ndiswrapper

[andy_england1985]

Being a complete idiot, this has me puzzled:

Can't find kernel sources in /lib/modules/2.6.12-9-386/build;
give the path to kernel sources with KSRC=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andy/Personal/programs - downloads/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.8/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Go easy on me, I'm still relatively new to Linux, and especially to Kubuntu! I'm attempting to use, in Linux, the Windows driver for my Belkin U.S.B. wireless adapter. I have a feeling that it won't be very easy, but it would help if I could install ndiswrapper!

Is anyone able to help?

[Nirvana]

Re: ndiswrapper

I got this from the official ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowToSetUpNdiswrapper

[andy_england1985]

Re: ndiswrapper

Thanks, that got the driver installed. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working. I've set it to load on start up, but it's still not existent in the Networking section of settings and I can't auto-detect the device. Do I need to add the U.S.B. port to some settings file in order for it to be recognised?

[andy_england1985]

Re: ndiswrapper

Ndiswrapper fails. This is the output:

[4295306.173000] ndiswrapper version 1.1 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
[4295306.234000] ndiswrapper: driver rt73 (Belkin,08/02/2005, 1.00.00.0000) loaded
[4295306.299000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
[4295306.299000] printing eip:
[4295306.299000] dec5cad3
[4295306.299000] *pde = 00000000
[4295306.299000] Oops: 0002 [#1]
[4295306.299000] Modules linked in: ndiswrapper ipv6 rfcomm l2cap bluetooth speedstep_lib cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_stats freq_table cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative video tc1100_wmi sony_acpi pcc_acpi hotkey dev_acpi i2c_acpi_ec i2c_core button battery container ac tsdev pcspkr rtc snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc pci_hotplug sis_agp agpgart nls_cp437 ntfs dm_mod evdev psmouse mousedev parport_pc lp parport md ext3 jbd thermal processor fan usbhid sis900 mii ehci_hcd ohci_hcd usbcore ide_cd cdrom ide_disk ide_generic sata_sis libata scsi_mod sis5513 ide_core unix vesafb capability commoncap vga16fb vgastate softcursor cfbimgblt cfbfillrect cfbcopyarea fbcon tileblit font bitblit
[4295306.299000] CPU: 0
[4295306.299000] EIP: 0060:[<dec5cad3>] Tainted: P VLI
[4295306.299000] EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.12-9-386)
[4295306.299000] EIP is at 0xdec5cad3
[4295306.299000] eax: 00000000 ebx: d32df000 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000000
[4295306.299000] esi: ffffffed edi: d193e400 ebp: cd72fd7c esp: cd72fd74
[4295306.299000] ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
[4295306.299000] Process loadndisdriver (pid: 7242, threadinfo=cd72e000 task=d203e520)
[4295306.299000] Stack: 00000000 00000000 cd72fdfc dec5b1eb 00000000 0000000c cfc8c8c0 00000001
[4295306.299000] dec31aa7 00000000 00000000 00000000 dec9f5b1 00000000 00000000 00000020
[4295306.299000] dec9f630 ffffffed 00000000 dec3479d dec9f630 d32df220 d32df000 dec5d1a4
[4295306.299000] Call Trace:
[4295306.299000] [<dec31aa7>] wrap_kmalloc+0x3d/0x78 [ndiswrapper]
[4295306.299000] [<dec3479d>] NdisMInitializeTimer+0xf/0x2c [ndiswrapper]
[4295306.299000] [<dec39e82>] miniport_init+0x57/0x5b [ndiswrapper]
[4295306.299000] [<dec30878>] ndiswrapper_add_one_usb_dev+0x8f/0x154 [ndiswrapper]
[4295306.299000] [<de91a04f>] usb_probe_interface+0x49/0x60 [usbcore]
[4295306.299000] [<c01ebfe6>] driver_probe_device+0x36/0x54
[4295306.299000] [<c01ec0be>] driver_attach+0x39/0x6a
[4295306.299000] [<c01ec444>] bus_add_driver+0x5e/0x80
[4295306.299000] [<c01ec7a5>] driver_register+0x23/0x25
[4295306.299000] [<de91a10d>] usb_register+0x42/0x87 [usbcore]
[4295306.299000] [<dec315e5>] register_devices+0x43a/0x4d2 [ndiswrapper]
[4295306.299000] [<c019cb84>] copy_from_user+0x34/0x58
[4295306.299000] [<dec316b3>] wrapper_ioctl+0x36/0xaa [ndiswrapper]
[4295306.299000] [<c0152fd8>] do_ioctl+0x48/0x4e
[4295306.299000] [<c0153233>] vfs_ioctl+0x172/0x17f
[4295306.299000] [<c0153286>] sys_ioctl+0x46/0x60
[4295306.299000] [<c0102e9f>] sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x75
[4295306.299000] Code: fc 00 00 00 00 8b 45 08 89 45 f8 c7 45 fc 00 00 00 00 eb 09 8b 4d fc 83 c1 01 89 4d fc 8b 55 fc 3b 55 0c 73 0b 8b 45 f8 03 45 fc <c6> 00 00 eb e4 8b e5 5d c2 08 00 cc cc 55 8b ec 83 ec 0c 8b 45
[4295306.299000] <3>ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:1534): loadndiswrapper failed (11); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
[4295306.305000] usbcore: deregistering driver ndiswrapper