Repo ERROR w/SPM

[klaus2008]

You did not use the Debian package management system. For this reason Synaptic Package Management does not know the newly installed binaries.

A1: There is no logfile. If there was no error during compile you do not need one.

A2: Change to the directory with ndiswrapper sources (ndiswrapper-1.59) and issue

sudo make uninstall

Btw. you could create your personal packages, but if the ndiswrapper 1.59 does not work with your Windows driver it would not be worth the effort.

[luther]

if the ndiswrapper 1.59 does not work with your Windows driver it would not be worth the effort.

Hi,
Error trapped:
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device

root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix# ndiswrapper -l
net8185 : driver installed
device (10EC:8185) present
root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix# ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive

root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix# modprobe ndiswrapper
root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"xfinitywifi"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: F6:ED:A5:4A:2A:50
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr=2432 B
Encryption key off
Power Management off
Link Quality:32/100 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan1 essid mynetwork channel 4
root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"mynetwork"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: 00:21:1E:570C:60
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr=2432 B Fragment thr=2432 B
Encryption key off
Power Management off
Link Quality:96/100 Signal level:-34 dBm Noise level:-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix# ifconfig address 192.168.0.71 wlan1 up
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
address: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wlan1: Host name lookup failure
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
root@Knoppix:/KNOPPIX.IMG/home/knoppix#

*********
As you can see, iwconfig did find a remote essid "xfinitywifi"!
luther
* for reference only *

[luther]

Error trapped:
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device

Q: Please interpret?

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ su
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ndiswrapper -l
net8185 : driver installed
device (10EC:8185) present (alternate driver: rtl8180)
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ndiswrapper --help
install/manage Windows drivers for ndiswrapper

usage: ndiswrapper OPTION
-i inffile install driver described by 'inffile'
-a devid driver use installed 'driver' for 'devid' (dangerous)
-r driver remove 'driver'
-l list installed drivers
-m write configuration for modprobe
-ma write module alias configuration for all devices
-mi write module install configuration for all devices
-v report version information

where 'devid' is either PCIID or USBID of the form XXXX:XXXX,
as reported by 'lspci -n' or 'lsusb' for the card
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ndiswrapper -m
adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modutils/ndiswrapper ...
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# modprobe ndiswrapper
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr off Fragment thr off
Encryption key off
Power Management off

lo no wireless extensions.

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan0 essid mynetwork channel 4
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"mynetwork"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr off Fragment thr off
Encryption key off
Power Management off

lo no wireless extensions.

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ifconfig address 192.168.0.71 wlan0 up
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
address: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
wlan0: Host name lookup failure
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

Win XP WiFi driver used. Suspect Win 2000 & win 98se .INF files won't be any better.
luther