Hi,

can anyone help me w/ installing ndiswrapper?

I'm using mdk10 w/ 2.6.11 kernel. i can compile it, and it detects a successful installation. however, i can't get the lights to go on. here's some copy/paste of the files. i'm using buffalo 54g pcmcia on dell laptop.


[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.2rc1]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
netcg54l driver present


modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper version 1.2rc1 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)


[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.2rc1]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

any ideas?

i compiled it from source.

Try and older version of ndiswrapper. I couldn't get 1.1 working on my laptop, so I wound up installing 0.9, and it worked the first time. Don't use the RPM either, download the source and compile it yourself, the RPM doesn't work (installs 0.8 when it's supposed to be 0.9 and modprobe never works). That worked great for me, might work for you too. Just go by the instructions at the ndiswrapper installation wiki. Good luck.

ndiswrapper -l
should return: driver present, hardware present

i dont see that in your list

Below is the URL to a how-to that myself and a couple of others have written for ndiswrapper on Mandrake that works if you follow it PRECISELY from step 1 to the end. If you skip or miss a step, it will NOT work, I promise. You can also come visit us on the irc.freenode.net IRC server in #LFD and or #Mandriva and we can offer you help with it if you need it. But please, read it thoroughly several times, I repeat, SEVERAL TIMES, before you actually follow it so you understand it.

http://linuxfordummies.org/viewtopic.php?t=96



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I've built and installed 2 versions of ndiswrapper on Mandrake 10.1 Official, no problem. The original poster hasn't been to this thread in nearly two weeks anyway, so I'm sure he's either gotten it figured out or given up by now