[elrepo] Problem in install kmod-ndiswrapper by elrepo repository
Wagner Silva Vieira
wagnervieira.net at gmail.com
Thu Oct 22 23:08:07 EDT 2009
Hi Guys,
I installed the package "kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE-1.54-3.el5.elrepo.i686" in my
system to solve the problem about my Wireless driver BCM4328.
However, after load the module ndiswrappers correctly and try to configure
the window driver by ndiswrapper I received the following error:
[root at musashi ~]# ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
[root at musashi ~]#
I realized that the binary ndiswrapper does not has in the package
"kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE-1.54-3.el5.elrepo.i686".
I don't know ... maybe this package only must contain the module ndiswrapper
to be load I my specific type of kernel (PAE in my case)!
So, the fact is that I don't have the binary ndiswrapper to apply the
command "ndiswrapper -i hardware.inf" in my system to put my Wireless card
ok!
Anybody knows what's happenig?
Must I install another package ndiswrapper for my kernel-PAE that contain
this binary, becuse this corrent package doesn't has?
Bellow I'll discribe all procedures that I did after the installation of the
package "kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE-1.54-3.el5.elrepo.i686":
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]# lsmod |grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper 169898 1
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]# ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
bash: ndiswrapper: command not found >>>>>>>> Ohhh God!!!!!!
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
r[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]# rpm -qa |grep ndiswrapper
kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE-1.54-3.el5.elrepo.i686
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]# rpm -ql kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE-1.54-3.el5.elrepo.i686
/etc/depmod.d/ndiswrapper.conf
/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5PAE
/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5PAE/extra
/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5PAE/extra/ndiswrapper
/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5PAE/extra/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
Where's the ndiswarapper binary?
I believe that could be in /usr/sbin, /sbin or sommething like that!
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]# find / -name ndiswrapper
/proc/net/ndiswrapper
/lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5PAE/extra/ndiswrapper
/lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5PAE/weak-updates/ndiswrapper
/sys/module/ndiswrapper
/sys/class/misc/ndiswrapper
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ndiswrapper
/root/Broadcom Wireless/NdisWrapper/ndiswrapper-1.55/utils/ndiswrapper
/dev/ndiswrapper
[root at musashi ~]#
[root at musashi ~]#
Thank you so much by help.
Best Regards.
2009/10/22 Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plcomputers.net>
> Maybe this driver page will help:
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
>
> Also see
> this:
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-wireless-networking-41/broadcom-4328-dell-draft-n-card-469428/
>
> 4328 is N card, and it seams there is no drivers for it but using
> ndis-wrapper and Windows drivers. But I might be wrong.
>
> Wagner Silva Vieira wrote:
> > Hi Nicolas,
> >
> > I don't have reason to use PAE Kernel in my system because I don't have
> > more than 4GB memory in my notebook.
> >
> > Answering your doubt:
> >
> > I think that installation default of RHEL is to using PAE kernel in
> > installation process, because it's a Enterprise distro used for Servers.
> > I didn't choose this kind of kernel in my installation, it was choose by
> > the installation script less my participation.
> >
> > Now I'll read information in "CentOS wiki" about wirelles card
> > (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless) to solve my problem
> > about the installation Broadcom BCM4328 Wirelles card in my OS.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards.
> >
> > 2009/10/22 Nicolas Thierry-Mieg <Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr
> > <mailto:Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr>>
> >
> >
> >
> > Wagner Silva Vieira wrote:
> > > [root at musashi ~]# yum install kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE
> > <snip>
> > > Installed: kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE.i686 0:1.54-3.el5.elrepo
> > > Complete!
> >
> > > So if I understand exactly what you thow explained for me, if I
> > put "yum
> > > install kmod-ndiswrapper" after create the file ".rpmmacros" in
> > my home
> > > directory I'll get success too, because the yum software will
> > identify
> > > the correct package for the corrent arch of the system and will
> > install
> > > "kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE-1.54-3.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm". Ok?
> >
> > no.
> > the .rpmmacros just improves the information provided by rpm queries
> > ("rpm -q" commands), by adding the packages' arches.
> > This is often useful on x86_64 systems where you can have two rpms
> > installed with the same name (one i386 and one x86_64).
> > Since you're running i386 it's not so useful, but doesn't hurt
> either.
> >
> > But "yum install kmod-ndiswrapper" will still fail, it's got no
> > connection with rpm -q.
> > The correct solution to your problem is that since you are running a
> PAE
> > kernel, you must install kmod-ndiswrapper-PAE instead of
> > kmod-ndiswrapper - it's a different package specifically for PAE
> kernels
> > such as the one you use. I didn't know about this because I don't use
> > PAE kernels.
> > And to know that this was the solution, we had to know which kernel
> you
> > were running. My initial suggestion "uname -a" provided the answer
> > to that.
> >
> > Now, concerning your particular wireless card, I have no idea.
> There's a
> > page about wireless cards on the centos wiki, did you check it out?
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nicolas
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