ndiswrapper problems

[mahirsayar]

right

i get this far
tar zxvf ndiswrapper.tar.gz
cd ndiswrapper
make
insmod driver/ndiswrapper.o
cd utils
make
cp loaddriver /sbin/.
lspci
lspci -n (to find my vendor [14e4] and device [4320] numbers as the README explains)
cp path/to/drivers/bcmwl5.* .
loaddriver 14e4 4320 bcmwl5.sys bcmwl5.inf

then this happens

:: command line stuff ::
Calling putdriver ioctl
Unable to put driver (check dmesg for more info): Invalid argument


more info ::
:: lspci -n stuff ::
03:00.0 Class 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 02)

::dmesg stuff::
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x3c0-0x3df 0x400-0x47f

0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
ndiswrapper: no version magic, tainting kernel.
ndiswrapper version 0.3 loaded
Unable to prepare driver



what do i do?
what do i do?

[mahirsayar]

right so
i reinstalled fedora
and i tried with the 2.4 kernel

and nope
still no

it just dont wanna work

could it be my card??

could ANYONE help
could SOMEBODY help

[mdwatts]

What does this 'ndiswrapper' module do?

Do you have the correct kernel source installed for your running kernel version? It is required whenever you compile any hardware drivers/modules.

[chrisbs]

I know what you are trying to do. You have a broadcom 802.11g wireless adapter you are trying to get to work.

ndiswrapper... check out their faq page: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/faq.html

I have tried to get ndiswrapper to work - but I had no luck... I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to compiling the kernel and getting all the options correct - I always fail to boot my system afterwards.

What I finally ended up doing was using www.linuxant.com's ndiswrapper. They create rpm's for most distributions - I ended up buying a license for 20 bucks becuase everything just worked.

When you download from linuxant - you will also need to get a 30day eval license... that's what I did and everything just worked.

--Chrisbs

[chrisbs]

Originally posted by mdwatts
What does this 'ndiswrapper' module do?

Do you have the correct kernel source installed for your running kernel version? It is required whenever you compile any hardware drivers/modules.

ndiswrapper allows you to use your windows drivers for your wireless network adapters that are not supported in linux ... ie broadcom and some others.