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No WLAN on Acer Extensa 4014

Bug #121819 reported by n_v_v on 2007-06-22

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned
	ndiswrapper (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

On Acer Extensa notebook WLAN does not work. Wlan option is not listed in Network Settings.
Normal cable lan works ok.

uname -a
Linux vla-acer 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
08:01.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller (rev 10)
08:01.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:01.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:01.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: (rev 01)
08:01.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

the card is there:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

however in Windows XP the card works under AR5007EG name.

ndiswrapped does not work with WORKING winxp drivers:

ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)

dmesg | grep ndis:

[ 48.000084] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[ 48.062343] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 2682.156000] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 2708.956000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[ 2709.000000] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,11/15/2006,5.1.1.9) loaded
[ 2709.000000] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2467): closing handle 0xd3ab12a8 not implemented
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:231): log: C0001389, count: 4, return_address: dd3de6d4
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0xca3547c8
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0x28
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0xdca9c000
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234): code: 0xdca9c000
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (miniport_init:275): couldn't initialize device: C000009A
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (pnp_start_device:426): Windows driver couldn't initialize the device (C0000001)
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (miniport_halt:339): device ca354400 is not initialized - not halting
[ 2709.008000] ndiswrapper: device eth%d removed
[ 2709.008000] ndiswrapper: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -22
[ 2709.020000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:24:2B:B1:2C
          inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe2b:b12c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:129028 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:70635 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:186700873 (178.0 MiB) TX bytes:5278425 (5.0 MiB)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xcc00

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:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:5300 (5.1 KiB) TX bytes:5300 (5.1 KiB)

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lsmod | grep ath:
ath_pci 97312 0
wlan 204484 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 192592 1 ath_pci

What else could I provide... ?
Thanks in advance.

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Kapis (capiscuas) wrote on 2007-06-27:

ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)

Try to remove the module ath_pci to let ndiswrapper to use the wifi.
"sudo rmmod ath_pci" or "sudo modprobe -r ath_pci"

also try put that module in the blacklist of modprobe to avoid his loading on the startup:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-common

Insert this line:
blacklist ath_pci

Then restart.
When u will boot again. Try to remove the old ndiswrapper driver:
        #ndiswrapper -r net5211
and load again:
        #ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
then install to modprobe
        #ndiswrapper -m

Then you should be able to see from ifconfig the new lan named wlan0

Tell me the results.

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Kapis (capiscuas) wrote on 2007-06-27:

First install the last version of ndiswrapper, from here http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
follow this requirements:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_openwiki/Itemid,33/id,installation/

ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)

Try to remove the module ath_pci to let ndiswrapper to use the wifi.
"sudo rmmod ath_pci" or "sudo modprobe -r ath_pci"

also try put that module in the blacklist of modprobe to avoid his loading on the startup:

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-common

Insert this line:
blacklist ath_pci

Then you should be able to see from ifconfig the new lan named wlan0

Tell me the results.

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n_v_v (n-v-v) wrote on 2007-06-28:

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vla@vla-acer:~$ sudo modprobe -r ath_pci
Password:
vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod | grep ath
---nothing---

vla@vla-acer:/etc/modprobe.d$ cat blacklist-common
blacklist ath_pci

--after reboot--
vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod | grep ath
--nothing--

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ls -l
total 2972
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 528096 2006-11-15 07:00 ar5211.sys
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 524518 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.cab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 24586 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.hdr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 561027 2007-01-29 15:29 data2.cab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 346602 2002-07-25 16:07 ikernel.ex_
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 552214 2006-11-27 10:44 ISSetup.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 417 2007-01-29 15:29 layout.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 18800 2007-01-25 05:58 net5211.cat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 49933 2007-01-18 14:49 net5211.inf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 164784 2006-05-17 17:21 _Setup.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 56320 2001-09-05 04:23 setup.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 142 2007-01-29 15:29 setup.ini
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 144763 2007-01-22 09:45 setup.inx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 814 2006-11-27 15:00 setup.iss

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -l
--nothing--

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
installing net5211 ...
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
...
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan#

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -m
adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper ...

