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12-31-2006	#1 (permalink)
los-tejanos Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	Suse 10 wlan problem Hi ALL, I've been unsuccessful at obtaining wlan connectivity. Using YaST, no wlan network card is available from the Suse 10 card selection will permit a wireless connection. I have an HP Pavilion, zd8000. Searching the web led me to conclude that i needed to use ndiswrapper. As a linux newbie, i knew not what i was doing, but eventually downloaded, unzipped it, and even read some of the documentation on the ndiswrapper.sourceforge website. I believe i'm using kernel 2.6.13 -15 within the /lib/modules/ directory. Also, within the /lib/modules/2.6.13-15-smp directory is a link (/usr/src/linux/2.6.13-15-obj/i386/smp). On a different linux forum, directions were to execute a 'make uninstall', then 'make'. I did the former until no "removing" messages appear. However, when i execute the latter (within directory /ndiswrapper-1.32) i get the following: make -C driver make[1]: Entering directroy '/ndiswrapper-1.32/driver' Cant find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.13-15-smp/build; give the path to kernel build directory with KBUILD=<path> argument to make make[1]: *[prereq_check] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory ' /ndiswrapper-1.32/driver' make: * [all] Error 2 Can someone help? signed, clueless in San Antonio

01-01-2007	#2 (permalink)
AlexK Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 3,380	Install the kernel sources. Also, instead of compiling from source, you can use the ndiswrapper package provided on the SUSE install media. __________________ Life is complex, it has a real part and an imaginary part.

01-04-2007	#3 (permalink)
los-tejanos Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	I'm ndiswrapper challenged I guess i should have stated that i'm a linux nu-bee (see, i cant even spell it correctly). Anyway, after much trial and error (several hours of aggravation) and reading the posts to evilamigo's post, i have the following to report: ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2 forcing parameter IBSSGMode from 0 to 2 ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5 driver installed ndiswrapper -m module configuration already contains alias directive modprobe ndiswrapper FATAL could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.13-15-smp/extra/ndiswrapper.ko' : No such file or directory Can someone tell me how to proceed from here? Thanks!

01-04-2007	#4 (permalink)
Oxygen Linux User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hartlepool, England Posts: 390	You're doing a modprobe for no reason. "ndiswrapper -l" says driver installed but does not say hardware present. Where did you get the .inf file from? __________________ Graham - You'd better Use Linux! I'm registerd Linux user #397030. What about you?

01-04-2007	#5 (permalink)
los-tejanos Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	I cant find the website now, but it took a while to locate a site that had the bcmwl5.inf file. My notebook (within the Windows environment) only has the .sys file.

01-05-2007	#6 (permalink)
los-tejanos Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	Finally used my head and viewed my browser history. I found the bcmwl5.inf file. via a zip file from within this site http://www.overclock.net/faqs/106021...802-11b-g.html (ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/note...iver/802bg.zip) What was strange (at least for novice) was that when i unzipped the file from /ndiswrapper directory, the extraccted files from 802bg.zip ended up in my /windows directory. Why? Another thread from a different forum indicated that my problem is the lack of the ndiswrapper.ko file in the correct directory. I searched my sysstem and couldnt' find it. Any ideas on where to go from here? FYI, I downloaded the ndiswrapper-1.32.tar file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper.

01-05-2007	#7 (permalink)
Oxygen Linux User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hartlepool, England Posts: 390	Is there not a .inf file on the CD? __________________ Graham - You'd better Use Linux! I'm registerd Linux user #397030. What about you?

01-05-2007	#8 (permalink)
AlexK Linux Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 3,380	Also remember you need to have more than just the inf file present, there may be *.sys or other such files which are required by ndiswrapper. I think the best place to get the driver would be directly from Broadcom's site. __________________ Life is complex, it has a real part and an imaginary part.

01-06-2007	#9 (permalink)
los-tejanos Just Joined! Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	To recap: I downloaded ndiswrapper from the sourceforge website when i initially started this effort. I think i've followed the steps advised. The ftp site i referenced provided the zip file containing both .sys and .inf files. I think i'm good in this area. The problem: The lack of ndiswrapper.ko in the /lib directory is now the challenge, not the .sys and .inf file. I've read that maybe the ndiswrapper driver kernel module is the problem. Any ideas on how else i can get the ndiswrapper.ko file? Thanks again all.

01-06-2007

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Originally Posted by AlexK

Also remember you need to have more than just the inf file present, there may be *.sys or other such files which are required by ndiswrapper. I think the best place to get the driver would be directly from Broadcom's site.

No, ndiswrapper throws a hissy fit about that when you run "nidswrapper -i /path/to/file.inf" not when doing modprobe.

The problem is you've got the wrong .inf file, ndiswrapper DOESN'T SAY HARDWARE PRESENT. This is what my ndiswrapper says.

Code:

root@lightside:~# ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
bcmwl5          driver installed, hardware present

Get the .inf file and .sys file from the driver CD.

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