Configuring ndiswrapper

[Wayne Leutwyler]

evan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to all of this and I'm trying to get my feet wet. Anyway, I hope I posted to the right place...
> 
> I am trying to use ndiswrapper 0.12 on fedora core 3 kernel version 2.6.9-1.724_FC3 to load the windows driver for my Linksys WPC54G wireless adapter. I was able to successfully complete a 'make install'. I can then run 'ndiswrapper -i' to install the driver. When I type 'ndiswrapper -l', the following message appears:
> 
> Installed ndis drivers:
> lstinds driver present, hardware present
> 
> This is all fine and good until I try to run 'modprobe ndiswrapper'. At this point, the following error message is displayed:
> 
> FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.0-1.724_FC3/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
> 
> Does anyone know how to fix this? I am not very familiar with linux. I would appreciate it very much.
> 
> Thanks,
> Evan
> 
> 
See

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=30416

read post #9.

For ndiswrapper-0.12 you need to make the change from post #9 to the 
driver/ndiswrapper.h its on line 215.

I made the changes a couple days ago and its working just fine now.

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