Please update for lastest package

[noob420]

 I am a newbie! I installed the newest iso. My netgear wna 3100 doesn't work so I don't have internet! Trying  to learn. I install the drivers into ndiawrappre 1.55 and got an error, no interface. My research has told me I need ndiswrapper 1.57 or  Add the following to
ntoskernal_io.c

wstdcall NTSTATUS WIN_FUNC(IoUnregisterPlugPlayNotification,1)
(void *tag)
{
      TRACE2("%p", tag);
      TODO(); /* Probably Not, legacy function abandoned in Windows 7 */
      IOEXIT(return STATUS_SUCCESS); /* Linux doesn't use it either */
}
I haven't found where this file is? I clicked "Show Hidden Files" I just don't know where to start.
 Also I could change the kernel to 2012-02, but I hate to go backward. If I understand right? I can use GRUB to load this kernel. Install kernel files in boot file and tell GRUB to load it at next boot? How/Maybe?
 Could somebody Please update the iso to include ndiswrapper 1.57.
I found ndiswrapper 1.58 and it's RPM on softpedia and downloaded it but don't know how to do a manual install! This would be something really good to know. Anybody know of good tuts??
 I also have a free partition and was think of doing a second install to help with this! Would that be a good idea? Then I could do changes on one from the other.
 Also have access to a laptop with internet and have a flash drive, so can download load things and get them into poclos, it's just I don't know what to do next to get things installed without internet! LOL
Thank You! for your time on this! Any help I would be Thankful.

[putz]

noob420,

Your energy and enthusiasm is refreshing!!

However, there are procedures for requesting updates.  Please read:

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,102894.0.html

Follow the instructions found there, and the developer responsible for the package will "get-r-done".  The only reason not, is that the update will break something else of importance.

Thanks, and I'll be interested in the update too.

putz

[muungwana]

"ndiswrapper" is a package like any other package and is not tied to any particular kernel.

To change it or update it,a kernel change/update or a GRUB change/update is not required.

You dont seem to know what you are doing and hence trying to do things yourself manually may lead to unnecessary frustrations and feelings that linux is harder than it need to be and may give you a bad view of linux.

The best thing to do is to go to the package section and make a request for "ndiswrapper" package to be updated and simply wait for it to be updated before trying it.

There are rules on what can be posted on this section,your post suggests you do not know them as you did not follow the rules of the section in your post,the rules are here: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,102894.0.html

[Bald Brick]

The source for ndiswrapper-1.57.tar.gz can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/files/stable/.

[gseaman]

1.57 has a bug for me, that 1.58rc1 is supposed to fix. I'll build it and report if it works.

Galen

[DeBaas]

In the bugs list (not solved) for ndiswrapper:
 
262    Ndiswrapper fails to build on i686 with 3.3.0 kernel       
261    Doesn't work with 3.0 kernels (3.0.3).           
260    Problems with compilation on 2.6.39 kernel

So first install the 2.6.38.8 kernel from Synaptic
Then find the corresponding .inf .sys and .cat files for a WinXP install,
mostly in a separate map on your netgear disk,
or available somewhere on your WinXP disk after an install on WinXP.
Now use the ndiswrapper option and point to the .inf file and pray for the best.
Sometimes you also need a factory file to load into the WiFi chipset.
Don't know if this is the case for your chipset.

Did not find a Linux solution for this chipset (jet)

Good luck,
Ed

[gseaman]

In the bugs list (not solved) for ndiswrapper:
 
262    Ndiswrapper fails to build on i686 with 3.3.0 kernel       
261    Doesn't work with 3.0 kernels (3.0.3).           
260    Problems with compilation on 2.6.39 kernel

I just built ndiswrapper and dkms-ndiswrapper versions 1.57 and 1.58rc1 on a 32-bit lxde PCLinuxOS with my 3.4.11 test kernel. ndiswrapper built on both without errors. The dkms module only built with version 1.58rc1. I can't confirm that the packages work, as all of my hardware is intel, and I haven't used ndiswrapper in nearly 10 years.  I will submit what I have to Neal's dropbox. I haven't built on 64-bit yet, and I have to research if each of the seperate ndiswrapper packages have to be rebuilt also.

Galen