I have a son-in-law who helps me with most of these issues; he's quite knowledgeable. - Bill
Bill Reid On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Jerry Miller <jerry.mil...@rogers.com>wrote: > Andy, sorry to hear that. > I must admit that ubuntu is not the easiest of platforms, and there is so > much jargon and assumed knowledge that it makes even simple problems > difficult. > If it's just the ndiswrapper problem, you might want to have a look at my > experience, described in > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/1132511 > > There is a new release of ndiswrapper (1.58) available at sourceforge ( > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/) > I also found a copy on ubuntu's support site after I had already > installedit. > It solves the problem that I was having in a couple of minutes. There's a > copy of the tarball attached to the bug report, so you should be able to > extract it and install it from there., or do your own search for a more > current version. > > Subsequently, my ubuntu kernel reverted to the 'currently supported' > version (1.57 for ubuntu 12.10, which is what I am running), so I had to > re-install. I've since updated my Synaptics package manager with a PPA > (I forget what it stands for, but as you say, it's more unpronounceable > stuff). It's supposed to tell the software installer not to overwrite > v1.58 with v1.57. So far it's working, but if it were to revert back, I > can re-install in a couple of minutes. > > Go to the directory (folder) where you extract tarball and do > sudo make clean > sudo make > If there are no errors, then do > sudo make install > and then > sudo modprobe ndiswrapper > > I have no idea why a solution that seems so straight forward (v1.58) > and has been around for months, hasn't been incorporated into the basic > distribution, but that's something that others can answer. > > Jerry > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (1158630). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1023645 > > Title: > ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to > build [error: ‘struct kernel_stat’ has no member named ‘cpustat’] > > Status in “ndiswrapper” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “ndiswrapper” source package in Precise: > Confirmed > Status in “ndiswrapper” source package in Quantal: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > WORKAROUND: https://launchpad.net/~crass/+archive/ndiswrapper > > rebooted after an update in ubuntu12.10 > > ProblemType: Package > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 > Package: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5 > Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4 > Architecture: amd64 > DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-4-generic > Date: Wed Jul 11 23:24:17 2012 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 > (20091027.1) > PackageArchitecture: all > PackageVersion: 1.57-1ubuntu1 > SourcePackage: ndiswrapper > Title: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed > to build > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-08 (2 days ago) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/1023645/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1023645 Title: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to build [error: ‘struct kernel_stat’ has no member named ‘cpustat’] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/1023645/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
