conf files. Just delete the directories and reinstall the driver again with ndiswrapper -i ... .

if it installs correctly and detects the hardware, the output of ndiswrapper -l will say that it the hardware is present.

hm ok i got it to install , was making a typo.

im still getting
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 hardware NOT present.

any ideas are appreciated.

try searching the forum on your card. Somebody might have gotten it to work.

ok i think i have found one of the problems, iwconfig is command not found. i dont think this can be correct. ill play around with it some and check the ndiswrapper forums, thanks for checking back.

ah you already provided the answer here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/227100

just to configure it now..