[SOLVED) Netgear WNA3100 driver (ndiswrapper fatal error)

Hello I have just migrated from Windows 7 to Zorin 10 64bit and so far the UI is looking great! However I have ran into issues with installing drivers for my Netgear WNA3100 wireless dongle. At first I downloaded the Windows setup drivers program before I formatted Windows 7 and installed Zorin. However this did not work. I than used the “Windows wireless drivers” application to install the .inf files but upon installing I receive this error “FATAL error: ndiswrapper not found”. Upon following the instructions on this thread: I get the following error: http://hastebin.com/yawoleziqo.vbs . I am unable to connect an Ethernet cable to my Zorin PC as it’s not located near a router (hence why I am using wireless). Currently I am using a USB stick to transfer files from my Linux Mint machine to my Zorin PC. Anyone have any ideas on how I can resolve this problem?

Additional notes:
Output of lsusb command:
http://hastebin.com/ozoqapihan.vhdl

Output of :
http://hastebin.com/kohubeyona.vhdl

Hi and welcome, I did post some drivers on here for that (courtesy of madvinegar - for some reason his postings disappeared.
Not sure if I only posted the 32-bit one - will upload the 64-bit on this pm (unless madvinegar beats me to it!

UPDATE - it's here:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6354&hilit=+wnda3100

Just extract the .tar.gz file using Zorin right-click open with 'Archive Manager' Extract - then open Windows Wireless Drivers tool and search for the .inf file where you extracted!

Swarfendor437 wrote:Hi and welcome, I did post some drivers on here for that (courtesy of madvinegar - for some reason his postings disappeared.
Not sure if I only posted the 32-bit one - will upload the 64-bit on this pm (unless madvinegar beats me to it!

Thanks for the speedy reply!

Are the drivers the issue? I thought I installed ndiswrapper incorrectly

Many thanks!

Check my reply above.

Open synaptic, and search for 'ndiswrapper' - now the problem MIGHT still exist if 'ndiswrapper-dkms' and 'ndiswrapper-source' not available - because you can't get wired - but try and see if my solution above works. The reason dkms is not present at point of install is because it is dependent on the kernel that is installed.

Hi,

run system updates first using a network cable connection then try installing the .inf files again, "ndiswrapper" should already be installed?.

Set your software sources download location to "Main server"!.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

In the end I purchased a 30 meter Ethernet cable and attached it from my PC to my router. I installed ndiswrapper and all of its dependencies in a few seconds. Now I am connected to the internet

Swarfendor437 wrote:Check my reply above.

Open synaptic, and search for 'ndiswrapper' - now the problem MIGHT still exist if 'ndiswrapper-dkms' and 'ndiswrapper-source' not available - because you can't get wired - but try and see if my solution above works. The reason dkms is not present at point of install is because it is dependent on the kernel that is installed.

Originally I followed the steps that you provided and I started to transfer all of the ndiswapper-source dependencies from my Linux Mint machine to my Zorin 10 machine. This was working but I grew tried of transferring packages (the list seemed endless )

Hi glad you got sorted - when Zorin installs the only packages not present are two:

ndiswrapper-dkms

ndiswrapper-source



Glad you are sorted friend!