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> > The built-in Atheros AR5006EG wireless adapter in my Acer Aspire 4720Z |
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> > laptop doesn't work with madwifi-ng yet. ndiswrapper is reported to |
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> > work on ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net but there is no 64-bit driver |
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> > listed. I've found a 64-bit Vista driver but ndiswrapper doesn't work |
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> > with Vista drivers. Is there any way to use a 32-bit driver with |
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> > ndiswrapper on a 64-bit system? |
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> > |
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> > If this wireless card is impossible to use on a 64-bit Linux system I |
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> > guess I'll buy a PCI Express or USB card. Any form factor, |
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> > manufacturer, or chipset recommendations? |
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> > |
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> > - Grant |
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> > |
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> > P.S. 64-bits just aren't worth it on the desktop. |
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> > |
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> I have used the windows 64 from here; |
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> http://www.atheros.cz/ |
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I tried that but I get in dmesg: |
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ndiswrapper version 1.50 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no) |
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ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:576): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address |
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in the driver |
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ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,06/21/2007,5.3.0.56) loaded |
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ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 |
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ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2227): closing handle 0x0 not implemented |
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PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64 |
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ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:191): log: C0001389, count: 4, |
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return_address: ffffffff8809a56e |
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ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x14858800 |
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ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x28 |
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ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x100ca000 |
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ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x100ca000 |
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ndiswrapper (mp_init:216): couldn't initialize device: C000009A |
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ndiswrapper (pnp_start_device:439): Windows driver couldn't initialize |
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the device (C0000001) |
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ndiswrapper (mp_halt:259): device ffff810017576700 is not initialized |
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- not halting |
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ndiswrapper: device eth%d removed |
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ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:00.0 disabled |
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ndiswrapper: probe of 0000:04:00.0 failed with error -22 |
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Does that mean Acer uses a special implementation of AR5006EG that |
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won't work with the standard AR5006EG driver? |
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- Grant |
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