On 7/6/05, Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I got ndiswrapper installed using the directions you gave me, thanks for all the help. I was close > to home plate when I ran into fatal error. Its not as bad as you think although does sound scary. > So I followed the directions for installed the drivers for ndiswrapper so you can see my steps that > I took: > > > Dowloaded the windows drivers for the wifi card > Extracted the .exe file with command cabextract file.exe > cd' into the file that I extracted and run the command: > "ndiswrapper -i file.inf" > > Got the following response: > 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 > 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 > > Ran the command "ndiswrapper -l" to check if things were ok > > Got the following response: > Installed ndis drivers: > bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present Good so far. > ran the command "modprobe ndiswrapper" to load the drivers/firmware > > I get the following response: > > [root@Whistler broadcomwifidriver]# modprobe ndiswrapper > FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found. > > > Can anyone help me get past this fatal error? Is there another way I can load this or even see if > what I have is correct? > > Thanks Hmm, did you install the Livna package using the "yum install ndiswrapper"? I guess you need to explicitly tell it to get you the kernel module as well. yum list "kernel-module-ndiswrapper*" will give you a list of the avialable kernel modules. Install the one for your kernel version ("uname -r" will tell you the one you are running). If you are running the latest FC4 kernel (2.6.12-1.1387_FC4, which you should update to) then your install command will be: yum install kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4 Unfortuntely, the list will not show you the whole package name, so you need to tack on the "FC4" part to the end. Jonathan