ndiswrapper update

[AndyOpie150]

Prerequisites as listed in the install.txt of the ndiswrapper-1.58.tar.gz
You need a recent kernel, at least 2.6.14, with header files for the kernel. Make sure there is a link in the kernel source from the modules directory.

This is what I get:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build 
arch     firmware  Kconfig                 mm              security 
block    fs        kernel                  Module.symvers  sound 
crypto   include   lib                     net             tools 
debian   init      linux-headers.revision  samples         usr 
drivers  ipc       Makefile                scripts         virt 
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ cd ~knoppix/ndiswrapper-1.58 
knoppix@Microknoppix:~/ndiswrapper-1.58$ make uninstall 
rm -f /usr/share/man/man8/ndiswrapper.8 
rm -f /usr/share/man/man8/loadndisdriver.8 
make -C driver uninstall 
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/knoppix/ndiswrapper-1.58/driver' 
rm -f /lib/modules/3.6.11/misc/ndiswrapper.ko 
/sbin/depmod -a 3.6.11 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.dep.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.dep.bin.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.alias.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.alias.bin.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.softdep.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.symbols.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.symbols.bin.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.builtin.bin.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
ERROR: openat(/lib/modules/3.6.11, modules.devname.tmp, 1101, 644): Permission denied 
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/knoppix/ndiswrapper-1.58/driver' 
make -C utils uninstall 
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/knoppix/ndiswrapper-1.58/utils' 
rm -f /sbin/loadndisdriver 
rm -f /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper 
rm -f /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-buginfo 
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/knoppix/ndiswrapper-1.58/utils' 
knoppix@Microknoppix:~/ndiswrapper-1.58$

[klaus2008]

You have to be root if you want to uninstall kernel modules. Therefore issue

sudo make uninstall

instead of 'make uninstall'.

[AndyOpie150]

Per the Install instructions I first typed in:

make uninstall
make

I ignored the error with "make uninstall" then proceeded with instructions.
"Login as root then run"

make uninstall

.

I then followed next instructions "Then install windows driver with"

ndiswrapper -i driver.inf

Returned error "command ndiswrapper not found".
Also tried

ndiswrapper -i Driver/LSTINDS.INF

Got the same error.

Note: "Driver" is the name of the folder with the LSTINDS. INF file.

[klaus2008]

I would issue

cd /home/knoppix/ndiswrapper-1.58
sudo make uninstall 
make clean
make
sudo make install
cd /home/knoppix
sudo ndiswrapper -i Driver/LSTINDS.INF
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

'Driver/LSTINDS.INF' is the path of your INF file.

[AndyOpie150]

Thanks. Will give it a try and edit this post with results.

[AndyOpie150]

Cant seem to edit my posts now. klaus2008: Was having to many errors with that install to flash drive (-C command not found, /home/knoppix/ndiswrapper-1.58 not a valid directory, etc). Re-installed knoppix 7.0.5 CD version to flash drive and followed advice in post 4. Everything is working great and I'm posting this thru the provided Iceweasel browser. Should have did that before, sorry, thought it was some limitation with the .iso so didn't mention it before. At least we now know that the ndiswraper-1.58 works great on the 7.0.5 CD version. Sorry again about everything else between your 4th post and this one. I don't know a whole lot, just enough to mess things up. Thanks very much for having patience with me and sticking with me, even through my bought of overthinking.

[AndyOpie150]

The ndiswrapper-1.58 works great, but, every time I boot into the USB drive I have to open up a CLi and type in

 
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

to get my wireless card to power up.

I have tried:

 
sudo su
echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules
exit

but this just makes my wireles card power on and off whenever I try to connect to the internet.

I have since re-installed and set up drivers due to lack of knowledge on how to fix my mistake.
What is the command I need to issue to get the ndiswrapper to work without having to type in the above mentioned command every time I boot into Knoppix?