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RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:34 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:34 pm

Right I finally got around to doing what you said now I get an error when typing 'Make' this is what I get:
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]# make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
Can't find kernel sources in /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.stk16/build;
give the path to kernel sources with KSRC=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2
I have tried making a new link with ln -s /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp-i686 /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.stk16/build and it tells me a link has been made.

What have I done wrong now??

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

crispibits — Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:31 pm

Author: crispibits

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:31 pm

Ahh, bugger - I was hoping you wouldn't encounter this... Without going into the whys and wherefores, the linux kernel only allows drivers or modules to be of a certain size. With 'native' drivers this isn't a problem, as they can be programmed to meet these requirements. As Ndiswrapper uses the Windows driver, there is no control over the size, and consequently all sorts of problems can ensue. Although the size is 4k, you can override this limit in the kernel, which most distros do routinely. Fedora however do not, which results in the problem you have encountered, known in the trade as a kernel Oops. If you have downloaded the 16k kernel from Linuxant, you should install it using a command such as

Code:

rpm -Uvh <rpm-file>

where <rpm-file> is the name of the rpm you downloaded from linxant. Don't forget to do this as root.

Judging from your previous posts I suspect the kernel you will need will be the 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.stk16smp version from this page.

The file is zipped, so unzip it by going to the directory that contains it and type

Code:

unzip ./<zip-file>

before attempting to install it. Once you've done all this, reboot and try the make, make install and load process again.

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:30 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 12:30 pm

Right I decided to reinstall Fedora and everything went find till I typed modprobe ndiswrapper then the system freezes up.

I have read you need to disabel/remove the 4K stack to a enable/nstall the 16K stack but how do i go about doing this?
I have already downloaded the 16K Stack

Ian

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:22 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:22 pm

Right I have got that bit sorted out.

Now I have the driver and hardware present, and all is fine when I type depmod -a

But when I type modprobe ndiswrapper I get all this:
[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present
[root@localhost ~]# depmod -a

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module format
[root@localhost ~

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:08 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:08 pm

The bcmwl5.inf file is in my home directory with ndiswrapper folder, so would that be /home/ bcmwl5.inf??

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

crispibits — Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:02 pm

Author: crispibits

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:02 pm

Where is your file called bcmwl5.inf?
In this case it should be in the same directory that you are in when you run the command. If it's somewhere else, you'll need to say so. If the file was in, say /home/me/broadcom, you'd need to type:

Code:

ndiswrapper -i /home/me/broadcom/bcmwl5.inf

This is called defining the 'absolute path'.

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:48 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:48 pm

Yeah that worked now when I type ndiswrapper -l bcmwl5.inf then ndiswrapper -l this is what I get!

[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Installing bcmwl5
cp: cannot stat `bcmwl5.inf': No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5 invalid driver!

I think I have pciutils installed

Ian

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

crispibits — Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:32 pm

Author: crispibits

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:32 pm

When you became root, you probably just typed

Code:

but root needs to be able to get to 'special' paths, so needs to have it's own environment read. In the code you showed above, it has the following lines:

Code:

install -D -m 755 loadndisdriver /sbin/loadndisdriver
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper-buginfo /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-buginfo

This shows that the commands have installed to /sbin and /usr/sbin.
To enable root to be able to incllude these paths, open a new terminal and type

Code:

su -

That's su with a space then a minus sign after it.
Now if you try top run your ndiswrapper scripts, you should find they work. Good luck!

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:18 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:18 pm

hi I've done that and I still get the same error message!!

[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]# ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]# /ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
bash: /ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]#

Ian

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Nigel — Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:55 pm

Author: Nigel

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:55 pm

You might need to use the command

Code:

./ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf

- often the current directory is not in your executable path, to avoid problems if somehow you get a file called (for instance) ls in your home directory.

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:47 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:47 pm

ok ow we are getting somewhere!!

now i have an error when i type ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf

this is my screen since 'make distclean' with the ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf command:

[Ian@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]$ make distclean
make -C driver clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
rm -rf ndiswrapper.ko ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o ntoskernel_io.o

pe_linker.o proc.o wrapper.o usb.o divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
make -C utils clean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/utils'
rm -f *~
rm -fr ndiswrapper-1.4 ndiswrapper-1.4.tar.gz *.deb patch-stamp
make -C driver distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
rm -rf ndiswrapper.ko ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o ntoskernel_io.o

pe_linker.o proc.o wrapper.o usb.o divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \
divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions
rm -f *_exports.h .\#* x86_64_stubs.h
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
make -C utils distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/utils'
rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver
rm -f .\#*
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/utils'
rm -f .\#*
[Ian@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]# make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/build

SUBDIRS=/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver \
DRIVER_VERSION=1.4
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
LD /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/built-in.o CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/hal.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/iw_ndis.o CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/loader.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/misc_funcs.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/ndis.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/ntoskernel.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/ntoskernel_io.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/pe_linker.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/proc.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/wrapper.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/usb.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/divdi3.o
LD [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/ndiswrapper.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/ndiswrapper.mod.o
LD [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/ndiswrapper.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'

*** WARNING: Kernel is compiled with 4K stack size option (CONFIG_4KSTACKS); many Windows drivers will not work

with this option enabled. Disable CONFIG_4KSTACKS option, recompile and install kernel

mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/misc
install -m 0644 ndiswrapper.ko /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/misc
/sbin/depmod -a
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
make -C utils install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/utils'
cc -Wall -g -DUTILS_VERSION=\"1.4\" -c -o loadndisdriver.o loadndisdriver.c
gcc -o loadndisdriver loadndisdriver.o
install -D -m 755 loadndisdriver /sbin/loadndisdriver
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper
install -D -m 755 ndiswrapper-buginfo /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-buginfo

NOTE: Windows driver configuration file format has changed since 1.0-rc2. You must re-install Windows drivers if

they were installed before.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/utils'
mkdir -p -m 0755 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 ndiswrapper.8 /usr/share/man/man8
[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]# ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found

what have done wrong now??

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

crispibits — Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:31 am

Author: crispibits

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:31 am

Yay, we're getting there! GCC is the Gnu C Compiler. It's what is needed in order to compile C programs. If this is not installed, you'll need to install the software development programs. From what I can remember of Fedora, there's actually a section you can tick in the package manager for software development. I would suggest you do that, install all the programs it suggests, and then try again.

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:57 am

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:57 am

ok I have done as you said and the Kernel I have in /usr/src is 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686

so when I now do the 'Make' command I get this now:

[root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.4]# make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4smp/build SUBDIRS=/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver \
DRIVER_VERSION=1.4
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 11: gcc: command not found
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686/scripts/gcc-version.sh: line 12: gcc: command not found
make[2]: gcc: Command not found
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
LD /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/built-in.o
CC [M] /home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/hal.o
/bin/sh: gcc: command not found
make[3]: *** [/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver/hal.o] Error 127
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1.1369_FC4-i686'
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Ian/ndiswrapper-1.4/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2

What is this gcc that seems to be causing the error?

Ian

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

crispibits — Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:54 pm

Author: crispibits

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:54 pm

In a terminal you can just do

Code:

cd /usr/src

then type

Code:

That's a lowercase L.

Otherwise use a GUI file manager.

RE: Belkin F5D700 wireless card on Fedora core 4

Ianb1972 — Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:51 pm

Author: Ianb1972

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:51 pm

I have a pentium 4 3ghz with hypertheading. how do I get to the /usr/src directory??