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On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 20:00 -0600, Samuel Thurston, III wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I just got a d-link wireless card, and wanting to make it work under</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ubuntu, I found that the card was supported by ndiswrapper. I first</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">upgraded my kernel to 2.6.11-1-686. then following the instructions</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">on the ubuntu ndiswrapper howto</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">[<A HREF="http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/howto/ndiswrapper">http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/howto/ndiswrapper</A>]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I installed my chosen inf file (i chose to use the XP drivers, even</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">though they all seem the same) and tried:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">sudo modprobe ndiswrapper</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I was surprised when I got the following message:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">(/lib/modules/2.6.11-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko):</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Invalid module format</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Irritated, I installed ndiswrapper-source, kernel-package and the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">kernel headers, and built a new ndiswrapper module package. I</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">installed the new package, and then tried to modprobe it with the same</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">FATAL results. any suggestions on where to go from here?</FONT>
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Hi,<BR>
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I had the same problem with ndiswrapper and no one here even replied to my request for help.<BR>
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I suggest you install the kernel version 2.6.10. I'm using this kernel and ndiswrapper works fine.<BR>
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Gill<BR>
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