Problems trying to install NDISwrapper and XP drivers into PClos 2015
OH boy what a mess... I am running PcLos 2015, have run synaptics for complete updates, I am having trouble installing ndisWrapper and dependencies, dual booting with Windows 8. I have downloaded most versions from the repos, though don't yet have the knowledge to do the installs using terminal. Any help appreciated in advance. Have read some articles, have tried different ways to no avail, by that I mean a successful wireless connection to my router.
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Could we first take a look at information concerning your adapter? If you would, with your adapter plugged in, please open a terminal and run the following commands... Code:
wget -N -t 5 -T 10 https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/raw/master/wireless-info && \ Regards... |
did you mean this...
########## wireless info START ########## Report from: 19 Jun 2017 11:24 EST +1000 Booted last: 19 Jun 2017 08:30 EST +1000 Script from: 25 Mar 2017 07:04 UTC +0000 ##### release ########################### Distributor ID: PCLinuxOS Description: PCLinuxOS Release: 2016 Codename: PCLinuxOS ##### kernel ############################ Linux 3.15.9-pclos1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 11 00:53:16 CDT 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux Parameters: splash, quiet, vga=788 ##### desktop ########################### 01KDE ##### lspci ############################# 06:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0090] Kernel driver in use: b44 06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02) Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. TravelMate 2410 [1468:0312] Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge ##### lsusb ############################# Bus 005 Device 007: ID 1004:618e LG Electronics, Inc. Ally/Optimus One/Vortex (debug mode) Bus 005 Device 005: ID 045e:00f9 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Desktop Receiver 3.1 Bus 005 Device 004: ID 046d:c52e Logitech, Inc. MK260 Wireless Combo Receiver Bus 005 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub ##### PCMCIA card info ################## PRODID_1="" PRODID_2="" PRODID_3="" PRODID_4="" MANFID=0000,0000 FUNCID=255 ##### rfkill ############################ 0: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no ##### lsmod ############################# ssb 37996 1 b44 pcmcia 26724 1 ssb acer_wmi 19708 0 sparse_keymap 1956 1 acer_wmi wmi 5926 1 acer_wmi mmc_core 65736 4 mmc_block,sdhci_pci,ssb,sdhci video 9020 2 acer_wmi,i915 ##### interfaces ######################## sed: can't read /etc/network/interfaces: No such file or directory ##### ifconfig ########################## eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <MAC 'eth0' [IF1]> BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:21 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:30420 (29.7 KiB) TX bytes:30420 (29.7 KiB) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:10.92.200.223 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:76277 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:77038 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:55806163 (53.2 MiB) TX bytes:9674382 (9.2 MiB) ##### iwconfig ########################## ppp0 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ##### route ############################# Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0 10.64.64.64 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo ##### resolv.conf ####################### nameserver 10.5.133.45 nameserver 10.4.27.70 ##### network managers ################## Installed: None found. Running: None found. ##### NetworkManager info ############### NetworkManager is not installed (package "network-manager"). ##### NetworkManager.state ############## cat: /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state: No such file or directory ##### NetworkManager.conf ############### grep: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf: No such file or directory ##### NetworkManager profiles ########### No NetworkManager profiles found. ##### iw reg get ######################## nl80211 not found. ##### iwlist channels ################### ppp0 no frequency information. lo no frequency information. eth0 no frequency information. ##### iwlist scan ####################### ppp0 Interface doesn't support scanning. lo Interface doesn't support scanning. eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. ##### module infos ###################### [ssb] filename: /lib/modules/3.15.9-pclos1/kernel/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko.gz license: GPL description: Sonics Silicon Backplane driver depends: mmc_core,pcmcia intree: Y vermagic: 3.15.9-pclos1 SMP preempt mod_unload 686 ##### module parameters ################# ##### /etc/modules ###################### ##### modprobe options ################## [/etc/modprobe.conf] alias char-major-116-* snd alias char-major-14-* soundcore alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-slot-0 snd_hda_intel install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /bin/true alias snd-0 snd-ens1371 remove sdhci_pci /sbin/modprobe -r mmc_block; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove sdhci_pci install sdhci_pci /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install sdhci_pci && { /sbin/modprobe mmc_block; /bin/true; } install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe ehci_pci; /sbin/modprobe uhci_hcd; /bin/true options snd-ac97-codec power_save=1 alias eth0 b44 alias pci:v000014E4d0000170Csv00001025sd00000090bc02sc00i00 b44 alias usb0 cdc_ether [/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl-alias.conf] alias