On 18 Oct 2005, at 10:12, Andy Ross wrote: > > I have read numerous reports from others who got the same error > > message after upgrading to Breezy, but their instructions for how > > they fixed it do not work. > > Do those instructions include doing a new "make; make install" from a > fresh ndiswrapper source distribution?
No, the instructions didn't say anything about make or make install. The original instructions that I used to get it working under Hoary were here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HowtoUseNdiswrapperOnAmd64Ubuntu However, I never could follow the above instructions until someone on this list patiently walked me through it. One of the instructions for what to do after upgrading to Breezy is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BreezyUpgradeNotes (toward the bottom of the page) Here are two more: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Installation http://prinsig.se/weekee/index.php/Ndiswrapper64 A lot of the problem is that these instructions were written by well- meaning Linux people who are geniuses with computers but not necessarily well-trained in written communication. They leave stuff out, assume the reader knows what they are talking about, and rarely think ahead to give the user hints on what to do when things go wrong. After all, their instructions worked for them. I don't fault them for this; none of us can be highly skilled at everything. > The error above sounds to me like you've simply done a kernel > upgrade (implicit in the distro upgrade, obviously) and haven't > recompiled the ndiswrapper module. I think you're essentially right. Except none of the instructions said how to fix that issue. Even the original instructions don't work. But they didn't work before either; that is, they didn't work until someone here patiently explained what the original author left out. I must have compiled ndiswrapper for Ubuntu-64 Hoary, but I don't remember how I did it. I do remember there was a big issue with having the "generic" image or header installed. But I think I currently have that covered -- all the headers and images that say anything "generic" in Synaptic are installed. But maybe not. <Sigh> Thanks for the feedback. I still need help. No classes tomorrow so I have time to fiddle, but I've already tried everything I can think of. _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
