Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper
On Saturday 21 April 2007 17:07, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:30:47PM +0100, Mick wrote: wlan0: encryption modes supported: none You need to define the encryption mode and module as suggested above. I have tried that as well and have copied settings and iwconfig lines from other systems that are working perfectly, so I don't believe that is the problem. I think it's something with the module itself, I just have no idea what. All I can think is to remerge ndiswrapper (can't recall if you have already done this). BTW, this is definitely required if you have just compiled a new kernel. Other than that I'm out of ideas. :-( Good luck! -- Regards, Mick pgpAEdF13x12H.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:30:47PM +0100, Mick wrote: iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed key hexkey essid local_wireless_wap channel 11 rate 54M Try managed in lower case - may make a difference. I tried that, just to be sure. Same result. Also, I assume that where you have key hexkey you specify a hexadecimal number? Also, have you set up your /etc/conf.d/net correctly with regards to using the correct module for wep/wap (wap_supplicant)? Yes, it's the full hexadecimal number. Here is dmesg: [snip...] wlan0: encryption modes supported: none You need to define the encryption mode and module as suggested above. I have tried that as well and have copied settings and iwconfig lines from other systems that are working perfectly, so I don't believe that is the problem. I think it's something with the module itself, I just have no idea what. -- Matthew Daubenspeck http://oddprocess.org Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165 12:04:52 up 78 days, 1:52, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper
On Friday 20 April 2007 18:48, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: I am trying to get wireless working on an x86 install using ndiswrapper. It worked for about 2 days, then stopped for no reason. modprobe works: net5416 : driver installed device (168C:0024) present Although running a standard iwconfig command fails: Error for wireless request Set Mode (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed key hexkey essid local_wireless_wap channel 11 rate 54M Try managed in lower case - may make a difference. Also, I assume that where you have key hexkey you specify a hexadecimal number? Also, have you set up your /etc/conf.d/net correctly with regards to using the correct module for wep/wap (wap_supplicant)? Here is dmesg: [snip...] wlan0: encryption modes supported: none You need to define the encryption mode and module as suggested above. -- Regards, Mick pgpGiPD8ICO2p.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] NDISWRAPPER
On 7/18/06, Timothy A. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks: I rebuilt my kernel the other day and my wireless nick suddenly stopped operating, I re-emerged NDISWRAPPER and followed the howto on the forum to re-install it Which kernel? As I recall, ndiswrapper requires a kernel with a 16k stack, so the standard vanilla-sources would not work... -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] NDISWRAPPER
On 7/18/06, Timothy A. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks: I rebuilt my kernel the other day and my wireless nick suddenly stopped operating, I re-emerged NDISWRAPPER and followed the howto on the forum to re-install it Every time I do Modprobe ndiswrapper I get a fatal error saying that the module is not found I need to know were to go from here Thanks TIM Hi Tim, I had this same problem the other day. In the end I think (I THINK) that what I did to get it working was: 1) Compile, install and reboot into the new kernel 2.6.17-rt5 in my case 2) re-emerge ndiswrapper 3) Reinstall the Windows driver (ndiswrapper -i *.INF) 4) Check that the driver and hardware were present. (ndiswrapper -l) IIRC at that point I could modprobe it again. I was confused as to why I had to do all of that but it seemed to work for me. HTH, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] NDISWRAPPER
On 7/18/06, Timothy A. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks: I rebuilt my kernel the other day and my wireless nick suddenly stopped operating, I re-emerged NDISWRAPPER and followed the howto on the forum to re-install it Which kernel? As I recall, ndiswrapper requires a kernel with a 16k stack, so the standard vanilla-sources would not work... -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list [Timothy A. Holmes] I am using gentoo sources Timothy A. Holmes IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah 29:11 Esther 4:14 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper module problem
On 20/04/06, Fernando Meira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, after updating ndiswrapper to version 1.13 i became unable to use it. I get this in dmesg: ndiswrapper: Unknown symbol wrap_suspend_urbs ndiswrapper: Unknown symbol wrap_resume_urbsAre you using a USB based wifi adapter? I got this error with 1.13 and found that adding usb to make.conf and rebuilding ndiswrapper fixed it. I'm pretty sure there is more information on the gentoo forums if you need it. Anyone knows what could be the problem? Thanks, Fernando
Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper module problem
On 4/22/06, Gary Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/04/06, Fernando Meira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, after updating ndiswrapper to version 1.13 i became unable to use it. I get this in dmesg: ndiswrapper: Unknown symbol wrap_suspend_urbs ndiswrapper: Unknown symbol wrap_resume_urbsAre you using a USB based wifi adapter? I got this error with 1.13 and found that adding usb to make.conf and rebuilding ndiswrapper fixed it. I'm pretty sure there is more information on the gentoo forums if you need it. Anyone knows what could be the problem? Thanks, Fernando Hi, no I'm not using USB. I'm using a PCMCIA card. The card is working without problems, unless this: # ndiswrapper -l Installed drivers: lsbcmnds driver installed, hardware present modules.ndiswrapper invalid driver! Why invalid driver?? I only noticed this after upgrading ndiswrapper to 1.13 (then it was not working). After downgrading back to 1.9, this issue persists.. but the card works as before! Fernando.
Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper module problem
Try # env-update #source /etc/profile DOH!!! reboot with hardware still connected :) On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 00:50 +0200, Fernando Meira wrote: On 4/22/06, Gary Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/04/06, Fernando Meira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, after updating ndiswrapper to version 1.13 i became unable to use it. I get this in dmesg: ndiswrapper: Unknown symbol wrap_suspend_urbs ndiswrapper: Unknown symbol wrap_resume_urbs Are you using a USB based wifi adapter? I got this error with 1.13 and found that adding usb to make.conf and rebuilding ndiswrapper fixed it. I'm pretty sure there is more information on the gentoo forums if you need it. Anyone knows what could be the problem? Thanks, Fernando Hi, no I'm not using USB. I'm using a PCMCIA card. The card is working without problems, unless this: # ndiswrapper -l Installed drivers: lsbcmnds driver installed, hardware present modules.ndiswrapper invalid driver! Why invalid driver?? I only noticed this after upgrading ndiswrapper to 1.13 (then it was not working). After downgrading back to 1.9, this issue persists.. but the card works as before! Fernando.
Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper problems
Colin wrote: Finally. I'm sending this email from a working Gentoo system. My wireless card (D-Link DWL-120+, ACX100 chipset) had trouble with acx100, so I unmerged that and gave ndiswrapper a shot. As you can see, it works, despite not being listed on ndiswrapper's compatibility page. (I should probably add it.) Anyway, the problem here is that when you reboot the system, the wireless card doesn't find my access point (D-Link DI-614+), not even with iwlist wlan0 scan. It's only after bringing down wlan0, bringing up wlan0, and issuing iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid my network ESSID channel my channel key open s:my key nick computer's nickname commit that it might come online. And then I need to run dhcpcd and then re-add the gateway (it's a different computer, not the AP). If it still doesn't work, I just mess around until I can ping an outside host. Is there an easier way to make this cheap card work without manual configuration all the time? net.wlan0 isn't in my /etc/init.d directory, but I did add wlan0 is in the autoloaded modules list. Kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r11. Using the tiacxusb.sys and tiacxusb.inf Windows drivers. -- Colin First make a link in /etc/init.d for your wireless device (wlan0), here is what I have ... rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24246 Apr 14 18:24 net.lo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Apr 14 18:24 net.eth0 - net.lo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 26 2004 net.wlan0 - net.eth0 Next add this to the default runlevel rc-update add net.wlan0 default Finally, edit /etc/conf.d/wireless and put your settings in there (read the wireless.example first). Test: /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart HTH Craig -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Major ndiswrapper problems - was Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper problems
Craig Duncan wrote: Colin wrote: Finally. I'm sending this email from a working Gentoo system. My wireless card (D-Link DWL-120+, ACX100 chipset) had trouble with acx100, so I unmerged that and gave ndiswrapper a shot. As you can see, it works, despite not being listed on ndiswrapper's compatibility page. (I should probably add it.) Anyway, the problem here is that when you reboot the system, the wireless card doesn't find my access point (D-Link DI-614+), not even with iwlist wlan0 scan. It's only after bringing down wlan0, bringing up wlan0, and issuing iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid my network ESSID channel my channel key open s:my key nick computer's nickname commit that it might come online. And then I need to run dhcpcd and then re-add the gateway (it's a different computer, not the AP). If it still doesn't work, I just mess around until I can ping an outside host. Is there an easier way to make this cheap card work without manual configuration all the time? net.wlan0 isn't in my /etc/init.d directory, but I did add wlan0 is in the autoloaded modules list. Kernel 2.6.11-gentoo-r11. Using the tiacxusb.sys and tiacxusb.inf Windows drivers. -- Colin First make a link in /etc/init.d for your wireless device (wlan0), here is what I have ... rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24246 Apr 14 18:24 net.lo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Apr 14 18:24 net.eth0 - net.lo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 26 2004 net.wlan0 - net.eth0 Next add this to the default runlevel rc-update add net.wlan0 default Finally, edit /etc/conf.d/wireless and put your settings in there (read the wireless.example first). Test: /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart I'd give that a shot, but Linux seems to lock up randomly. Commands such as ping website and dhcpcd sometimes crash the system. It only spits out a panic message when it crashes outside of X, and when it does, ndiswrapper is mentioned in the panic. The only reason for it crashing that I can come up with would be my kernel upgrade (2.6.11-gentoo-r9 to -r11), but it was working after the upgrade for like a day or so. It doesn't lock up if the wireless card isn't connected to my network. It seems right after I connect to the network and send a few packets, the entire system locks up. I hate this card. I'm going to buy a Linux-compatible PCI wireless card (Prism chipset) and then sell this one to some Windows user on eBay. But in the meantime, I'd like to see if I can get this one working. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
