Guide to ndiswrapper and Sarge with no compiling

MikeZila · 06-18-2005, 05:55 PM

Can you find the file ndiswrapper.ko?

See if you can "cd" to that directory on your own and move that file someplace else. It really doesn't matter where the file is, that's just it's default location.

Are you sure you...

Code:

apt-get install ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-686

Also, run "uname -r" and post the results.

SpekkioMofW · 10-12-2005, 08:36 AM

I really hope someone still looks at this thread....

I followed the guide (thanks for writing it, MikeZila). Everything is fine until I get to dhclient wlan0. At that point, I get a strange error message:

Quote:

sit0: unknown hardware address 776
sit0: unknown hardware address 776

At this point, the system locks up completely - absolute total freeze. Three finger salute (ctrl-alt-backspace) does nothing and I have to kill the system power to reboot. I've tried disabling sit0 using instructions I found elsewhere and that didn't work or help. I have tried running dhclient -e so it will error out - it still freezes. I've also tried enabling the wireless using Gnome's built-in networking tool instead of doing it in terminal - this has the advantage of keeping the system from freezing, but it still doesn't work and freezes the Network Tools GUI. I've tried using a static IP in Network Tools GUI too and that also fails. I'm using a D-Link DWL-G510 card and using the driver as listed on the almighty list. I'm just stumped and frustrated. This is kinda important too - I wanted the wireless to work in LInux so I can move the computer elsewhere in the house and still get Internet access.

Help, please?

MikeZila · 10-12-2005, 08:42 AM

I've never seen an error like that, so I can't think of anything to try. Maybe you could try getting a newer version of the kernel and wrapper? I don't have a guide written for such a thing, but it would be the first thing I would try if I were in your place.

Tons of Fun · 10-12-2005, 05:14 PM

What kernel are you running? What wifi card are you trying to use? Also, did you get the driver from the index page: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/.../index.php/List or from the CD that came with the card. I looked at the index list and saw my card, but there was no link to a driver. I tried using the drivers from the CD, but kept getting invalid driver errors. Being that my card uses atheros chipsets, I used madwifi and got the card up and running.
Print out the response for #lspci, #ifconfig and #iwconfig and maybe it will give us something to go on.

zee_man78 · 10-13-2005, 03:23 PM

hello everyone,

i've been looking for a solution for my "old" compaq (armada M700) laptop and linksys wless card.

some people (thank you all) tried to help me but still didn't work!

and finally i changed my RedHat 9 to Debian Sarge(3.1) and download this guide and fixed the problem.

best wishes,

zM

div0 · 11-09-2005, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by leinad
I am very close to getting my wireless card to work, but I have run into a problem. When i get to the step that is supposed to load the module with

Code:

insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ndiswrapper.ko

I get this error:

Code:

insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-686/misc/ndiswrapper.ko': No such file or directory

The misc/ director exists inside of that path. I don't know where ndiswrapper.ko is coming from or if it exists, but I have followed the directions word for word so far.

Anyone have any ideas for me?

You don't need to do insmod /<long path>/, just:

modprobe <module>

If this doesn't work, then you don't have a module installed for your exact current running kernel.

I installed the
kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 & ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-k7, 'cos i'm running an anthlon.

and it all worked sweet.

Don't forget when using apt-get install, you can enter the first part of a package name and hit tab
to get a completion list of available packages. (well assuming you're running bash with contextual completion
package installed anyway

If you want to enable encrpytion on your wireless link do the following:

iwconfig wlan0 key s:<my alpha numeric key> key open

Note: don't combine this with the iwconfig to attach to the ap as this doesn't seem to work.
Don't forget the s: prefix if you have an alphanumeric key string rather than a hex string.

whittycat · 12-11-2005, 06:19 AM

The Actiontec 802U13 card is in the list (said to work with ndiswrapper v0.12 and kernel 2.6.9). I have Debian 3.1 with kernel 2.6.8-2-686. I d/l the driver, copied it to Windows. ran the self-extracting .exe file and copied them back to /etc/actiontec/
I ran ndiswrapper -i AEWLNIC.inf and ndiswrapper -l reports driver present, hardware present. So far so good. When I do
insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ndiswrapper.ko I get this:
ndiswrapper version 1.1loaded (preempt=yes, smp=no)
ndiswrapper: driver aeiwlnic (Actiontec 09/24/2002 2.00.09) loaded
ndiswrapper: request for irq -811363088 failed
and naturally, after iwconfig, wlan0 does not appear. Is there a fault in the driver? Too old for ndis v1.1? Have I gone wrong somewhere?

