OK, I'm running Fedora Core 1, kernel 2.4.22-1.2199.nptl. I've downloaded the ndiswrapper 0.9 and 1.0 and both give the same error when running 'make install':

[root@gilgamesh ndiswrapper-0.9]# make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/gregory/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-0.9/ndiswrapper-0.9/driver'
...
make[1]: *** [wrapper.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gregory/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-0.9/ndiswrapper-0.9/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Where the elipses is is too long for this thread but there are hundreds of errors in between there, most dealing with 'dereferencing pointer to incomplete type' and a lot of 'such and such value is unknown'. Obviously something isn't going right with the compilation because afterwards when I try the 'modprobe ndiswrapper' I get this:

[root@gilgamesh ndiswrapper-0.9]# modprobe ndiswrapper
modprobe: Can't locate module ndiswrapper

...despite checking the installed drivers:

[root@gilgamesh ndiswrapper-0.9]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
lsbcmnds present

...reveals that my 'ndiswrapper -i lsbcmnds.inf' command worked, so it installed the driver but can't find the module, I think.

Can anyone help me out here or give me some direction?

Make sure you have the kernel source installed with a link to the kernel source in /lib/modules/. The file /lib/modules/yourkernelversion/build should be a symlink to /usr/src/yourkernelversion. If you have the link already set up, I don't know what would cause all the errors. I've had ndiswrapper .9 and .10 running on both 2.4.22-10 and 2.6.3-7 (both Mandrake kernels). Anyway, good luck.
-Kris

Yes, that link is there...when I upgraded the kernel from the initial Fedora Core 1 kernel (can't remember the version) I checked for the link in /lib/modules and it was already there.

did anyone get the WEP working for ndiswrapper for fedora Core 2 cause my net uses a wep :) so i need that :)

Everybody should know that there is hope getting this card running... Don't give up and return it just yet, you're probably learning a lot with your troubles.

I've got it set up on my laptop with the 1.0 version of ndiswrapper. The PCMCIA recognition gave me a little bit of a headache, but I figured out the proper kernel configuration. I posted it on my site because it's kind of long:

http://www.jameskassemi.com/viewpost.php?id=56

The biggest thing is to MAKE SURE YOU'VE ENABLED THE PROPER SUPPORT IN YOUR KERNEL. You'll have to sift through it for the appropriate sections, and possibly port over the proper settings for your kernel configuration (this is for 2.6.10).

The only thing I'm having trouble with is Kismet.... I understand that it doesn't support the Broadcom chipset in the v4, which I have, but I'm wondering if that's a reality or just something they were told by a disgruntled user. I heard a lot about the Broadcom chipset not being at all supported by any method under linux, but that was all just frustration on the messenger's part....

Anyway, if anybody can help me out with Kismet for this card I'd really appreciate it,

James Kassemi

ok... for everybody.. I was reading this post some days ago because I couldn't get my wcp54g to work. Now its working!

I mas say that I am a newbie in linux... and I couldn't install ndiswrapper from scratch, altho I use ubuntu and I have a nice package manager... basically all I did was

apt-cache search ndiswrapper
apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

Download driver from linksys webpage:
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wp...lity_v2.02.zip

then I only followed the instructions on
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p.../Distributions

which basically was..

apt-get install wireless-tools

ndiswrapper -i ~/DriversFolder/drivername.inf

then I check it is ok

ndiswrapper -l

update modules

modprobe ndiswrapper

iwconfig

then just change /etc/network/interfaces

use wlan0 etc etc... (this I did using the Network Configuration Settings)

et voila

cheers