From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 7 23:47:46 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C5616A418 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 23:47:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tjw43@drexel.edu) Received: from smtp.mail.drexel.edu (pm2.irt.drexel.edu [144.118.29.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2930713C457 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 23:47:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tjw43@drexel.edu) Received: from smtp.mail.drexel.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.mail.drexel.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id 11E4B116A55 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:47:45 -0400 (EDT) X-No-SMTP-Auth: unauthenticated sender Received: from carlsbad.irt.drexel.edu (carlsbad.irt.drexel.edu [144.118.30.202]) by smtp.mail.drexel.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id 014FD116A46 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:47:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <8175242.1189208864763.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:47:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Terrence Wilson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: need help using ndis and inconv X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:47:46 -0000 I need whatever help I can get to use ndis to converter wireless nic card so I can use it on my laptop. it seems that I don't have iconv working properly. I go into the ndisgen program by typing the command: # ndisgen The program opens and gives a list of options. I choose option 3: Convert driver. The program then asks me to type in the path to the .inf file. So I type: /cdrom/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf The program then says "This .INF file appears to be in Unicode. The iconv(1) utility does not appear to be installed. Please install this utility or convert the .INF file to ASCII and run this utility." So, I downloaded the iconv-2.0_3.tbz package and run the command: # pkg_add iconv-2.0_3.tbz Then I try ndisgen again and I get the above error message again. When I type in the command # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less I get a list of files including biconv, iconv_mktbl, biconv.h, etc. But when I enter the command: # iconv I get the message: Command not found. Since it seems that the main problem now is getting iconv to run, the question is do I have it installed correctly? Do I need to change any environment variables to get the system to run it? How do I do this so that it runs automatically inside the ndisgen program, since this what it seems like the system is trying to do? Thanks for any help. Please note, although no boardcode and smiley buttons are shown, they are still useable