Tony Sumner

MikeZila · 12-11-2005, 06:55 AM

It's possible that that's not the right driver. Sometimes you don't use the latest driver with ndiswrapper. Did you use the one specified in the list?

If not, then grab that one and give it another shot.

If so, then you might try removing any other network hardware in your computer. IRQ problems (especially with network cards) usually happen when similar devices conflict. Try taking out any extra ethernet cards or modems. If they're onboard, then look in your BIOS and turn them off. It's also good to try to move the wireless card to different slots. I have to shuffle things a bit whenever I install new cards in my Linux system. Some systems don't have this problem, but mine does, and yours may.

Best of luck.

whittycat · 12-11-2005, 12:15 PM

I did get the driver from the list. It is the only one listed for the Actiontec 802U13. There is a NIC but it is not configured. The wireless card is USB so I don't see there being a IRQ conflict. IRQ -811363008 looks more like chaos than a genuine IRQ problem.

Tony Sumner

Drake2k · 01-07-2006, 11:45 AM

I'm now online with my AirPlus G650 802b wireless network card using these instructions. There was a few additional lines I had to add to /etc/network/interfaces

I added these lines because it would not automatically find an IP address

Code:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   #my ip address
netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   #my netmask
gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   #the ip of my router
wireless_essid myess      #this was the ess thingy in my router

Ok so now i'm surfing the web I do have one problem.

I have no sound!

Since upgrading to the new kernal version 2.6.8-2-386 I have no sound. If I reboot into the old kernel I still have sound, but not wireless connection.

Any suggestions please!?!?

PS(also if anyone can tell me some steps to get the wireless to find an ip address on it's own without having to manually do it, I would be greatfull. After all the whole Idea of wireless is to be portable, i want to be able to take my computer to other networks. Thank you so much in advance)

EDIT
Ok the sound is not completely dead, I can stream audio in Totem Movie player (I use KDE btw) but in other programs such as xmms or nauto it doesn't work, if I click on the mixer the only thing available is PCM and it's not adjustable. The KDE sounds are all gone

Ferris · 07-22-2006, 11:33 PM

Just wanted to write that I found the original post very useful. Thanks.

Al3m40 · 08-10-2006, 11:37 AM

Hi,
I have the HP dv8113cl.
Turion 64bits.
My Kernel is 2.6.8-11-amd64-generic, and i having problem with insmod /lib/modules/'uname -r'/misc/ndiswrapper.ko, the results is:
ndiswrapper: version magic '2.6.8-11-amd64-generic gcc-3.3' should be '2.6.8-11-amd64-generic gcc-3.4'
insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.8-11-amd64-generic/misc/ndiswrapper.ko' : -1 Invalid module format

Help me.

TennesseeFred · 01-12-2007, 10:30 PM

When I first googled the MA521 PCMCIA card I found that many people are having trouble using this card with linux. Luckily I came across this article! By following the instructions in the article and using the driver suggested on the NDISWrapper compatibility list I was able to bring the card up fairly easily. I did goof up and not change the settings on my firewall at first, but once I fixed that I was up and running.

Thank you very much MikeZila.

adityavpratap · 08-18-2007, 04:46 AM

Thank u for the guide, I worked fine on the default 2.6.18 kernel that comes along with Debian 4.0. on my Acer Aspire 5100 laptop with AMD Turion 64 processor.
However, today I installed 2.6.18-5-amd64 kernel. Upon logging into the new kernel I found that I couldn't start the wireless connection. Using module-assistant I installed the relevant modules for ndiswrapper.
Now when I issue iwconfig command neither eth1 nor wlan0 are seen. Only lo, eth0 and sit0 are seen, where eth0 is my lan card wired connection.
Again when I go back to the previous kernel, wireless connection works flawlessly.
Any idea what is going on?