ndis wrapper error in Slackware 10.2
I have an Orinoco gold card 11b/g and the cardmgr detects it, so I've gotten the WindowsXP driver and d/l'ed that on the XP side.
Installed ndiswrapper and have run the commands that have created /etc/ndiswrapper. When I run ndiswrapper -l as root, I get the following output: Code:
root@probot:/home/cmmiller/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils# ./ndiswrapper -l thanks |
looks like a corrupted driver to me ... try another one or download it again :rolleyes:
what do you get issuing iwconfig as root? |
Are you doing the "ndiswrapper -i <driver>" inside the directory where the driver is located? Also, do you have both the .inf and the .sys files in the directory?
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also, one problem what I sometimes had with it is you have to make sure you have the .inf the .cat and the .sys file all of the same name in the directory you get the .inf file from; I did it a few times with JUST the .inf file and that messes it up and brings up the message you got.
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Why exactly are you trying to use ndiswrapper for an Orinoco gold card? Orinoco cards are natively supported very well by the kernel.
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When I ran Ubuntu with the same type of card, I had to also use the ndiswrapper to get it to work. |
I've d/l'ed the Orinoco driver for the NDIS wrapper again and it was a no go.
I'm posting some of my cardctl info to help with the troubleshooting: Code:
Also using iwlist can't see my locked down AP. Any ideas how I can get the orinoco card to work or get the WaveLAN card to find my locked down AP? thanks |
did you run the following?
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ndiswrapper -i DriverName.inf |
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root@probot:/home/cmmiller/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils# ./ndiswrapper -i /ntfs-c/Documents and Settings/CMMiller/My Documents/Orinoco/Winxp/ntpr11ag.inf thanks |
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./ndiswrapper -i "/ntfs-c/Documents and Settings/CMMiller/My Documents/Orinoco/Winxp/ntpr11ag.inf" Brian |
if it is supported nicely by the kernel, lets take that approach. That way you can avoid the windows wrapper/driver all together.
what do you get when you type lsmod? |
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Module Size Used by Not tainted snd-pcm-oss 36736 0 snd-mixer-oss 12376 0 [snd-pcm-oss] uhci 24284 0 (unused) ehci-hcd 17516 0 (unused) usbcore 59148 1 [uhci ehci-hcd] snd-via82xx 13376 0 gameport 1420 0 [snd-via82xx] snd-ac97-codec 58556 0 [snd-via82xx] snd-pcm 54344 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec] snd-timer 13764 0 [snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 3136 0 [snd-via82xx] snd-rawmidi 12480 0 [snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 3812 0 [snd-rawmidi] snd 32772 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] snd-page-alloc 4712 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd] soundcore 3396 4 [snd] via-rhine 12336 1 mii 2272 0 [via-rhine] crc32 2880 0 [via-rhine] ds 6548 1 yenta_socket 10436 1 pcmcia_core 39172 0 [ds yenta_socket] ntfs 51232 1 (autoclean) ide-scsi 9392 0 |
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Ok, so when I ran Ubuntu on this laptop, I used ndiswrapper and it seemed to work fine. I wonder if this is the resaon DHCP got blown out? Ok, I'll have to check out this madwifi when I get a chance. thanks everyone! |
Atheros is indeed the chipset. THe madwifi driver supports this chipset. But you are right too, that you can use ndiswrapper for your card.
I have slackware packages for madwifi and ndiswrapper that you could try out (both packages are a couple of months old). Eric |
I've d/l sharutils and subversion to /usr/share and getting ready to install madwifi packages for Slackware.
Does it matter what version I install? thanks |
It was pointed out earlier in the thread that you're not properly dealing with spaces on the command line. Have you tried the following advice?
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I just tried this and then I ran Code:
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cmmiller@probot:~/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils$ ndiswrapper -l When I go to modprobe ndiswrapper, no modules loads, so there is an error. A google search didn't turn up anything...should I just try to install madwifi instead? thanks |
Am I going to need a 2.6 kernel to get this working too?
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***BUMP*** No one really answered this question, if I need a 2.6 kernel to make madwifi work ok with Slackware? |
I guess you never clicked the link I provided you with in an earlier post in this thread, did you?
You can use the madwifi driver on 2.4 kernels as well as 2.6 kernels. The same is true for the ndiswrapper by the way. Actually, my madwifi packages were updated fairly recently, with versions for 2.4 and 2.6 kernels (Slackware 10.2 as well as slackware-current). Eric |
Ok, I used installpkg for 2.4 madwifi driver and then I did the following:
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modprobe ath_pci Code:
root@probot:/usr/share/madwifi# lsmod The next part of the directions wants me to create the following: Code:
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta man...somedays Linux drives me crazy... |
What directios did you read?
You should not have to run "wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta" at all... What does Code:
ifconfig -a Eric |
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root@probot:~# ifconfig -a Nothing for ath0...and I have power to the card, at least one of the LCDs is flashing... Code:
root@probot:~# cardctl status |
I would start thinking that the madwifi driver does not support your card, but yet I found your card's PCI ID (0271:0012) in a list with supported cards at http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility (not a Orinoco Gold card, but then again the list at madwifi.org is user-contributed).
When the driver loads, it logs several lines in the kernel log. When I type "dmesg" I see these lines for my card: Code:
ath_hal: 0.9.16.16 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) Quote:
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/sbin/modprobe ath_pci |
Eric, aka, Alien Bob...thanks for the kick-ass help so far, I don't do Linux F/T, just something for fun at night/weekends...
OK...I have ath_pci now loading at boot time and I think there is an error with the IRQs Output from dmesg Code:
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22 So I hit google before posting and there is a BIG thread with this same error on Linuxquestions.org.. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search /proc/pci does show this Code:
root@probot:/proc# cat pci |
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