ndiswrapper not working under FC5

darkalien_fc5 · 05-21-2006, 03:36 PM

Hey everyone, I installed FC5 64-bit a couple of days ago,
and I'm tired of having to use my intergrated ethernet card for net access.

Therefore, I'm trying to make my wireless card work.
Here are my specs:

CPU : AMD 64 3200+
RAM : 1GB
FC5 Kernel : 2.6.16-1.2111_FC5-x86_64
Wireless card: Ovilink (Chipset: RTL8180L)

I installed ndiswrapper with YumEX, and I installed successively (I think) the 64-bit driver for it.

When I do

Code:

ndiswrapper -l

it says:

Code:

Installed drivers:
netrtw          driver installed, hardware present

I did a lot of searching, and here's where I am at.

In the Network Configuration admin tool, it list my ethernet card (onboard) as eth0 and my wireless card (PCI) as wlan0.

I notice that the card is inactive, so I try to activate it.

It says:

Code:

ndiswrapper device wlan0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.

So the first thing I do is make sure the system sees it.
I type in "lspci -v | grep Ethernet" and it gives me:

Code:

00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8180L 802.11b MAC (rev 20)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)

The wireless and the onboard cards are recognized, but only one can be activated. Hmmm. So I go to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and open up ifcfg-wlan0

Here's what it says:

Code:

DEVICE=wlan0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
BOOTPROTO=
PEERDNS=yes
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=Wireless
IPADDR=192.168.1.58
DOMAIN=
HWADDR=
TYPE=Wireless
ESSID=
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no

Now, usually, since eth0 has a config similar to that one, I type in "ifconfig".

And nothing shows up about wlan0.
I try "ifconfig wlan0 up" and it says "wlan0: unknown interface: No such device".

Help me! I've spent the day searching on google and still no luck!

rickh · 05-21-2006, 03:51 PM

Number one, why are you messing around with ndiswrapper when there is a perfectly good native Linux driver for that card. http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/

darkalien_fc5 · 05-21-2006, 05:00 PM

Because:

1)I already tried them
2) I heard ndiswrapper was very good

darkalien_fc5 · 05-21-2006, 05:12 PM

This is what I get when doing a "make" with those drivers.

Code:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/build SUBDIRS=/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21 MODVERDIR=/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5-x86_64'
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.o
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c: In function ‘auth_parse’:
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c:55: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 3 has type ‘long unsigned int’
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c: In function ‘auth_rq_parse’:
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c:68: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 3 has type ‘long unsigned int’
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c: In function ‘assoc_rq_parse’:
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c:119: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 3 has type ‘long unsigned int’
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c: In function ‘assoc_parse’:
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_rx.c:134: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int’, but argument 3 has type ‘long unsigned int’
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_tx.o
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_wx.o
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_module.o
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_crypt.o
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_crypt_wep.o
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/ieee80211_crypt_wep.c:27:2: warning: #warning CONFIG_CRYPTO_ARC4 is required to build this module.
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.o
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c: In function ‘check_tx_ring’:
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:771: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:771: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:772: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:772: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c: In function ‘alloc_tx_desc_ring’:/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:1611: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:1611: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c: In function ‘alloc_rx_desc_ring’:/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:1767: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:1767: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c: In function ‘rtl8180_pci_probe’:
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:3632: error: ‘struct pci_dev’ has no member named ‘slot_name’
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c: In function ‘rtl8180_tx_isr’:
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:3884: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/home/robin/Desktop/rtl8180-0.21/r8180_core.c:3884: warning: cast to pointer from int

ilpadrino · 05-21-2006, 05:36 PM

Which is the output of lsmod?

regards

darkalien_fc5 · 05-22-2006, 02:39 AM

I get:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
ppdev                  42441  0
autofs4                55241  1
hidp                   83137  2
rfcomm                104801  0
l2cap                  91585  10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth             116933  5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
sunrpc                192137  1
ip_conntrack_ftp       41361  0
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns    36033  0
ipt_REJECT             38977  1
xt_state               35265  11
ip_conntrack           92669  3 ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_netbios_ns,xt_stat e
nfnetlink              40073  1 ip_conntrack
xt_tcpudp              36545  13
iptable_filter         36289  1
ip_tables              48385  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               48201  4 ipt_REJECT,xt_state,xt_tcpudp,ip_tables
dm_mirror              54593  0
dm_mod                 90768  1 dm_mirror
video                  50505  0
button                 40545  0
battery                43337  0
ac                     38473  0
ipv6                  398817  12
lp                     47633  0
parport_pc             62697  1
parport                74061  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
floppy                100617  0
nvram                  42441  0
ehci_hcd               65229  0
ohci1394               67993  0
uhci_hcd               65505  0
sg                     69097  0
ieee1394              391897  1 ohci1394
snd_ca0106             66757  0
snd_ens1371            62305  1
gameport               50385  1 snd_ens1371
snd_rawmidi            61249  2 snd_ca0106,snd_ens1371
snd_ac97_codec        136089  2 snd_ca0106,snd_ens1371
snd_seq_dummy          37061  0
snd_seq_oss            66241  0
snd_seq_midi_event     41025  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                89825  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device         42833  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            85457  0
nvidia               5458132  12
snd_mixer_oss          50881  1 snd_pcm_oss
via_rhine              58565  0
snd_pcm               126409  4 snd_ca0106,snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_os s
snd_ac97_bus           35777  1 snd_ac97_codec
mii                    38849  1 via_rhine
snd_timer              59465  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd                    97129  13 snd_ca0106,snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_cod ec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_time r
soundcore              44129  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         44497  2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm
i2c_viapro             42713  0
i2c_core               57409  2 nvidia,i2c_viapro
ext3                  164177  1
jbd                    93545  1 ext3
sata_via               42437  2
libata                 93913  1 sata_via
sd_mod                 50753  3
scsi_mod              181137  3 sg,libata,sd_mod

Is that good or bad?

darkalien_fc5 · 05-22-2006, 02:44 AM

In general, how would I setup these drivers?

Above is what I get doing the "make" command and the "lsmod" command.

I saw the realtek site had drivers for my kernel for my chipset, how would I install these?

This is what I get doing make with the Realtek 2.6.x drivers:

Code:

[root@localhost rtl8180_1.5_release26]# make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5/build SUBDIRS=/home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26 MODVERDIR=/home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5-x86_64'
  CC [M]  /home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26/r8180_pci_init.o
/home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26/r8180_pci_init.c: In function ‘rtl8180_pci_probe’:
/home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26/r8180_pci_init.c:146: error: ‘struct pci_dev’ has no member named ‘slot_name’
/home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26/r8180_pci_init.c:150: error: ‘struct pci_dev’ has no member named ‘slot_name’
make[2]: *** [/home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26/r8180_pci_init.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/robin/Desktop/Stuff/rtl8180_1.5_release26] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5-x86_64'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

ilpadrino · 05-22-2006, 11:32 AM

I cannot see ndiswrapper loaded as a module in your output and should be. So try "modprobe ndiswrapper" and post the result