I'm trying to install ndiswrappers in FC4. I followed the installation manual in their site, but specifically here is what I did.
First I extracted kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm.
Then I did "rpm -Uvh kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm".
It said that it needs hardlink. I extracted hardlink (from cd 1 I
think). Then I did "rpm -Uvh hardlink-1.0-1.13.i386.rpm". This
installed, then the kernel installed. Yay!
Next I attemted to install gcc using same method as last two packages
but this didn't work too well (had too many dependencies), so I then
decided to "system-config-packages" the development-tools installed
fine. Thinking that I didn't have openssl-devel I tried to uncompress it
from a cd (#1 I think) and then tried to install it but told me that it
already is installed. Then I downloaded ndiswrappers-1.2 from their site.
Did:
then I linked ln
-s /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686/ /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/build (first time around I mistakenly linked it to 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4/build,
but then I uninstalled it then did it again with the same results)
make clean su - <pass> make make install ndiswrapper -i driver/ir/bcmwl5.inf This is what it said: Installing bcmwl5 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2 Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
Then I checked to see if the driver was installed. Yup. [root@WarpPower ndiswrapper-1.2]# ndiswrapper -l Installed ndis drivers: bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present
But here is where it failed:
[root@WarpPower ndiswrapper-1.2]# modprobe ndiswrapper FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module format [root@WarpPower ndiswrapper-1.2]#
Sorry for such a long message but I hope someone might be able to help out. I googled this alot, but to no avail. Most people had this because they had update kernel.
Thank for any suggestions, -Gezim
Why didn't you just install ndiswrapper with yum? Livna has it. For that matter, I suggest that livna is highly under-rated as a repo for Fedora. I find it invaluable.
Temlakos
