ndiswrapper install failed at dsl with kernel 2.4.26

[bardminz]

Hi,

The "make" is ok. The "make install" got the following error:

install -m 0644 ndiswrapper.ko /lib/modules/2.4.26/misc 
install: ndiswrapper.ko: No such file or directory 
install: cannot change permissions of /lib/modules/2.4.26/misc/ndiswrapper.ko: No such file or directory 
install: cannot change ownership of /lib/modules/2.4.26/misc/ndiswrapper.ko: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dsl/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver' 
make: *** [install] Error 2

Any idea? Thanks in advance.
-XL

[kakariko81280]

Hi there,

That script is reporting the kernel module doesn't exist in the build folder. Can you post the output of the make command here, ideally after re-extracting it so we are looking at a clean build.

Let us know how you get on

[bardminz]

Hi there,

That script is reporting the kernel module doesn't exist in the build folder. Can you post the output of the make command here, ideally after re-extracting it so we are looking at a clean build.

Let us know how you get on

Hi kakariko,

Thanks for replying. I attached the output of the make, which is done after "make uninstall" twice.


Thanks,
-XL

[kakariko81280]

Hi there,

It's an odd one for sure. Reading the output of make looks like the compilation worked ok. The only thing is you are compiling against kernel version 2.4.x which (if I remember right) creates kernel modules as .o files rather than .ko files. Can you check if the file /home/dsl/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.o exists?

If that's there we might be able to manually move the driver file into position. Where did you download the source from? I'd need to check what the make install is doing before I could help you install it by hand. In the meantime though, you may be able to load the driver now (for testing) by doing an 'insmod /home/dsl/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.o' in the driver directory.

Let us know how you get on

[bardminz]

Hi there,

It's an odd one for sure. Reading the output of make looks like the compilation worked ok. The only thing is you are compiling against kernel version 2.4.x which (if I remember right) creates kernel modules as .o files rather than .ko files. Can you check if the file /home/dsl/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.o exists?

If that's there we might be able to manually move the driver file into position. Where did you download the source from? I'd need to check what the make install is doing before I could help you install it by hand. In the meantime though, you may be able to load the driver now (for testing) by doing an 'insmod /home/dsl/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/ndiswrapper.o' in the driver directory.

Let us know how you get on

I am terribly sorry for very late replying. I kept trying posting the reply but at each time it seemed success but not really.

There is no ndiswrapper.o at that folder, neither for the .ko file.

In the meantime, I tested installing ndiswrapper at a lower version Ubuntu but with a 2.6.x kernel. The make process did work. I guess it might be because of the kernel.

I don't know if any 2.6.x kernel fits dsl. On the other hand, how to upgrade dsl-n instead?

Thanks,
-XL