trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 (edited) Ok i am running mandrake linux 10.1 powerpack. I am new at Linux, so i am not good in this area although i have very limited knowledge on the OS. Well i want to get my WMP54g v4 network card to work with linux. The driver for the card is included on the cd (Rt2500.INF) which i want to use. Naturally I think Ndiswrapper. Now i downloaded it from sourceforge, and i got ndiswrapper-1.0.tar.gz. I tried to install it and i got an error about a kernel or something. I dont quite remember the error perfectly, as i would have to reboot into linux bc im on a dual boot. So i figured that wouldnt work. I went to an RPM site and downloaded a version of Ndiswrapper and installed it (i hope the right way) and when i get it installed, i get another, different type of error. I proceeded to do ndiswrapper and then it worked. I installed the driver, and it worked. Then i tried to modprobe, i got something like FATAL error. could not find module or something. then i tried ndiswrapper -l to see the driever and it said the driver was ok but the hardware was not there. Ok well now im stuck. Im hoping you could gimme a little TLC and show me which version of ndiswrapper to get for the 10.1 mandrake, and show me how to use it to get me online! I am sure that you have read many posts like this, but i really do need some step by step help (heck, thats why i came here) I have been trying this for days to no avail. PLEASE HELP ME Oh btw, first post Edited February 26, 2005 by trevor51590 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Your problem is that you went looking for ndiswrapper. I would remove the packages you have installed. Go to the MCC --> Software --> Remove and then search for ndiswrapper. Once you have told it to remove it then go to the Add Software and look for it and install it. Mandrake includes ndiswrapper in their basic package. If that does not work we will call Bruno in to help you remove it since you did not install it through the MCC. When using Mandrake, it is best to always look a the Mandrake RPMs in your MCC rather than going and downloading packages off the Internet. I learned that the hard way. :)Welcome to Scot's Newsletter Forums and the All Things Linux portion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 ok well pretty much the same story. i removed it then re added it. i believe its 0.9.1. well i have the driver installed. says hardware is not there and wont let me modprobe. maybe its not uninstalling the right way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 This may sound silly, but I found that I had to reboot my computer when ndiswrapper would not work correctly. In fact, it did not want to work for me and I got frustrated. Then I rebooted and it worked like a charm. I can't give any reasoning for this other than when you boot it searches for hardware and that might reset things. So, before it gets too painful, just give that a try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 Still nothing happened. Maybe a reinstall of linux? unless you have something else up your sleeve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Let's not reinstall yet. Is this exactly how you did it? su<password># ndiswrapper -i Rt2500.INF# ndiswrapper -l# modprobe ndiswrapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 yes exactly-to the T. Modprobe says ndiswrapper is not there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 If you did everything as su (superuser) then I would think a reinstall might be an easy solution. That depends upon how much you have invested in this install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 uhh invested in the install? not much didnt wanna do much till i had net. ill reinstall and be back when i try:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Let us know how it goes. I am going out for a little while. I'll be back in a few hours but you should find everything you need in this thread. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 (edited) ok. its installed, loaded drivers. i go to ndiswrapper -l and i see the driever and it says hardware detected. whats next? modprobe still does not work. i also did ndiswrapper -m and iwconfig . there is eth0, eth1, lo, and something else, but no Wlan0(not wlan1, edit). what do i do next? Edited February 26, 2005 by trevor51590 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Before we decide what is next, are you running open or encryped for your router? That makes a big difference in all the steps that are needed next. Don't worry about the mod probe. It sounds like you are headed in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 i am running non encrypted. its open. also i thought that i might show some things the console is telling me. when i modprobe, it says "Fatal error: module ndiswrapper not found." then i try ndiswrapper -m, and i get modprobe config already contains alias directory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Have you installed the wireless tools in the MCC? Type in: iwconfig and see what it says. If you have the wireless tools in then it will show something. If not then go back and wearch for wireless and install wireless-tools. :)If it is there then type: iwlist wlan0 scan and let's see what it shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 i know wireless tools are installed, due to the fact that ive been to iwconfig before. but i do know that there is no wlan0 that shows up should i still tryiwlist wlan0 scan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I would. Let's see what it shows. <I fixed a typo. Be sure to do iwlist wlan0 scan not scn so it can scan your configuration.>You said you have eth0 and eth1. It is possible that we will need to run iwlist eth1 scan if nothing comes up with iwlist wlan0 scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 said they were not able to be scanned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Let's go back a bit. You are sure that is the correct driver? Did you pull it off your windows partition or off the Internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 i pulled it off of my WMP54g v4 cd? should i try a different driver? i mean the one with the cd is Rt2500.INF maybe u can gimme a link to one i should try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I have read that there are some problems with doing it that way. The best way is to go over to Windows and pull it forward to linux. Do you have windows on another partition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 yes ma'm i do in the mnt/windows folder. where do i pull the driver from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 I am doing this off the top of my head. I will go boot up my laptop in a minute and look because I don't really have windows on this computer. /mnt/windows/windows/system32/drivers...... Try following that and see if you find it that way. I will go double check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 what driver name am i looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Look for something labeled with a WMP54g or RT2500.Mine is in /mnt/windows/WINDOWS/system32/drivers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Just a short note . . should you not copy over the driver first to your Linux partition ? Because loading ( pulling ) it in ndiswrapper from a mounted win partition might not be possible because the win partition is only is mounted when you click on it. ( or access it via the console ) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Excellent suggestion. I would copy it to your /home/trevor folder. Are you using a konsole/command line or are you using konqueror to look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 well i installed it from the windows folder. what now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevor51590 Posted February 26, 2005 Author Share Posted February 26, 2005 ok i will copy it and install it again from my home folder. what do i do after that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 Did you run ndiswrapper -l file.inf (insert the name of the file you found)?If so did you follow up with iwconfig and then iwlist wlan0 scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 26, 2005 Share Posted February 26, 2005 ok i will copy it and install it again from my home folder.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think that this will give you a better chance to get it working ;) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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