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sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

I'll go ahead and briefly introduce myself.  I'm Shane, and i recently downloaded Arch.  Has been fun getting the laptop up and running, and I'm now at a full gnome environment with my ati drivers installed and working!  Yay me!  Anyways, I've really been having some fun with arch, and after going from distro to distro, I think I'll hang around here for a while.

Anyways... my problem now lies with configuring my wireless card.  I've installed ndiswrapper several times with many distros and have never run into this problem.  After installing and getting the driver install "Device ready and present yadda yadda"

I try to run ndiswrapper -m which works fine.  I've checked the modprobe.conf file to verify this.

However, when i try to "modprobe ndiswrapper" I get the following error:

module ndiswrapper not found.

Any ideas here Arch gurus?

Thanks,
Shane[/b]

sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Re: Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

Perhaps it would help if i quoted my terminal

[root@myhost /]# ndiswrapper -l
bcmwl5 : driver installed
        device (14E4:4320) present
[root@myhost /]# ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive

[root@myhost /]# depmod -a
[root@myhost /]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

There you have it... Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks,
Shane

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

a) uname -r ?
b) pacman -Ql ndiswrapper | grep modules ?

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sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Re: Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

[root@myhost shane]# uname -r
2.6.16-ARCH

[root@myhost shane]# pacman -Ql ndiswrapper | grep modules
ndiswrapper /lib/modules/
ndiswrapper /lib/modules/2.6.19-ARCH/
ndiswrapper /lib/modules/2.6.19-ARCH/misc/
ndiswrapper /lib/modules/2.6.19-ARCH/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
[root@myhost shane]#

Looks like you nailed it here.  How should I go about resolving it?

Shane

sjb933

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Registered: 2007-01-18

Posts: 113

Re: Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

Updating all packages now.  Duh 

I'll let you know how it goes.

Shane

sanjuchopra

Member

From: Gurgaon,INDIA

Registered: 2010-08-01

Posts: 33

Re: Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

I am facing the same problem
whenever i try modprobe ndiswrapper i get the following message
[root@archbang sanju]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

I am facing the same problem
whenever i try modprobe ndiswrapper i get the following message
[root@archbang sanju]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

You need to install it first.

[karol@black ~]$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
[karol@black ~]$ pacman -S ndiswrapper
...
[karol@black ~]$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
[karol@black ~]$ lsmod | grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper           177048  0 
usbcore               120540  5 ndiswrapper,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd,udlfb

Works for me.

Last edited by karol (2011-11-24 16:23:50)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: Fatal: module ndiswrapper not found!

This is a really old thread.  sanjuchopra, I'm closing this thread in accordance with our policy

We do this because a lot can change in 5 years -- it is unlikely that any contemporary problem is related to the historical ones.  The old posts muddy the water.

If you've a problem, please feel free to open a new topic.

Thanks

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