Hi all,
The ndiswrapper version 1.56 shipped with Ubuntu (especially 11.10 or any 64 bit) is sometimes buggy/not working. Alternatively, the latest stable version 1.57 needs to be compiled by hand:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove --purge ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndisgtk
sudo rm /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/ubuntu/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper.conf #not neccessary, only if you want to clean up
sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/* #not neccessary, only if you want to clean up
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ndiswrapper/stable/1.57/ndiswrapper-1.57.tar.gz
tar -xvf ndiswrapper-1.57.tar.gz
cd ndiswrapper-1.57
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a
sudo update-initramfs -u
The metapackage for the kernel-headers should also be installed (e.g. linux-headers-generic, -generic-pae, etc., whatever "uname -a" shows). The driver needs to be compiled again after a kernel upgrade, so dont remove the folder "ndiswrapper-1.57". Recompiling by
Code:
cd ndiswrapper-1.57
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a
sudo update-initramfs -u
The package "ndisgtk" must not be installed from the repositories! If you need the GUI compile it, too:
Code:
sudo apt-get install intltool
wget launchpad.net/ndisgtk/0.8/0.8.5/+download/ndisgtk-0.8.5.tar.gz
tar xvf ndisgtk-0.8.5.tar.gz
cd ndisgtk-0.8.5
make
sudo make install
sudo cp *.png /usr/share/icons
sudo cp *.xpm /usr/share/icons
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