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:24:2B:B1:2C
          inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe2b:b12c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:248373 (242.5 KiB) TX bytes:55727 (54.4 KiB)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xac00

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:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:100 (100.0 b) TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)

So, no effect. BUT: when I added "modprobe ndiswrapper"
the whole system hang. I rebooted (power button), booted in
normal mode, the progress bar hangs.
I rebooted in recovery mode, it hangs in "configuring network resources".
After "rmmod ndiswrapper" and CTRD+D the system loaded and the WLAN
option was active in Network Configurat...

vla@vla-acer:~$ sudo modprobe -r ath_pci
Password:
vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod | grep ath
---nothing---

vla@vla-acer:/etc/modprobe.d$ cat blacklist-common 
blacklist ath_pci

--after reboot--
vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod | grep ath
--nothing--

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ls -l
total 2972
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 528096 2006-11-15 07:00 ar5211.sys
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 524518 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.cab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  24586 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.hdr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 561027 2007-01-29 15:29 data2.cab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 346602 2002-07-25 16:07 ikernel.ex_
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 552214 2006-11-27 10:44 ISSetup.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    417 2007-01-29 15:29 layout.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  18800 2007-01-25 05:58 net5211.cat
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  49933 2007-01-18 14:49 net5211.inf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 164784 2006-05-17 17:21 _Setup.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  56320 2001-09-05 04:23 setup.exe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    142 2007-01-29 15:29 setup.ini
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 144763 2007-01-22 09:45 setup.inx
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    814 2006-11-27 15:00 setup.iss

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -l
--nothing--

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf 
installing net5211 ...
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
...
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan#

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -m
adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper ...

root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ifconfig 
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:24:2B:B1:2C  
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe2b:b12c/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:248373 (242.5 KiB)  TX bytes:55727 (54.4 KiB)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xac00

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:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:100 (100.0 b)  TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)

Now I have:
vla@vla-acer:~$ dmesg | grep ndis
[   37.716368] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[   37.852291] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,11/15/2006,5.1.1.9) loaded
[   37.852778] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2467): closing handle 0xd4fcb1e8 not implemented
[   38.265715] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 19
[   38.772558] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

The complete lsmod again:

vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            12680  1 
rfcomm                 40856  0 
l2cap                  25856  5 rfcomm
bluetooth              55908  4 rfcomm,l2cap
fglrx                 540004  11 
ppdev                  10116  0 
powernow_k8            16064  0 
cpufreq_conservative     8200  0 
cpufreq_stats           7360  0 
cpufreq_powersave       2688  0 
cpufreq_ondemand        9228  1 
freq_table              5792  3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_userspace       5408  0 
pcc_acpi               13184  0 
sony_acpi               6284  0 
tc1100_wmi              8068  0 
dev_acpi               12292  0 
button                  8720  0 
battery                10756  0 
dock                   10268  0 
asus_acpi              17308  0 
sbs                    15652  0 
i2c_ec                  6016  1 sbs
video                  16388  0 
backlight               7040  1 asus_acpi
container               5248  0 
ac                      6020  0 
ndiswrapper           194608  0 
nls_utf8                3072  1 
ntfs                  107764  1 
ipv6                  268960  8 
parport_pc             36388  0 
lp                     12452  0 
parport                36936  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
fuse                   46612  0 
af_packet              23816  6 
joydev                 10816  0 
snd_hda_intel          21912  1 
snd_hda_codec         205056  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            44544  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17408  2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                79876  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           4740  0 
snd_seq_oss            32896  0 
pcmcia                 39212  0 
8139too                27648  0 
snd_seq_midi            9600  0 
snd_rawmidi            25472  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
ide_cd                 32672  0 
snd_seq                52592  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              23684  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          9100  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    54020  10 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
pcspkr                  4224  0 
cdrom                  37664  1 ide_cd
serio_raw               7940  0 
sdhci                  18700  0 
psmouse                38920  0 
soundcore               8672  2 snd
mmc_core               26756  1 sdhci
i2c_piix4               9740  0 
snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
k8temp                  6656  0 
yenta_socket           27532  1 
rsrc_nonstatic         14080  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            40852  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ati_agp                10124  0 
agpgart                35400  2 fglrx,ati_agp
i2c_core               22656  2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4
shpchp                 34324  0 
pci_hotplug            32576  1 shpchp
tsdev                   8768  0 
evdev                  11008  4 
ext3                  133128  1 
jbd                    59816  1 ext3
mbcache                 9604  1 ext3
sg                     36252  0 
sd_mod                 23428  4 
generic                 5124  0 [permanent]
8139cp                 25088  0 
mii                     6528  2 8139too,8139cp
ohci_hcd               22532  0 
atiixp                  7440  0 [permanent]
ehci_hcd               34188  0 
usbcore               134280  4 ndiswrapper,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
sata_sil               12808  3 
ata_generic             9092  0 
libata                125720  2 sata_sil,ata_generic
scsi_mod              142348  3 sg,sd_mod,libata
thermal                14856  0 
processor              31048  2 powernow_k8,thermal
fan                     5636  0 
fbcon                  42656  0 
tileblit                3584  1 fbcon
font                    9216  1 fbcon
bitblit                 6912  1 fbcon
softcursor              3200  1 bitblit
vesafb                  9220  0 
capability              5896  0 
commoncap               8192  1 capability

