Installation of Wireless Card on HP dv5000t

dfreer · 08-13-2006, 03:56 AM

Can't seem to get my wireless network card working on my new HP machine, i'll try to keep this short and sweet. Thanks for any help in advance. Machine Specs:

Hp dv5000t
Intel Centrino Duo 2.0 Ghz
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG with Bluetooth (according to hp site)
Running Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy
Kernel: 2.6.12-10-386

Output of lspci:

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0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27a0 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27a1 (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27d8 (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27d0 (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27d2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27d4 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27c8 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27c9 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27ca (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27cb (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27cc (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27b9 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27df (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.2 0106: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27c5 (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 27da (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 01d8 (rev a1)
0000:06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)
0000:08:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8039
0000:08:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803a
0000:08:06.2 Unknown mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803b
0000:08:06.3 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803c
0000:08:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1092 (rev 01)

Things I've Done:
Tried ndiswrapper, loaded the w39n51.inf from the original windows drivers that came from HP (although they also included about 5 OTHER wireless drivers, this is the only one that passes the "ndiswrapper -l" test.
"ndiswrapper -l" reveals driver loaded, hardware present.

"sudo modprobe ndiswrapper" was next, no problems.
"ndiswrapper -m" brought the message "modprobe config already contains alias directive"
After reboot "ifconfig -a"
eth0 ( Ethernet)
lo (local loopback)

"iwconfig"
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.

I don't really know what to do next, let me know if you need more output/logs from me. Thanks

rednuht · 08-14-2006, 02:49 PM

It sounds like you did the right thing but then you rebooted losing that setup.

Try the ndiswrapper commands again ending with the modprobe then try iwconfig

if it is still not working run dmesg for a list of messages, a more detailed list is available by looking /var/log/messages

dfreer · 08-14-2006, 09:53 PM

I tried deleting my previous driver with "ndiswrapper -e w39n51.inf", then redid the commands. same as before, if iwconfig and ifconfig -a not showing my wireless card:

Quote:

$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.

checked dmesg, relevent data below:

Quote:

[17181120.656000] ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no)
[17181120.668000] ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:173): loadndiswrapper failed (1792); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
[17181120.668000] ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:180): ndiswrapper: initialization failed

then checked /var/log/syslog:

Quote:

Aug 14 22:37:35 localhost kernel: [17181618.636000] ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no)
Aug 14 22:37:35 localhost kernel: [17181618.640000] ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:173): loadndiswrapper failed (1792); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
Aug 14 22:37:35 localhost kernel: [17181618.640000] ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:180): ndiswrapper: initialization failed

...as well as /var/log/messages:

Quote:

Aug 14 22:37:35 localhost loadndisdriver: loadndisdriver: load_all_devices(524): no valid drives found in /etc/ndiswrapper; you may need to reinstall Windows drivers
Aug 14 22:37:35 localhost kernel: [17181618.636000] ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no)

any more information would be extremely helpful, thanks all

AzrielMacKay · 08-14-2006, 10:33 PM

Do you have the wireless-tools package installed? Thats the package needed to manipulate wireless extensions.

dfreer · 08-15-2006, 12:34 AM

I got it fixed now, thanks for everyone's help.

After upgrading to dapper-drake (and getting a 2.6.15-26 kernel), AND installing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-26 after reboot I had eth1 listed under iwconfig, and wireless is now working

BTW, i did have wireless-tools package enabled.

p.s. It looks like the OS or the kernel installed the wireless card, I'm not using ndiswrapper at all.