wusb54gv2 and suse not working

Mathieu.belanger · 11-12-2010, 07:53 PM

Hi everyone
I'm running Suse 11.3 fresh install, works fine
But I'm trying to make work a wusb54gv2, ndiswrapper -i works fine
I'm using lastest ndiswrapper version
it seems tha options -m -ma -e maybe others don't work
when doing ndiswrpper -l

goldf-fish:/ # ndiswrapper -l
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
wusb54gv2 : driver installed
device (13B1:000A) present (alternate driver: p54usb)

goldf-fish:/ # lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13b1:000a Linksys
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0204:6025 Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd CBM2080 Flash drive controller
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0d62:001c Darfon Electronics Corp.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

goldf-fish:/ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

It seems that device is present, but nver get's to load, so Y can play with it.

ANY IDEAS............... PLEASE
I've been obligated to run a wire for now, but I'm working on this problem for several days so if you have any idea, they are more then welcome.

Thanks
Math

Nylex · 11-13-2010, 04:00 AM

Are you sure you need ndiswrapper? It does say that there's an alternate driver available (p54usb). Presumably the reason you can't use that driver right now is because you haven't got the firmware for the device. Can you run "dmesg | grep p54" and see what it says?

Mathieu.belanger · 11-13-2010, 02:31 PM

Thanks, can you tell me what are the steps to make it work with alternate driver, thanks

Nylex · 11-13-2010, 03:20 PM

Did you read my post? Did you run "dmesg | grep p54"?

Mathieu.belanger · 11-13-2010, 05:05 PM

thank you

Mathieu.belanger · 11-13-2010, 06:09 PM

I get noting doing dmesg means that p54 is not loaded

Nylex · 11-14-2010, 12:57 AM

Ok. First of all, I'd unload ndiswrapper, because it might be causing problems. Then, try "modprobe p54usb" and again run dmesg | grep p54 and post the output here.

Mathieu.belanger · 11-14-2010, 02:28 PM

I'm getting this (seems that ndiswrapper would not uninstall)

gold-fish:/etc # dmesg | egrep ndiswrapper
[ 6.042098] ndiswrapper: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
gold-fish:/etc # rmmod ndiswrapper
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
gold-fish:/etc #

running lsmod is giving nothing for ndiswrapper

dmesg | egrep ndiswrapper
[ 6.042098] ndiswrapper: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
gold-fish:/etc # rmmod ndiswrapper
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
gold-fish:/etc #
gold-fish:/etc # lsmod | egrep ndiswrapper
gold-fish:/etc # modprobe p54usb
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
gold-fish:/etc # lsmod | egrep ndiswrapper

gold-fish:/etc # lsmod | egrep p54
p54usb 11720 0
p54common 27886 1 p54usb
mac80211 243337 2 p54usb,p54common
cfg80211 155663 2 p54common,mac80211
usbcore 192259 6 p54usb,usb_storage,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
gold-fish:/etc #
gold-fish:/etc #

module p54 has been loaded ok

Any ideas concerning uninstalling ndiswrapper?

How to have p54 loaded automaticly?

thanks

Nylex · 11-14-2010, 02:33 PM

Ok, so you've unloaded ndiswrapper. Did you try loading p54usb? Please read posts in their entirety..

Mathieu.belanger · 11-14-2010, 03:14 PM

I'm getting this (seems that ndiswrapper would not uninstall)

gold-fish:/etc # dmesg | egrep ndiswrapper
[ 6.042098] ndiswrapper: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
gold-fish:/etc # rmmod ndiswrapper
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
gold-fish:/etc #

running lsmod is giving nothing for ndiswrapper

dmesg | egrep ndiswrapper
[ 6.042098] ndiswrapper: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
gold-fish:/etc # rmmod ndiswrapper
ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
gold-fish:/etc #
gold-fish:/etc # lsmod | egrep ndiswrapper
gold-fish:/etc # modprobe p54usb
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
gold-fish:/etc # lsmod | egrep ndiswrapper

gold-fish:/etc # lsmod | egrep p54
p54usb 11720 0
p54common 27886 1 p54usb
mac80211 243337 2 p54usb,p54common
cfg80211 155663 2 p54common,mac80211
usbcore 192259 6 p54usb,usb_storage,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
gold-fish:/etc #
gold-fish:/etc #

module p54 has been loaded ok

Any ideas concerning uninstalling ndiswrapper?

How to have p54 loaded automaticly?

when I load p54, I don't see wlan0 interface, doing ifconfig command

thanks

Nylex · 11-15-2010, 12:38 AM

Again, have you run "dmesg | grep p54" to see if it's complaining about missing firmware? As far as loading the module on boot, have a look at this. For ndiswrapper, how did you install it? From source, or was there a package?

Mathieu.belanger · 11-15-2010, 01:07 PM

ndiswrapper is still loaded at boot, checked a bunch boot.* could not find.

p54 get loaded ok, but I still don't have any "wlan0" interface
Thanks again

Nylex · 11-15-2010, 01:26 PM

You don't seem to be answering my questions. Is there something you don't understand? Can you run dmesg | grep p54 and post the output here? You said you wanted to remove ndiswrapper. Again, how did you install it in the first place?

Mathieu.belanger · 11-15-2010, 06:24 PM

Hi, thanks again

regarding ndiswrapper, I've downloaded version 1.55, did ./configure - make - makeinstall
now it just won't get uninstalled (there is makeuninstall) but it keeps loading, I cannot delete the directory because it's loaded and I cannot find the file calling it.

For p54, it was gettting loaded easely, but I don't have any interface wlan0
here is the output of dmesg, gold-fish:/etc # modprobe p54usb
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.

Not able to load the module anymore

but have a look at this

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54/devices

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/p54

my device is linksys wusb54gv2

Mathieu.belanger · 11-15-2010, 07:56 PM

Doh, I made a long reply... but it didn't posted correctly, here is a shorter version

Ndiswrapper:
I've downloaded ndiswrapper v1.55 from sourceforge and I did:
./configure
make
makeinstall

there is a makeuninstall, but it seems to be not working, here is output

gold-fish:/home/mathieu/ndiswrapper-1.55 # make uninstall
which: no loadndisdriver in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no loadndisdriver in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no loadndisdriver in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no ndiswrapper in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no ndiswrapper in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no ndiswrapper in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no ndiswrapper-buginfo in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no ndiswrapper-buginfo in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
which: no ndiswrapper-buginfo in (/home/mathieu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin)
NOTE: Not all installed files are removed, as different distributions install ndiswrapper files at different places.
Run uninstall as many times as necessary until no "removing" messages appear below.
gold-fish:/home/mathieu/ndiswrapper-1.55
If I do make uninstaller, the output is still the same

regarding p54, it seems that I cannot load it anymore, here is the output

gold-fish:/home/mathieu/ndiswrapper-1.55 # modprobe p54usb
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.

I've searched on the net and saw that my Linksys wusb54gv2 is not in the table of covered devices.

please reed this

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54/devices

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/p54

other ideas should I just let go?