ndiswrapper problems with 10.1 SuSE

[cookhj]

ok, so i'm new to Linux, and am kinda trying to teach myself so please go easy on me.

oh, and i've searched for answers before asking, but haven't found anything that helps.


i have Linux 10.1 on another computer (no other OS'es are loaded onto it) and installed a wireless card this morning. i read through some instructions online to download ndiswrapper from the system disks and then install the drivers with ndiswrapper.

i installed the CD1 SuSE 10.1 CD in to load the wrapper through YaST. i selected all of the ndiswrapper files and YaST automatically selected any associated files. i clicked the install button, but when i type in "ndiswrapper" on the konsole, it says command not found.

how do i make sure the wrapper is loaded and then how do i go about loading the driver onto the system. i read the http://en.opensuse.org/Wireless_Netw...d_Installation but i can't get past the part of installing ndiswrapper. can someone walk me through it.

i'm kind of an idiot when it comes to new computer programs, so i need a pretty thorough explanation. thanks!

[Juan Pablo]

You need to be root to use ndiswrapper from the command line, use "su"
If it still doesn't work try "/usr/sbin/ndiswrapper/"

[cookhj]

ok, so i switched over to the root userand typed in ndiswrapper -i media/hdc/Driver/neti2220.inf (i copied the .inf file name from the CD as per the instructions on the link i posted above). when i pressed enter i received the message "couldn't copy media/hdc/Driver/neti2220.inf at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 135."

what should i do now?

[cookhj]

i tried to type in the command ndiswrapper -i media/hdc/Driver/neti2220.inf again and the computer said:
neti2220 is already installed. use -e to remove it.

so then i typed in ndiswrapper -l and i got:

installed drivers:
neti2220 invalid driver!

[cookhj]

oh, i forgot to mention that my wireless card is a generic card. i'm wondering if that had anything to do with it.

[Juan Pablo]

You are missing a slash

ndiswrapper -i /media/hdc/Driver/neti2220.inf

and the rest of files (sys, dll) should be on the same folder

Can you also post the output of "lspci"

[cookhj]

i'm at work, but i will post updates as i get it moving along. thanks.

[cookhj]

ok, so here's what i did. you pointed out that i forgot the slash so i put in:

# ndiswrapper -i /media/hdc/Driver/neti2220.inf

i received:

neti2220 is already installed. use -e to remove it

so i tried to delete it and reinstall it:

# ndiswrapper -e /media/hdc/Driver/neti2220.inf

but i received:

Driver /media/hdc/Driver/neti2220.inf is not installed. use -l to list installed drivers.

so i entered:

# ndiswrapper -l

and i got:

Installed drivers:
neti2220     invalid driver!

then you asked if i could give you the output of lspci. i typed in:

# lspci

and got this list:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 05)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 05)

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 05)

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 05)

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)

02:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems [AirConn] INPROCOMM IPN 2220 Wireless LAN Adapter (rev 01)

i apologize if i'm making this so difficult, but i'm also trying to learn these lines of code while trying to do this. i'm a big noob, but i gotta start somewhere! thanks in advance!

[cookhj]

ok, i went to the wiki site http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...index.php/List
and downloaded:

Card: Linksys #[WPC54G v4], 54mbps -- [link here|List#WPC54G v4]
Chipset: AirConn? IPROCOMM IPN 2220 (rev 01)
pciid: 17fe:2220
Driver: Linksys ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/WP....22.1.2004.zip


this matched the chipset from when i used the # lspci command.

i downloaded the file and burned it onto a CD but i still can't get the .inf file to download properly.

[AlexK]

try copying the inf file along with *.bin, *.rad and whatever other driver files which may be required to your home directory, then try the ndiswrapper -i stuff.