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root_tux_linux

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From: Basel, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-01-01

Posts: 53

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Ndiswrapper-1.37 and Kernel 2.6.20 on x86_64

Hi

My Friend installed Arch 0.8 Voodoo on a  x86_64 PC...

He want use NDISWrapper but it doen't work..

Packages installed with pacman -A  File: ndiswrapper-utils-1.37-1.pkg.tar.gz ndiswrapper-1.37-5.pkg.tar.gz

(Downloaded here: ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.arch … s/x86_64/)

ndiswrapper -i  *inf  = works

depmod -a = works

modprobe ndiswrapper = modul not found

Linux michse02 2.6.20-arch #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Mar 24 21:46:16 UTC 2007 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300  1.86GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

We need help :)

crc32

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Registered: 2007-05-13

Posts: 23

Re: Ndiswrapper-1.37 and Kernel 2.6.20 on x86_64

I see that your Linux kernel is 2.6.20... I think ndiswrapper-1.37-5.pkg.tar.gz is meant for kernel 2.6.21.

Your friend should do either:
(a) upgrade your kernel to 2.6.21
(b) find an older ndiswrapper package (maybe ndiswrapper-1.37-4.pkg.tar.gz)