Ndiswrapper installation problem

Ste-

Recently installed lubuntu on an old laptop and trying to get the pci card going.
It's a linkys wpc45g. Found the guide etc but when trying to make ndiswrapper I get the following error, any help very much appreciated.

stephen@stephen-Inspiron-5150:~/ndiswrapper-1.56$ sudo make && make install
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic M=/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.o
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c: In function ‘set_multicast_list’:
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:953: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘mc_count’
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:956: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘mc_count’
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:960: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘mc_count’
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:960: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_min2’
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:960: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘mc_count’
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:967: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘mc_list’
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:968: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:969: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.c:971: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[3]: *** [/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver/wrapndis.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/stephen/ndiswrapper-1.56/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2
stephen@stephen-Inspiron-5150:~/ndiswrapper-1.56$ 

pickarooney

Do you need to build it as opposed to just installing a .deb?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/i386/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9/download

Ste-

The deb responds to ndiswrapper1.9 not if I call the ndiswrapper command.

Got a bit further, got the driver installed but if I call iwconfig my wlan info isnt there.

The guide is here

Ste-

The module is getting loaded but iwconfig just can't see it.
See the following lsmod.

stephen@stephen-Inspiron-5150:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ndiswrapper           182830  0 
snd_seq_dummy           1350  0 
parport_pc             26058  0 
ppdev                   5556  0 
dm_crypt               11385  0 
binfmt_misc             6599  1 
joydev                  8767  0 
snd_intel8x0           25664  1 
snd_ac97_codec         99227  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                1014  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                71475  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_midi            4588  0 
snd_rawmidi            17783  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6047  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47174  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
pcmcia                 35973  0 
snd_timer              19067  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5744  4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
dell_wmi_aio            1338  0 
sparse_keymap           3145  1 dell_wmi_aio
dcdbas                  5402  0 
snd                    49038  9 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
yenta_socket           21518  0 
pcmcia_rsrc            10566  1 yenta_socket
psmouse                59033  0 
pcmcia_core            14657  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
serio_raw               4022  0 
soundcore                880  1 snd
shpchp                 29886  0 
snd_page_alloc          7120  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
lp                      7342  0 
parport                31492  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
dm_raid45              81721  0 
xor                    15136  1 dm_raid45
nouveau               517434  2 
ttm                    56633  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         30200  1 nouveau
b44                    26253  0 
drm                   168060  4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
firewire_ohci          21234  0 
video                  18712  0 
ssb                    39320  1 b44
intel_agp              26566  1 
firewire_core          46643  1 firewire_ohci
output                  1883  1 video
mii                     4425  1 b44
crc_itu_t               1383  1 firewire_core
agpgart                32011  3 ttm,intel_agp,drm
i2c_algo_bit            5168  1 nouveau
stephen@stephen-Inspiron-5150:~$ 

Ste-

I've tried every driver available for this now.
Is it possible it's the device ? The lights don't seem to turn on at any stage but it is being recognised by lspci command.

pickarooney

Quite possible. I had a Netgear card a while back and it would light up once in a blue moon but never got a signal despite months of messing about. I eventually tried it on a Windows machine and discovered it was defective.

Ste-

This is the only laptop that has this slot. And has no windows. Just googled and Virtualbox doesn't support Pcmia from teh guest OS so I'd have to isntall windows to check if it fully works. Either that or cut my losses adn buy another card.

Thanks for all the help guys.

Naikon

Ste- wrote: »

This is the only laptop that has this slot. And has no windows. Just googled and Virtualbox doesn't support Pcmia from teh guest OS so I'd have to isntall windows to check if it fully works. Either that or cut my losses adn buy another card.

Thanks for all the help guys.

Atheros cards in general work flawlessly under Linux just to note.