I finally gave up on the Netgear hardware and installed a Linksys equivalent. It worked out of the box.
jwferk On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 20:20 +0000, kylehaas wrote: > If a solution to this problem is found, please email me > [email protected] > > It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/622524 > > Title: > See question; #122091; WNDA3100v2 still fails; ndiswrapper crashes system > > Status in Ubuntu: > New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-nettool > > With reference to question 122091; first, I thank the responder for the > advice and effort to that question. > > This is an effort to get a Netgear USB WNDAv2 wireless to work with Ubuntu > 10. > > 1 - installed wine to extract the driver file from Netgear. > 2 - downloaded WNDA3100v2 Software versions 1.7, 1.6, 1.2, 1.1 and 1.0. I > did this because wine would not extract 1.1 through 1.7. I finally settled > on 1.0 which ran through the setup.exe routine in wine. > 3 - copied the WinXP2000 file with the following files to /usr/local > > -rwxrwxr-x 1 ferk ferk 7427 2009-06-08 11:52 bcmh43xx64.cat > -rwxrwxr-x 1 ferk ferk 7450 2009-06-08 11:52 bcmh43xx.cat > -rwxrwxr-x 1 ferk ferk 747008 2009-05-05 12:00 bcmwlhigh564.sys > -rwxrwxr-x 1 ferk ferk 167298 2009-05-15 11:58 bcmwlhigh5.inf > -rwxrwxr-x 1 ferk ferk 632576 2009-05-05 12:00 bcmwlhigh5.sys > > 4 - installed the latest version of ndiswrapper from sourceforge. > > 5 - ran ndiswrapper -i bcmwlhigh5.inf > > 6 - command ndiswrapper -l indicated both the device and the driver were > present > 7 - loading the ndiswrapper did not solve the connection problem; the > wireless usb connection does not yet work. There is no output for wlan0 with > the iwconfig command. This shows no wireless device to be present. > > 8 - blacklisted the following in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf to avoid any > driver conflicts: > > #conflict with ndsiwrapper > #(see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper) > blacklist bcm43xx > blacklist b43 > blacklist b43legacy > blacklist ssb > > NOW, an additional problem has popped-up. - Not only does the WNDA3100 still > not work but I need to blacklist ndiswrapper at startup. Reason is that if > the ndiswrapper module is loaded at boot, the main login screen no longer > opens and I cannot login to the system. I need to boot into failsafe at the > root level and blacklist ndiswrapper, then reboot the system. > > If the ndiswrapper module is loaded at boot, I cannot even use the GUI > failsafe mode as no login screen appears. > > I have reinstalled the OS three times today. I can confirm absolutely that > the system is completely current and that blacklisting ndiswrapper prior to > booting is the core of the problem. It does not make any difference if I > install ndiswrapper from Synaptic or from Sourceforge. > > Additional information: > > r...@reuben:~# /lib/firmware# apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo > grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat > /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw > -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep > 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|rtl|rt2|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep > b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; > sudo lsmod; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart > -bash: /lib/firmware#: No such file or directory > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > hwinfo is already the newest version. > grep is already the newest version. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > *-network > description: Ethernet interface > product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller > vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > physical id: 0 > bus info: p...@0000:03:00.0 > logical name: eth0 > version: 02 > serial: 00:25:64:03:23:51 > size: 100MB/s > capacity: 100MB/s > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom > ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 > driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.4 latency=0 link=yes > multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s > resources: irq:27 ioport:e800(size=256) > memory:fbfff000-fbffffff(prefetchable) memory:fbfe0000-fbfeffff(prefetchable) > memory:febe0000-febfffff(prefetchable) > lo Interface doesn't support scanning. > > eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > > auto wlan0 > iface wlan0 inet dhcp > wireless-essid homeoffice > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu > DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 > DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS" > 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM > Controller [8086:2e30] (rev 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express > Root Port [8086:2e31] (rev 03) > 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High > Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 01) > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express > Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 01) > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express > Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 01) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI > Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 01) > 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI > Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 01) > 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI > Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 01) > 00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI > Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 01) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI > Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 01) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] > (rev e1) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC > Interface Bridge [8086:27b8] (rev 01) > 00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE > Controller [8086:27c0] (rev 01) > 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller > [8086:27da] (rev 01) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce > 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) > 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio > Controller [10de:0be3] (rev a1) > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02) > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/622524/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/622524 Title: See question; #122091; WNDA3100v2 still fails; ndiswrapper crashes system -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
