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[stretchedthin]

modprobe ndiswrapper gives me this error: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
Apparently it's a problem with ndiswrapper. So then, what do I do to fix that?

Try uninstalling your corrent ndiswrapper and reinstalling.  Also you could build ndiswrapper from source. It's easy, for you especially.  Also don't use the ndiswrapper I submitted to the packagers thread. It's kernel dependent and if you have done any kernel upgrades from the original with VL 6.0 standard it will fail.

Quote from: stretchedthin on Today at 01:45:15 am
also what do you see when you 'modprobe -c | grep ndiswrapper'

I see: alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
          alias wlan0 ndiswrapper

It looks like 'alias wlan0 ndiswrapper' has shown up twice.
Did you insert your own line into /etc/modprobe.conf, if so modprobe is reading it in both places.
I think you can delete the one in /etc/modprobe.conf

I think this is the pciid number: 13B1:000B (I got it from looking at ndiswrapper -l)
You can use lsusb (as root for a usb device ) or lspci ( as root non-usb type devices) to verify.

If you google 13B1:000B, you are going to find a lot of discussion on the topic of instaling this very device.

[Daniel]

Ah Ha! Thanks to w2ibc's howto on ndiswrapper, I think I've found the problem. I tried modinfo ndiswrapper, and got a "could not find module ndiswrapper error." According to the howto, the ndiswrapper module file should be: /lib/modules/2.6.27.29/misc/ndiswrapper.ko

That file does not exist on my computer! I checked the ndiswrapper package and it is only 25KB in size. By comparison, the ndiswrapper source tar.gz is 194.4KB in size! I'm thinking something is wrong with the package. Surely the source doesn't go from 194.4 to 25 KB in the packaging process.

[stretchedthin]

I was thinking something along those lines when you got....

modprobe ndiswrapper gives me this error: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

That's why I suggested...

Try uninstalling your current ndiswrapper and reinstalling.  Also you could build ndiswrapper from source. It's easy.

I'm guessing you have ndiswrapper but it's still associated with your old kernel (It looks like you may have done a kernel upgrade.  That would explain why all the ndiswrapper commands work for you but it just won't run. 

I'll check out w2ibc's howto. Looks like a good one.  I guess I should include more of those testing commands in my own tutorial.  modinfo, modprobe -c | grep ndiswrapper, even depmod -a would be useful.

[w2ibc]

Ah Ha! Thanks to w2ibc's howto on ndiswrapper, I think I've found the problem. I tried modinfo ndiswrapper, and got a "could not find module ndiswrapper error." According to the howto, the ndiswrapper module file should be: /lib/modules/2.6.27.29/misc/ndiswrapper.ko

That file does not exist on my computer! I checked the ndiswrapper package and it is only 25KB in size. By comparison, the ndiswrapper source tar.gz is 194.4KB in size! I'm thinking something is wrong with the package. Surely the source doesn't go from 194.4 to 25 KB in the packaging process.

im glad the how to is useful wrote that yesterday AM when i had to reinstall everything after putting in a new drive.

im going with stretchedthin thinking its assc with the old kernel

http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-6.0/kernels/drivers/

the .tlz has a better compression rateing then tar.gz so i would expect a tlz to be a bit smaller then the .tar.gz

when i did the gPHPedit package for VL the gphpedit source was 1.1MB but the .tlz is 351KB so even though it is smaller then "source" it should be fine.

i would reinstall the ndiswrapper package from the above link for your kernel and try and reinstall the driver

[Daniel]

I'm running VL 5.9.1 SOHO, not 6.0 and I haven't done a kernel upgrade. Maybe I'll look into packaging the newer version for 5.9.

[stretchedthin]

VL 5.9.1, don't have much experience with that one, but at any rate it looks like you are right.  If both modprobe ndiswrapper and modinfo ndiswrapper are telling you that it doesn't exist then it is time to build your own.  One thing I'll say about packaging for the repos' is that it is a different animal than packaging for yourself.  You will have to compile it in such a way that it is kernel independent if you package it for the repos'. Far easier just to build it from source for your own machine.  I know you won't have any trouble with it, but Here is a tut from youtube for anybody new that may be following this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Ist9aEKEg

[Daniel]

I could use the previous SlackBuild and modify it though, right? Instead of making a new one?

[stretchedthin]

Sure you could. Just make sure the slackbuild is kernel independent.

[Daniel]

How do I make sure that the SlackBuild is kernel independent?

[stretchedthin]

Not sure. I just build the kernel dependent ones from source myself. Take a look at the slackbuild used for 1.54, link below.
http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-6.0/source/patches/ndiswrapper/1.54/src/

also here's the link to my introduction to the whole ndiswrapper-kernel packaging issue.
http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=10902.0

I'll ask your question there and see if I get an answer.

[stretchedthin]

If anyone has noticed that I haven't been producing many tut's this past week or so, it's because I've been producing something else. Well, technically my wife did, but I was there damn it.
Introducing Tayra McKenna Coulton, my daughter.

[hata_ph]

What a lovely angel...
Congratulation....

[GrannyGeek]

Congratulations! Tayra is a real cutie and the best holiday gift you'll ever get.

We'll expect to see her on this forum in 2019 or so.<g>
--GrannyGeek

[nightflier]

Aw.. what a darling. Congratulations!

[stretchedthin]

Thanks everybody, and yes I'm in the market for stuffed penquins, and a Linux sippy cup, let the indoctrination begin.
However, I would pay top dollar for a diaper with the Windows logo on it.  Then I could say..."ah look, she's defragging"