"No hardware present" under SuSE with ZD1211 driver and ndiswrapper

jiaming2k · 08-08-2006, 09:19 PM

i just installed SUSE Linux 10.0 and ndiswrapper. when i enter "ifconfig wlan0 up" to bring up my zd1211 adaptor a message occured and does not recognize wlan0. Is it because i don't have wireless extention or something else?

mickyg · 08-09-2006, 03:25 AM

This looks like an easy tutorial.

Did you run

Code:

ndiswrapper -m

before loading the module?

Richard Rahl · 08-09-2006, 01:19 PM

I have, I keep getting the message:

Gateway2400-SuSE:/tmp/windrivers # ndiswrapper -m
modprobe config already contains alias directive

I've tried unloading and reloading ndiswrapper with modprobe, but I still can't get a wlan0

2Gnu · 08-09-2006, 02:29 PM

Is the bcm43xx driver also installed and/or loaded? I've read that it's incompatible with ndiswrapper.

Richard Rahl · 08-09-2006, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2Gnu

Is the bcm43xx driver also installed and/or loaded? I've read that it's incompatible with ndiswrapper.

according to everything I've googled, 4318 should work with ndiswrapper. It didn't give me any trouble loading it:

Code:

Gateway2400-SuSE:/home/Jason # ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
bcmwl5          driver installed, hardware present

but iwconfig still finds no device:

Code:

Gateway2400-SuSE:/home/Jason # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

There is more info under my thread "Trouble Making Ndiswrapper", though I've got ndiswrapper now.

beagle2 · 08-09-2006, 06:37 PM

Think the point being made is if native bcm43xx driver is already loaded then ndiswrapper can't function correctly. Do lsmod and look for bcm43xx

2Gnu · 08-09-2006, 07:16 PM

beagle2,
Thanks for clarifying my poorly-chosen wording.

Richard,
Another thought: Make sure the card is turned on - some BIOS allows the card to be turned off (Fn-F2 on most Dells, some Toshibas apparently have a physical switch, HP uses a soft switch I think). You wouldn't be the first person to be trying to use a card that's inactive.

Richard Rahl · 08-09-2006, 08:09 PM

Oh okay, I know what you mean.

Still, lsmod does not reveal anything about bcm43xx.

And you're right, my laptop does have a seperate wireless button (Fn-F2 just like you said). Pushing the button however has no effect, it doesn't even make the wifi light go on or off (it's always off). From what I can tell, the button doesn't even generate an ACPI under linux. Anyway I can make the event fire? or another way to activate the card?

jiaming2k · 08-09-2006, 08:43 PM

I resently downloaded the ZD1211 linux driver for my wireless USB adaptor and installed it. But when I enter "ifconfig wlan0 up" it replys saying that wlan0 is not recognized. What is wrong? I followed the installation instructions from this site: http://zd1211.ath.cx/
Please help, I badly need internet.

Richard Rahl · 08-10-2006, 06:35 AM

If it means anything, or helps, I see this under PCI in KInfoCenter

3:07.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Gateway 7510GX
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

Also, the page on the ndiswrapper site (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...index.php/List) says that it works with 64-bit drivers, but the link doesn't work, it asks you for a username and password. Still working on it!

2Gnu · 08-10-2006, 09:22 AM

Here's the most relevant entry from the ndiswrapper wiki:

Code:

Laptop: Acer Aspire 5002 NWLMI

    * Chipset: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 802.11 b/g
    * Driver: BCMWL5a.inf from driver cd of Acer (32bit) and driver 64 bit from here
    * Other: Using ndiswrapper from SUSE 10 DVD (32 bit) I set up access with WEP 128 bit encryption. For Suse 64 bit the ndiswrapper 1.2 bundled in the cd DID NOT WORK. It was accepting the 64 bit driver but when giving modprobe ndiswrapper I was getting an error message saying FATAL MODULE NDISWRAPPER DOES NOT EXIST. I downloaded ndiswrapper version 1.1.4 and compiled it with kernel sources. It works fine now. --Nucleuskore 12:55, 20 Apr 2006 IST (+5:30GMT)

There were two links - one for the driver and one for the user who posted that comment (which would require his loging if you clicked on it).

Try following that post and see if it works.

Richard Rahl · 08-10-2006, 09:48 AM

So far so good.

I didn't try recompiling it with the kernel source (I haven't a clue how to do that, so lets hope I don't have to), but I DID find something very helpful on that page. These are the instructions I used on http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...ndex.php/List:

Quote:

5. Card: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller in HP Pavilion zv6000 (zv6203) AMD Athlon 64 CPU with Suse 10.0 X86_64

* Broadcom BCM4318 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
* pciid: 14e4:4318
* Driver: bcmwl5.inf, BCMWL564.SYS, also had to use the 64 bit version from [ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/note...it/80211g.zip] -- **Note: the Linuxant Driverloader drivers (64bit) will not work for this card. Only the Acer 64bit drivers have worked under this OS
* Other: Using Ndiswrapper 1.5 and the above driver with no problems. Suse 10 requires some extra help though with this wlan card. In order to work with Suse 10 x86_64, install ndiswrapper and driver then run modprobe ndiswrapper. After that, use Yast to add new network card. Select Device Type = Wireless, Configuration Name = wlan0 (or wlanX where X is the next wireless card number), Hardware Configuration Name = bus-pci-0000:XX:XX.X (replace the X's with the pci location of the device from the output of 'lspci -v') -- for example, my lspci -v returned ':03:02.0' before my BCM4318 card, therefore my Configuration Name is 'pci-bus-0000:03:02.0', Module Name = ndiswrapper, and lastly in Options, put irq=XX where XX is the IRQ number also returned in the output from lspci -v. Click Next and then enter the AP Name and key information if this applies to you. After you finish that and finish the configuration, restart and press F2 at the Suse 10 boot menu. **VERY IMPORTANT** Add the boot option of 'noapic' (NOT 'noacpi') and continue to boot. This option is required for Suse 10 x86_64 to see and use the BCM4318 card. Hope this helps!

My Broadcom card HAS been picked up and detected! I have a wlan0 running in network manager. I have to wait until I get home to see if I can connect to my access point. Keep your fingers crossed!

Note: I didn't do the adding the boot option step, as it didn't seem to be necessary (card picked up right away). If something goes wrong, I'll try it.

Richard Rahl · 08-10-2006, 05:33 PM

Okay. I see the wifi card in Linux, and I should be able to use it. The FN-F2 button works now and I can light up/light down the wireless light!

I actually saw my wifi point and my neighbours, but I couldn't connect. I tried turning off any encryption and tried again, no luck. Kwifimanager reported that they were encrypted, even though I know they are not!

Unfortunately, I restared to try that boot option listed above, and now I can't see the networks again. Still, making progress. But what now?

EDIT: I've gotten them up again, and actually connected and was on line wireless (yay !), but it does seem a little sparactic. I couldn't use the WPA encryption either, had to turn it off, I might have to recompile with that wpa supplicant thing, not sure yet. Gonna try doing that and getting it a little more stable. But it is working!

jiaming2k · 08-11-2006, 12:43 PM

I installed ndiswrapper and the ZD1211 driver but when i ran "ndiswrapper -l" it replied with "zd1211u -installed". I read the instructions in wiki and it's suppose to display "hardware install - hardware present". The adaptor is plugged into my USB but the light is off. What's wrong???

david_ross · 08-11-2006, 01:10 PM

jiaming2k, please don't post multiple threads about the same problem. I've merged your threads.