What else could I try?

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Kapis (capiscuas) wrote on 2007-06-29: Re: [Bug 121819] Re: No WLAN on Acer Extensa 1014

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You must upgrade the version of Ndiswrapper, the 1.38 is having problems
with new commands of the driver .ini that makes the system hang.
Upgrade to the last version(currently 1.47)

You must upgrade the version of Ndiswrapper, the 1.38 is having problems 
with new commands of the driver .ini that makes the system hang.
Upgrade to the last version(currently 1.47)

n_v_v wrote:
> vla@vla-acer:~$ sudo modprobe -r ath_pci
> Password:
> vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod | grep ath
> ---nothing---
>
> vla@vla-acer:/etc/modprobe.d$ cat blacklist-common 
> blacklist ath_pci
>
> --after reboot--
> vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod | grep ath
> --nothing--
>
> root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ls -l
> total 2972
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 528096 2006-11-15 07:00 ar5211.sys
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 524518 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.cab
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  24586 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.hdr
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 561027 2007-01-29 15:29 data2.cab
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 346602 2002-07-25 16:07 ikernel.ex_
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 552214 2006-11-27 10:44 ISSetup.dll
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    417 2007-01-29 15:29 layout.bin
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  18800 2007-01-25 05:58 net5211.cat
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  49933 2007-01-18 14:49 net5211.inf
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 164784 2006-05-17 17:21 _Setup.dll
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  56320 2001-09-05 04:23 setup.exe
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    142 2007-01-29 15:29 setup.ini
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 144763 2007-01-22 09:45 setup.inx
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    814 2006-11-27 15:00 setup.iss
>
>
> root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -l
> --nothing--
>
> root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf 
> installing net5211 ...
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> ...
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# 
>
>
> root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -m
> adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper ...
>
>
> root@vla-acer:/opt/wlan# ifconfig 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:24:2B:B1:2C  
>           inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe2b:b12c/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>           RX bytes:248373 (242.5 KiB)  TX bytes:55727 (54.4 KiB)
>           Interrupt:20 Base address:0xac00 
>
> 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:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
>           RX bytes:100 (100.0 b)  TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)
>
> So, no effect. BUT: when I added "modprobe ndiswrapper"
> the whole system hang. I rebooted (power button), booted in
> normal mode, the progress bar hangs.
> I rebooted in recovery mode, it hangs in "configuring network resources".
> After "rmmod ndiswrapper" and CTRD+D the system loaded and the WLAN
> option was active in Network Configuration!
> Trying to configure WLAN the whole system hangs again.
> I placed ndiswrapper to the blacklist so far...
>
> Now I have:
> vla@vla-acer:~$ dmesg | grep ndis
> [   37.716368] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
> [   37.852291] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,11/15/2006,5.1.1.9) loaded
> [   37.852778] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2467): closing handle 0xd4fcb1e8 not implemented
> [   38.265715] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 19
> [   38.772558] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
>
> The complete lsmod again:
>
> vla@vla-acer:~$ lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> binfmt_misc            12680  1 
> rfcomm                 40856  0 
> l2cap                  25856  5 rfcomm
> bluetooth              55908  4 rfcomm,l2cap
> fglrx                 540004  11 
> ppdev                  10116  0 
> powernow_k8            16064  0 
> cpufreq_conservative     8200  0 
> cpufreq_stats           7360  0 
> cpufreq_powersave       2688  0 
> cpufreq_ondemand        9228  1 
> freq_table              5792  3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
> cpufreq_userspace       5408  0 
> pcc_acpi               13184  0 
> sony_acpi               6284  0 
> tc1100_wmi              8068  0 
> dev_acpi               12292  0 
> button                  8720  0 
