ndiswrapper not installing in suse 10.1
 

hi

I'm a linux newbie who wants to migrate from windows forever. My experience with linux so far had been good, i managed to get xgl, nvidia driver and other softwares running. However, i can't get the internet.

I tried using ndiswrapper to get wireless lan through my Linksys WUSB54GS. I used WUSB54GS.inf and the sys files specified at the ndiswrapper wikki's list.

When I type ndiswrapper -l i get

wusb54gs driver installed, hardware present

but when i use iwconfig, no wlan0 comes up.

Plz help, i do wanna stick wid linux.

BTW my system specs are:

Amd X2 4400
geforce 7800 gt
2gb ram
300 gb

did you load the module with 'modprobe ndiswrapper' before the iwconfig?

yes i did, i did all the steps dat and the instructions posted in the ndiswrapper website. If it helps, im using the latest ndiswrapper 1.6

I had the same issue but managed to install ndiswrapper in Suse 10.1.

as root run the dmesg command to get clues to hardware detection to see what went wrong. /var/logs/messages may also give you a clue.

One issue i faced was the USB wireless card showed up as wlan0 or wlan1 each time i booted up. using udev rules (see info udev) u can always assign it the same value.

hope this helps !

yo man

i got dis when i typed dmesg

nndiswrapper: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ndiswrapper version 1.16 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:134): loadndiswrapper failed (1536); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:141): ndiswrapper: initialization failed
ndiswrapper: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
ndiswrapper version 1.16 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:134): loadndiswrapper failed (1536); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:141): ndiswrapper: initialization failed
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3

wat does dis mean and is it stopping wlan 0 from showing up.

yo dude, which wireless adapter did u use

try this
 

this is what worked for me ... using TEW - 424 UB
USB wireless adapter

the commands
ndiswrapper -i /data/tew-424ub/Drivers/Windows\ XP/SiS163u.INF
ndiswrapper -l
ndiswrapper -m
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0 &

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config files

note the "usb-4-1\:1.0" value u can get by looking at /var/log/messages after pluggin in the USB drive. if YAST recognizes ur adapter, let it create the skeleton config files, you can modify them later


ALL the best !!!

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linux:/etc/sysconfig/network # cat ifcfg-wlan-bus-usb-4-1\:1.0
BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
BROADCAST=''
IPADDR=''
MTU=''
NAME='Trendnet USB WLAN'
NETMASK=''
NETWORK=''
REMOTE_IPADDR='192.168.0.1'
STARTMODE='onboot'
UNIQUE='mZxt.HWzOF+zVayA'
USERCONTROL='yes'
WIRELESS_AP=''
WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='open'
WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
WIRELESS_CA_CERT=''
WIRELESS_CHANNEL='2'
WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=''
WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
WIRELESS_ESSID='****MY ESSID HERE*******'
WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
WIRELESS_KEY=''
WIRELESS_KEY_0='s:****MY PASSWORD HERE***'
WIRELESS_KEY_1=''
WIRELESS_KEY_2=''
WIRELESS_KEY_3=''
WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='64'
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_NICK=''
WIRELESS_NWID=''
WIRELESS_POWER='yes'
WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD=''
WIRELESS_WPA_PSK=''
_nm_name='bus-usb-4-1:1.0' <--- i think this should match file name below


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linux:/etc/sysconfig/hardware # cat hwcfg-bus-usb-4-1\:1.0
MODULE='ndiswrapper'
MODULE_OPTIONS=''
STARTMODE='auto'

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the USB value may look sth like this on ur machine
May 10 19:55:27 linux kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
May 10 19:55:27 linux kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 5, io mem 0xffa80800
May 10 19:55:27 linux kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
May 10 19:55:27 linux kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
May 10 19:55:27 linux kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: 6 ports detected

thx alot for that man, it worked

Linksys did not work and was bieng gay, however, i had a dlink dwl g122 and used windows 98 drivers from the driver cd and it worked. BTW, i did not understand wat the second half of ur text was for. Also, i cant seem to get the internet on boot.

How do i make wireless connection available at boot, baring in mind dat yast does not recognise wlan0

for the wusb54gs install please refer to links in the HCL.
Note there is an ongoing thread for the wusb54gs with suse 10
that might help you
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...light=wusb54gs