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Old 01-07-2007   #1 (permalink)
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modprobe ndiswrapper FC 6

Hello,

When i type modprobe ndiswrapper (to initilize ndiswrapper) under root in terminal i get this:

FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

Please help!

Thanks
Tom
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After compiling did you do:
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depmod -a
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i installed through Yum install -y kmod-ndiswrapper
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Hello,

When i type modprobe ndiswrapper (to initilize ndiswrapper) under root in terminal i get this:

FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

Please help!

Thanks
Tom
Did you login as root??
And when you do, always use this syntax
su -
(enter root password)
And check out this thread for more info on ndiswrapper and yum. This link is for fedora 5 and it's for laptops, but the installation is still the same.
http://fedoramobile.org/fc-wireless/ndis-yum-livna/
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did you read the sticky on "wireless internet"?
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