ndiswrapper config

Hi @ll,

I'm trying to get the Dell Truemobile 1350 wireless network card
working on my Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop.
So I installed ndiswrapper on my Mandrake 10.1 distribution.

I installed the windows driver and the driver is recognized:

>ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 hardware present

Also I did add it to the modprobe.conf:

>more /etc/modprobe.conf
{...}
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper



But when I want to continue by modprobe ndiswrapper it doesn't find
the module:

>modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

Also, iwconfig doesn't show my card:

>iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.



Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thx,
Jeppe.

> I'm trying to get the Dell Truemobile 1350 wireless network card
> working on my Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop.
> So I installed ndiswrapper on my Mandrake 10.1 distribution.

What version of ndiswrapper?
> .8 is troublesome for some.
< .11rc1 is troublesome for WPA and stuff


> I installed the windows driver and the driver is recognized:
>
>>ndiswrapper -l
> Installed ndis drivers:
> bcmwl5 hardware present

That's a good sign. v.0.9 gave me hardware NOT present, even though v.0.4
worked on said card. v.0.10 reported hardware present, but had trouble
loading the driver.


> Also I did add it to the modprobe.conf:
>
>>more /etc/modprobe.conf
> {...}
> alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

That's a good start. Doesn't ndiswrapper -m do this for you? Noting that
other distros use /etc/modules.conf, although pulls information into this
from /etc/modutils/ with update-modules.


>>modprobe ndiswrapper
> FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

Have you run depmod -a? You can insmod/modprobe the full path, which
should work when all else fails. 2.6 seems to require this a little more
so than other kernels.


> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Kind of need to know what version of ndiswrapper and the kernel version to
know for sure. But for a 2.4 kernel and ndiswrapper v.0.10, I had to link
/usr/sbin/loadndiswrapper to /sbin/loadndiswrapper in order to get it to
work. Does dmesg have any sort of (load_driver:####) error in it? If so,
this is likely the same thing.

ln -s /sbin/loadndiswrapper /usr/sbin/loadndiswrapper

Worst case scenario, you can use 0.4, it seems to work for most. Although
without those little extras like WEP/WPA.

HTH,
Shadow_7

(E-Mail Removed) (Jeppe) writes:

]Hi @ll,

]I'm trying to get the Dell Truemobile 1350 wireless network card
]working on my Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop.
]So I installed ndiswrapper on my Mandrake 10.1 distribution.

Apparently you did not do so. What makes you think that you installed
ndiswrapper on your Mandrake 10.1 distribution?

The system looks in /lib/modules/2.6.8-12mdk (or whatever your kenrl is)
for the modules. Is there a module called ndiswrapper in there somewhere?
If not, you did not install it.


]I installed the windows driver and the driver is recognized:

]>ndiswrapper -l
]Installed ndis drivers:
]bcmwl5 hardware present

Sounds like you have ndiswrapper as a program, not a module.


]Also I did add it to the modprobe.conf:

]>more /etc/modprobe.conf
]{...}
]alias wlan0 ndiswrapper



]But when I want to continue by modprobe ndiswrapper it doesn't find
]the module:

]>modprobe ndiswrapper
]FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

]Also, iwconfig doesn't show my card:

]>iwconfig
]lo no wireless extensions.

]eth0 no wireless extensions.

]eth1 no wireless extensions.

]sit0 no wireless extensions.



]Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

]Thx,
]Jeppe.

(E-Mail Removed) (Bill Unruh) wrote in message news:<cklvtk$anh$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> (E-Mail Removed) (Jeppe) writes:
>
> ]Hi @ll,
>
> ]I'm trying to get the Dell Truemobile 1350 wireless network card
> ]working on my Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop.
> ]So I installed ndiswrapper on my Mandrake 10.1 distribution.
>
> Apparently you did not do so. What makes you think that you installed
> ndiswrapper on your Mandrake 10.1 distribution?
>
> The system looks in /lib/modules/2.6.8-12mdk (or whatever your kenrl is)
> for the modules. Is there a module called ndiswrapper in there somewhere?
> If not, you did not install it.
>
>
> ]I installed the windows driver and the driver is recognized:
>
> ]>ndiswrapper -l
> ]Installed ndis drivers:
> ]bcmwl5 hardware present
>
> Sounds like you have ndiswrapper as a program, not a module.
>
>
> ]Also I did add it to the modprobe.conf:
>
> ]>more /etc/modprobe.conf
> ]{...}
> ]alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
>
>
>
> ]But when I want to continue by modprobe ndiswrapper it doesn't find
> ]the module:
>
> ]>modprobe ndiswrapper
> ]FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
>
> ]Also, iwconfig doesn't show my card:
>
> ]>iwconfig
> ]lo no wireless extensions.
>
> ]eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> ]eth1 no wireless extensions.
>
> ]sit0 no wireless extensions.
>
>
>
> ]Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
> ]Thx,
> ]Jeppe.


kernel version: 2.6.8.1-10
ndiswrapper version: 0.9.1

(E-Mail Removed) (Jeppe) writes:

]> ]Also I did add it to the modprobe.conf:
]>
]> ]>more /etc/modprobe.conf
]> ]{...}
]> ]alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
]>
]>
]>
]> ]But when I want to continue by modprobe ndiswrapper it doesn't find
]> ]the module:
]>
]> ]>modprobe ndiswrapper
]> ]FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
]>


]kernel version: 2.6.8.1-10
]ndiswrapper version: 0.9.1

So, again, is ndiswrapper installed as a module?
/lib/modules/<Your.kernel.version>/drivers/net/ndiswrapper.*

or do
find /lib/modules -name ndiswrapper\*
Is it there? Does it have the right permissions?

Jeppe wrote:
> ndiswrapper version: 0.9.1

0.11 is the current version.

Paul