ndiswrapper problem

[Nathan Blackham]

On 9/7/05, David Coldrick <coldrick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoary on an Inspiron 9300, trying to use ndiswrapper for the wifi (Intel
> Pro/Wireless 220BG). 
>  
>  sudo ndiswrapper -l
>  Installed ndis drivers:
>  w29n51  driver present, hardware present
>  dcoldric at KILLARNEY:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
>  FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper
> (/lib/modules/2.6.10-5-686/kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko):
> Operation not permitted
>  
>  Whazzat?? Tried reboot, etc. with no good result.
>  
>  Regards,
>  David
>  
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The intel card has a linux driver.   You do not need to use the
ndiswrapper on it.  I believe it is called ipw2200 but I could be
wrong, I don't have a machine with that card.

Nathan