How to fix “Module ndiswrapper not found"

I have Ubuntu 12.10 and whenever I run sudo modprobe ndiswrapper, I get the following error.

FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

The command dkms status returns with...

ndiswrapper, 1.57, 3.2.0-32-generic, i686: installed

When I run ndiswrapper -v I am returned with this...

jason@jason:~$ ndiswrapper -v
utils version: '1.9', utils version needed by module: '1.9'
module details:
filename:       /lib/modules/3.5.0-18-generic/updates/dkms/ndiswrapper.ko
version:        1.58rc1
vermagic:       3.5.0-18-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686 

I have installed commons, utils-1.9, dkms, source but it's still returning this error. How do I fix this?

Solution 1:

The main reason for this error is bug in ndiswrapper 1.57 version. Check out this.

Download ndiswrapper 1.58 rc build here with better code than 1.57. It will work. Good luck

Solution 2:

Based on what you have installed, this may seem silly, but have you installed ndiswrapper-dkms? That should allow you to sudo modprobe ndiswrapper.

Solution 3:

I had to run echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules

Solution 4:

EDIT: Run this first:

sudo rm -f /lib/modules/3.5.0-*-generic/updates/dkms/ndiswrapper.ko

Then run this:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ndiswrapper-dkms ndiswrapper-source

This will recompile the ndiswrapper so that it will work on your kernel. See if it works for you.