couldn't prepare driver

fareej.mohamed · 03-12-2010, 11:23 AM

Hi guys,
I am a fresh linux user who have installed ubuntu 9.10 today with lot of excitement. The only issue is that my network devices are not recognized by Ubuntu. I have Acer 6930 machine with Vista 64 bit with WIFI Link 5100 wireless modem.

Initially, I did not have the GUI screen for WIFI Drivers which I got it installed through ndiswrapper installation. I was able to install netw5v64 driver as well but without much success. Both my ethernet adapter and WIFI adapter are not recognised. I could not get net connectivity due to this. I am seeing a lot of forums similar to this. But there is no clear cut steps explained by anyone to solve this problem. In the message log, I could see an entry 'could'nt prepare driver 'netw5v64'. Any help?

Regards,
Fareej

raju.mopidevi · 03-12-2010, 04:57 PM

Hi Fareez, welcome to LinuxQuestions!
run these commands

Code:

dmesg | tail
lshw -C Network
iwconfig
iwlist scan

fareej.mohamed · 03-14-2010, 01:59 PM

For each of the commands specified, I have given the feedback from the system:
[ 53.334864] i2c-adapter i2c-2: unable to read EDID block.
[ 53.334870] i915 0000:00:02.0: HDMI Type A-1: no EDID data
[ 53.380945] [drm] TV-20: set mode NTSC 480i 0
[ 53.524020] [drm] TV-20: set mode NTSC 480i 0
[ 54.589642] i2c-adapter i2c-2: unable to read EDID block.
[ 54.589647] i915 0000:00:02.0: HDMI Type A-1: no EDID data
[ 54.594088] i2c-adapter i2c-2: unable to read EDID block.
[ 54.594091] i915 0000:00:02.0: HDMI Type A-1: no EDID data
[ 54.640126] [drm] TV-20: set mode NTSC 480i 0
[ 54.781354] [drm] TV-20: set mode NTSC 480i 0

*-network
description: Network controller
product: Wireless WiFi Link 5100
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: driver=iwlagn latency=0
resources: irq:19 memory:ba000000-ba001fff
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
version: b0
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:ba100000-ba13ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
For the remaining two commands, I got the following error:
lo interface not supported.

Regards,
FAreej

Quote:

Originally Posted by raju.mopidevi

Hi Fareez, welcome to LinuxQuestions!
run these commands

Code:

dmesg | tail
lshw -C Network
iwconfig
iwlist scan

Mara · 03-14-2010, 02:38 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Wireless and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.