> battery                10756  0 
> dock                   10268  0 
> asus_acpi              17308  0 
> sbs                    15652  0 
> i2c_ec                  6016  1 sbs
> video                  16388  0 
> backlight               7040  1 asus_acpi
> container               5248  0 
> ac                      6020  0 
> ndiswrapper           194608  0 
> nls_utf8                3072  1 
> ntfs                  107764  1 
> ipv6                  268960  8 
> parport_pc             36388  0 
> lp                     12452  0 
> parport                36936  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
> fuse                   46612  0 
> af_packet              23816  6 
> joydev                 10816  0 
> snd_hda_intel          21912  1 
> snd_hda_codec         205056  1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm_oss            44544  0 
> snd_mixer_oss          17408  2 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                79876  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy           4740  0 
> snd_seq_oss            32896  0 
> pcmcia                 39212  0 
> 8139too                27648  0 
> snd_seq_midi            9600  0 
> snd_rawmidi            25472  1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> ide_cd                 32672  0 
> snd_seq                52592  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer              23684  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device          9100  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd                    54020  10 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> pcspkr                  4224  0 
> cdrom                  37664  1 ide_cd
> serio_raw               7940  0 
> sdhci                  18700  0 
> psmouse                38920  0 
> soundcore               8672  2 snd
> mmc_core               26756  1 sdhci
> i2c_piix4               9740  0 
> snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> k8temp                  6656  0 
> yenta_socket           27532  1 
> rsrc_nonstatic         14080  1 yenta_socket
> pcmcia_core            40852  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> ati_agp                10124  0 
> agpgart                35400  2 fglrx,ati_agp
> i2c_core               22656  2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4
> shpchp                 34324  0 
> pci_hotplug            32576  1 shpchp
> tsdev                   8768  0 
> evdev                  11008  4 
> ext3                  133128  1 
> jbd                    59816  1 ext3
> mbcache                 9604  1 ext3
> sg                     36252  0 
> sd_mod                 23428  4 
> generic                 5124  0 [permanent]
> 8139cp                 25088  0 
> mii                     6528  2 8139too,8139cp
> ohci_hcd               22532  0 
> atiixp                  7440  0 [permanent]
> ehci_hcd               34188  0 
> usbcore               134280  4 ndiswrapper,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
> sata_sil               12808  3 
> ata_generic             9092  0 
> libata                125720  2 sata_sil,ata_generic
> scsi_mod              142348  3 sg,sd_mod,libata
> thermal                14856  0 
> processor              31048  2 powernow_k8,thermal
> fan                     5636  0 
> fbcon                  42656  0 
> tileblit                3584  1 fbcon
> font                    9216  1 fbcon
> bitblit                 6912  1 fbcon
> softcursor              3200  1 bitblit
> vesafb                  9220  0 
> capability              5896  0 
> commoncap               8192  1 capability
>
>
> What else could I try?
>
>

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n_v_v (n-v-v) wrote on 2007-06-29: Re: No WLAN on Acer Extensa 1014

OK. Wonderfull! With the updated version of ndiswrapper I could enable the WLAN. I'm writing this without cable :)

Two points more:

1) booting with modprobe-d ndiswrapper, ubuntu hangs for ~20-30 seconds, then continues, and there are no error messages during "Configuring network devices...".
Can we somehow avoid this delay? Can we debug what's happening?

2) The hardware LED indicator of WLAN is dead. Never blinks, never is ON. But the button itself works. It turns OFF and ON the WLAN. Connection breaks and is established back.
Rather inconvinient not to know whether WLAN is active... On windows XP with the same driver LED works. Can we also debug this issue somehow?

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Andreas Gnau (rondom) wrote on 2008-04-10:

As hardy has the newest version of ndiswrapper included, this bug can be closed. Please report any other issues you mentioned as seperate bugs, as they are unlikely to be seen.

Please test again with hardy and report any remaining bugs.

Changed in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24:
status:	New → Fix Released
Changed in ndiswrapper:
status:	New → Fix Released

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