This would be because ndisgtk can't find the ndiswrapper module, which
has presumably not been installed. Try "modprobe ndiswrapper" and you
should get the same error. Installing module-assistant and
ndiswrapper-source and then entering "m-a a-i ndiswrapper" should
build and install the correct version of the module for you, but this
doesn't get around the core issue of ndisgtk not noticing a lack of an
ndiswrapper module.
The attached patch should partially fix this by making ndisgtk throw
up a warning dialog when the ndiswrapper module is not present.
Tom Parker
diff --git a/ndisgtk b/ndisgtk
index f5c97cd..244985d 100755
--- a/ndisgtk
+++ b/ndisgtk
@@ -300,12 +300,15 @@ class NdisGTK:
error_dialog(_("Error while installing.") , self.install_dialog)
else:
# Assume driver installed successfully. Set up and reload module
- subprocess.call(["ndiswrapper", "-ma"])
- subprocess.call(["modprobe", "-r", "ndiswrapper"])
- subprocess.call(["modprobe", "ndiswrapper"])
-
- self.get_driver_list()
- self.install_dialog_close()
+ try:
+ subprocess.call(["ndiswrapper", "-ma"])
+ subprocess.call(["modprobe", "-r", "ndiswrapper"])
+ subprocess.check_call(["modprobe", "ndiswrapper"])
+
+ self.get_driver_list()
+ self.install_dialog_close()
+ except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+ error_dialog(_("Ndiswrapper kernel module not present, please install."), self.install_dialog)
def remove_driver(self, *args):
"""
