Hello.

MEPIS 6 rc3 with updated packages.

I have been trying for 3 hours to get this to work.

Searched everywhere, please take a look at this output.

*Note* my D-Link card shows up as eth1 for some reason.

My main distro is slackware, and I am not used to this MEPIS distro yet.

I installed wpa_supplicant via apt-get.

NDISWRAPPER is pre-installed, along with the drivers.


wpa_supplicant -D ndiswrapper -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd

Initializing interface 'eth1' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'ndiswrapper' ctrl_interface 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
Line: 5 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=7):
64 69 67 69 74 61 6c digital
key_mgmt: 0x2
proto: 0x1
pairwise: 0x8
group: 0x8
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=14): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Priority group 0
id=0 ssid='digital'
Initializing interface (2) 'eth1'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=19 WE(source)=18 enc_capa=0xf
capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
Own MAC address: 00:11:50:50:8d:cd
Driver does not support WPA.
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Using existing control interface directory.
bind(PF_UNIX): Address already in use
ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it
Delete '/var/run/wpa_supplicant/eth1' manually if it is not used anymore
Failed to initialize control interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant'.
You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.
Failed to add interface eth1
State: DISCONNECTED -> DISCONNECTED
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
Cancelling scan request


/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

GNU nano 1.3.10 File: /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

# WPA-PSK/TKIP

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={
ssid="digital"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
psk="r0man!12345!z_"
}



lsmod

Module Size Used by
savage 30720 1
drm 66196 2 savage
binfmt_misc 11144 1
ppdev 8452 0
parport_pc 32708 0
lp 10820 0
parport 32968 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
tc1100_wmi 6916 0
video 16260 0
acpi_sbs 19980 0
battery 9988 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 5120 1 acpi_sbs
container 4608 0
fan 4868 0
button 6672 0
pcc_acpi 12416 0
sony_acpi 5644 0
thermal 13576 0
ac 5252 1 acpi_sbs
dev_acpi 11140 0
hotkey 11556 0
ipt_limit 2432 2
ipt_state 2048 66
ipt_LOG 6016 2
ipt_REJECT 5248 2
ip_conntrack_ftp 7280 0
ip_conntrack_irc 6640 0
ip_conntrack 47148 3 ipt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_irc
nfnetlink 6296 1 ip_conntrack
ndiswrapper 156628 0
cpufreq_userspace 4440 0
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 6172 0
speedstep_lib 4228 0
freq_table 4484 0
processor 23360 1 thermal
dm_mod 52152 0
af_packet 21000 6
md_mod 64084 0
yenta_socket 25740 0
rsrc_nonstatic 12288 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia 36668 0
pcmcia_core 38672 3 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,pcmcia
arc4 2048 0
ieee80211_crypt_wep 4992 0
usbhid 33888 0
analog 10784 0
snd_emu10k1_synth 6784 0
snd_emux_synth 32768 1 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_seq_virmidi 7168 1 snd_emux_synth
snd_seq_midi_emul 6272 1 snd_emux_synth
floppy 55620 0
snd_seq_dummy 3844 0
snd_seq_oss 29952 0
snd_mpu401 6600 1
snd_mpu401_uart 7296 1 snd_mpu401
snd_seq_midi 8608 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6912 3 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
i2c_viapro 8212 0
i2c_core 19984 2 i2c_acpi_ec,i2c_viapro
ohci1394 31156 0
sworks_agp 8864 0
snd_seq 46480 9 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi _event
amd_k7_agp 8204 0
ali_agp 6656 0
sis_agp 8452 0
snd_emu10k1 103588 5 snd_emu10k1_synth
snd_rawmidi 23328 4 snd_seq_virmidi,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 83232 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
ati_agp 8332 0
snd_pcm_oss 46368 0
snd_mixer_oss 16896 3 snd_pcm_oss
8139cp 20352 0
nvidia_agp 7964 0
via_agp 9600 1
intel_agp 21276 0
snd_pcm 79880 4 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_device 8204 8 snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawm idi
snd_timer 22660 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10248 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 4480 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 8864 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
snd 50276 20 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmid i,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
bcm43xx 106252 0
via_ircc 23316 0
8139too 25088 0
ieee80211softmac 26240 1 bcm43xx
rtc 12468 0
pcspkr 2052 0
uhci_hcd 29328 0
irda 167996 1 via_ircc
psmouse 32772 0
serio_raw 6916 0
emu10k1_gp 3712 0
mii 5376 2 8139cp,8139too
agpgart 31816 9 drm,sworks_agp,amd_k7_agp,ali_agp,sis_agp,ati_agp,nvidia_agp,via_agp,intel_agp
soundcore 9568 3 snd
ieee80211 32328 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
ieee80211_crypt 6016 2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211
shpchp 40384 0
pci_hotplug 26164 1 shpchp
crc_ccitt 2176 1 irda
gameport 14728 3 analog,emu10k1_gp
evdev 9088 1



ndiswrapper -l

Installed ndis drivers:
airplus driver present
bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present
lsbcmnds driver present
lstinds driver present
mrv8k51 driver present
netr33x driver present
prismnic driver present
wlanuig driver present
wlipnds driver present

ps -aux

root 5796 0.0 0.3 3340 1332 pts/1 T 18:02 0:00 wpa_supplicant -D ndiswrapper -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplican....

I have tried searching forums, MEPIS website, and noting.

KNetworkManager loads but does not list a device.

I have no idea where to go from here!

The above WPA_Supplicant output says the driver does not support WPA. Do I need to load a different Ndiswrapper driver?

If so, which brand should I get?

In your lsmod output, you've got bcm43xx in bold, which suggest to me that you know it is a wireless driver for Broadcom based cards. The fact is that bcm43xx and ndiswrapper can't function at the same time, you have to pick one or the other.