pci:v000014E4d00000576sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004311sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004312sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004313sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004315sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004328sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004329sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d0000432Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d0000432Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d0000432Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d0000432Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004331sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004353sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004357sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004358sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004359sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d0000435Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004365sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d000043A0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d00004727sv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl alias pci:v000014E4d0000A99Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i* wl [/etc/modprobe.d/broadcom-wl-blacklist.conf] blacklist b43 blacklist b43legacy blacklist bcma blacklist brcmfmac blacklist ssb [/etc/modprobe.d/ipw-no-associate.conf] options ipw2100 associate=0 options ipw2200 associate=0 options ipw3945 associate=0 ##### rc.local ########################## touch /var/lock/subsys/local ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/dvd > /dev/null 2>&1 ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom > /dev/null 2>&1 chmod 777 /dev/sr0 > /dev/null 2>&1 chown root:root /dev/sr0 > /dev/null 2>&1 chmod 777 /dev/sr1 > /dev/null 2>&1 chown root:root /dev/sr1 > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ -d "/union" ]; then service alsa force-reload sleep 1 /usr/sbin/alsaunmute > /dev/null 2>&1 fi modprobe snd-usb-audio ##### pm-utils ########################## [/etc/pm/config.d/ndiswrapper] (755 root) SUSPEND_MODULES="ndiswrapper" ##### udev rules ######################## [/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules] # PCI device 0x14e4:0x170c (b44) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC 'eth0' [IF1]>", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0" # Drakx-net rule for usb0 (<MAC address>) SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="<MAC address>", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="usb*", NAME="usb0" ##### dmesg ############################# ########## wireless info END ############ |
06:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4318] (rev 02)
You should be able to get that one working with the b43 driver. And probably ndiswrapper too. BITD, the ndiswrapper driver option had better range. Both were difficult to get working, but both driver options worked for the most part. In my case it was a laptop and there was a hardware power button to toggle it, which was hit and miss as to what state it was in. Unloading the driver, pushing the power button again, then loading the driver normally sorted it out. Or other tricks. It might be a bit old to work with modern networks since it's b/g and N or AC is expected these days. But it should work fine. I remember having more trouble finding the right version of the firmware for it work with ndiswrapper than I had with the driver. bcmwl5.* or some such, been a really long time. 32 bit version of course. |
... hey thanx for that, well further to reading my own report posted, I found I was missing a network manager, along with some dependencies. After installing those pre-requisites,and selecting the wrapper options still returned a error message (non-support for hardware)maybe I am missing the Acer wireless drivers do you think?
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I would expect that you would have a newer kernel than what you posted. PCLinux is a rolling release so updating as explained at their site below should give you a newer kernel. I've not used Broadcom wireless so I'm not sure it would solve your problem.
http://www.pclinuxoshelp.com/index.p...Your_PCLinuxOS |
What is reporting non-support? dmesg? /var/log/syslog? ndiswrapper when you add the driver? fwcutter when you extract the firmware?
From what I remember of that chipset and the ndiswrapper driver, I had to get OLDer versions of the .sys and .inf files. The source files were Windows Vista and I think I needed the XP drivers for it to work. And it was quirky, like I had to set the ESSID twice to have it take. Or I had to set the ESSID first when the driver was loaded or it didn't take at all. But it did work. Although quirks like that do NOT work with the typical managers. Hopefully none of those quirks apply in modern implementations. |
I guess I am climbing a parabolic hill of circumstances, though I do appreciate the assistance. I have another 64bit Acer Dual Pro as well, that I run the latest versions of everything updated from the repo's, and I must say PcLinux 2017 I have installed is exemplary. The other Acer 32 bit is more of a hobby to get working properly, and learn more Linux to be able to help others.... so thanks again for the guidance, it's so inspiring. I will boot the other machine and try your suggestions and input.
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...and I will get the dmesg log report from the other machine.
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there is 800 odd lines of dmesg log, do I still post it here, or is there a way to shorten it?
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surround it with square bracket code square bracket and it's /code counterpart to put it in a box. Or use tail.
$ dmesg | tail -n 50 |
ok... quick one ... how do I post the info inside those square brackets ?
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An efficient way to post the 800+ lines would be to download wgetpaste and then issue the following command:
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$ wgetpaste -c dmesg Regards |
ok... this was cool. I found some code on the net, and when I pasted the whole lot in..... my wireless suddenly appeared and is now fully working as I type.... solvered! :)
here is that code: sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43 sudo cp Desktop/b43/* /lib/firmware/b43 sudo rmmod -f b43 sudo rmmod -f ssb sudo modprobe b43 |
Looks like the post steps after using b43-fwcutter. AKA you were missing firmware.
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