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From: Matthew Daubenspeck <matt@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:20:44
Message-Id: 20070420174833.GD12275@sinclair
1 I am trying to get wireless working on an x86 install using ndiswrapper.
2 It worked for about 2 days, then stopped for no reason.
3
4 modprobe works:
5 net5416 : driver installed
6 device (168C:0024) present
7
8 Although running a standard iwconfig command fails:
9 Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
10 SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
11
12 iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed key hexkey essid local_wireless_wap channel
13 11 rate 54M
14
15 Here is dmesg:
16
17 ndiswrapper version 1.42 loaded (smp=yes)
18 ndiswrapper: driver net5416 (,12/13/2006,6.0.2.75) loaded
19 ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
20 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
21 ndiswrapper: using IRQ 16
22 wlan0: ethernet device 00:19:e3:08:97:ae using serialized NDIS driver:
23 net5416, version: 0x60000, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: '',
24 168C:0024.5.conf
25 ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:191): log: C0001389, count: 4,
26 return_address: f8a99780
27 ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0xf54906c0
28 ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0xa
29 ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0xf8981004
30 ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0xf8981004
31 ndiswrapper (set_encr_mode:692): setting encryption mode to 0 failed
32 (C000009A)
33 ndiswrapper (set_auth_mode:661): setting auth mode to 3 failed
34 (C000009A)
35 wlan0: encryption modes supported: none
36 ndiswrapper (set_infra_mode:197): getting operating mode to failed
37 (C000009A)
38 ndiswrapper (set_scan:1177): scanning failed (C000009A)
39 ndiswrapper (set_auth_mode:661): setting auth mode to 0 failed
40 (C000009A)
41 ndiswrapper (set_encr_mode:692): setting encryption mode to 1 failed
42 (C000009A)
43 ndiswrapper (set_essid:59): setting essid failed (C000009A)
44
45 I've googled and I can't seem to come up with anything. Any suggestions?
46 --
47 Matthew Daubenspeck
48 http://oddprocess.org
49
50 Gentoo Linux x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 165
51 13:45:21 up 77 days, 3:32, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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Re: [gentoo-user] ndiswrapper Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>