knoppix 6.2, FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found

[pegasus]

Hello,

Too bad, ndiswrapper is not in the 6.2 DVD. I installed it using the package manager. I could successfully install the driver (ndiswrapper -i xxx.inf).
I got an error when doing modprobe ndiswrapper:

FATAL: Module ndiwrapper not found

Please advise. Thanks.

[jleohner]

I had the same issue, long story short I believe I was using the wrong version of ndiswrapper. sudo ndiswrapper -v told me so....

More information than you probably want.

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo ndiswrapper
sudo: ndiswrapper: command not found
knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdc1/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper$ ls
ndiswrapper-common_1.54-2ubuntu1_all.deb
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.54-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdc1/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper$ sudo dpkg -i ndiswrapper-common_1.54-2ubuntu1_all.deb

knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdc1/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper$ sudo dpkg -i ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.54-2ubuntu1_i386.deb

knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdc1/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper$ cd /

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo ndiswrapper -i //media/sdc1/wireless/oem4.inf
installing oem4 ...

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo modinfo ndiswrapper
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ndiswrapper

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
oem4 : driver installed
device (1814:3062) present

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo ndiswrapper -v
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ndiswrapper
module version is too old!
utils version: '1.9', utils version needed by module: '0'
module details:
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module ndiswrapper

You may need to upgrade driver and/or utils to latest versions available at
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$
knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/linux$ ls
ndiswrapper-1.56 ndiswrapper-1.56.tar ndiswrapper.info
knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/linux$ cd ndiswrapper-1.56

knoppix@Microknoppix:/media/sdb1/linux/ndiswrapper-1.56$ sudo ./install

There are errors but it works.....

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo ndiswrapper -i /media/sdc1/wireless/oem4.inf
installing oem4 ...

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo ndiswrapper -l
oem4 : driver installed
device (1814:3062) present

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:144 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

knoppix@Microknoppix:/$