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trizz
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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject: ndiswrapper 1.4 problem |
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after an update world which included ndiswrapper 1.4 (trying) to start wireless hangs the whole system. modprobe ndiswrapper does the same, no error logs were generated.
I upgraded to the 2.6.13 kernel from 2.6.11, recompiled ndiswrapper
same result.
For now I have >=net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.4 in package.mask, 1.2 works fine.
Has anyone else had this problem? I searched the forums but found nothing that realy matched what I'm seeing (or not seeing) as this hangs the whole system... no keyboard, no input devices at all, nothing responds. I have to hold down my power button for 5 seconds just to shut down. |
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soigres
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| exactly the same problem... any suggestion? |
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trizz
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Downgrading to the 1.2 version got my wireless back up but that's not exactly a fix. |
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[myrddin]
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
did you reinstall the drivers ( the windows drivers)?
I did a new installation on a laptop and everything works fine with ndiswrapper 1.4. Perhaps they changed something.
Hope this helps |
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soigres
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| now, with ndiswrapper 1.2, my wifi connection works fine but net.wlan0 doesn't exist... how to create it? |
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loisl
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| soigres wrote: | | now, with ndiswrapper 1.2, my wifi connection works fine but net.wlan0 doesn't exist... how to create it? |
| Code: | | ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 |
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loisl
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hai [myrddin],
| [myrddin] wrote: | Hi,
I did a new installation on a laptop and everything works fine with ndiswrapper 1.4. Perhaps they changed something.
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which WLAN card do You use? |
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trizz
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[myrddin]
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
I use a Dell 1300, which means a Broadcom BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN |
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loisl
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| [myrddin] wrote: |
did you reinstall the drivers ( the windows drivers)?
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I tried the same, but it did not work for me. System hangs after instering the wifi card (NETGEAR wg511)
0000:02:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Netgear WG511 Wireless Adapter
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 56, IRQ 11
Memory at 0a000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
000:02:00.0 Class 0280: 1260:3890 (rev 01)
Subsystem: 1385:4800
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 56, IRQ 11
Memory at 0a000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
I've filed Bug#110367 |
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Bachus
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, same here. I'm using some 2.6.13-gentoo kernel, with 4stack option disabled in combination with ndiswrapper 1.2 and linksys-wpc54g wificard + windows drivers... this works great! Upgrading to ndiswrapper 1.4 leads to a full system lock-up everytime the ndiswrapper module gets loaded, even if I reinstall the windows drivers.
The only thing that works for me is masking `>ndiswrapper-1.2' in package.mask and revert to version 1.2.
Could this be a bug since several people with several different combinations of hard- and software are experiencing this issue? |
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soigres
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| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| loisl wrote: | | soigres wrote: | | now, with ndiswrapper 1.2, my wifi connection works fine but net.wlan0 doesn't exist... how to create it? |
| Code: | | ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 |
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it didn't work... i made a cp of net.eth0 in net.wlan0 |
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fcgreg
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:03 am Post subject: Re: ndiswrapper 1.4 problem |
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| trizz wrote: | | after an update world which included ndiswrapper 1.4 (trying) to start wireless hangs the whole system. modprobe ndiswrapper does the same, no error logs were generated. |
Same problem here. System hangs at module load with 100% CPU utilization. I'd say there is DEFINITELY a problem with the new NDISWrapper build.
There is a bug in Bugzilla about this here.
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JJacobsson
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:23 am Post subject: |
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I have the same problem.. tried upgrading the windows drivers, tried diffrent windows drivers. Tried everything pretty much.
Actualy got it to work ONCE. For a few minutes. Then it locked. Refused to work a second time.
Downgraded to 1.2 and everything is fine.
As far as I understand it, with a kernel version >= 2.6.13 you dont have to care about the CONFIG_4KSTACKS warning you get when you build ndiswrapper right?
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The card in question:
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0000:02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 12f4
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
Memory at d2004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
0000:02:03.0 Class 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03)
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GothicKnight
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I've got the same problem, but isn't the system that crashes. I continue to have the input "slash" blinking in the console. This just happened when I inserted the PCMCIA card (BCM4306 802.11b/g), the CPU get's 100% and nothing more.
I didn't try any ssh connection to see if I can still reach the machine... It's strange because the 1.4 version in the ndiswrapper sf page is stable for some time. Anybody tried with a diferent kernel than gentoo-sources?
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vicaya
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:12 pm Post subject: ndiswrapper 1.4 works for me on amd64 |
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I just noticed after a sync that emerge wants to downgrade ndiswrapper from 1.4 to 1.2. So here I am.
Well it's been working fine for me on an amd64 laptop with the builtin broadcom 54g.
I'm using the current stable kernel for amd64: 2.6.13-r3 and wireless-tools-2.8_pre10 (2.7 works too but spew warnings about version match)
I wonder if it's an x86 specific issue. |
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fcgreg
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| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: ndiswrapper 1.4 works for me on amd64 |
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| vicaya wrote: | Well it's been working fine for me on an amd64 laptop with the builtin broadcom 54g.
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I wonder if it's an x86 specific issue. |
I'm using the same type of system as you (AMD64 laptop, Broadcom 54g on-board wireless) and it corrupts my kernel and immediately hangs my entire system. I had to reboot from a LiveCD initially as I was previously auto-loading the ndiswrapper module.
It's definitely NOT just an x86 issue.
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matobsk
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:03 am Post subject: |
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I'm using ndiswrapper 1.4 without a single issue, so I was a bit surprised to see the 1.2 downgrade in the list for my recent sync.
I'm having none of the issues represented here, so I think I'll hold off on this downgrade.
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uname -a
Linux matrix 2.6.13-archck8 #2 Fri Oct 14 07:39:18 EDT 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
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I just let portage update it to 1.4, then reinstalled the same windows driver like the ebuild told me to, and everything turned out perfect. |
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fcgreg
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| matobsk wrote: | I'm using ndiswrapper 1.4 without a single issue, so I was a bit surprised to see the 1.2 downgrade in the list for my recent sync.
I'm having none of the issues represented here, so I think I'll hold off on this downgrade.
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uname -a
Linux matrix 2.6.13-archck8 #2 Fri Oct 14 07:39:18 EDT 2005 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
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I just let portage update it to 1.4, then reinstalled the same windows driver like the ebuild told me to, and everything turned out perfect. |
Well, you're using a different processor than some of us. You're also using non-Gentoo-Sources for your kernel. Both of these could be making a huge difference -- especially the kernel.
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vicaya
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:57 am Post subject: Re: ndiswrapper 1.4 works for me on amd64 |
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| fcgreg wrote: | | vicaya wrote: | Well it's been working fine for me on an amd64 laptop with the builtin broadcom 54g.
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I wonder if it's an x86 specific issue. |
I'm using the same type of system as you (AMD64 laptop, Broadcom 54g on-board wireless) and it corrupts my kernel and immediately hangs my entire system. I had to reboot from a LiveCD initially as I was previously auto-loading the ndiswrapper module.
It's definitely NOT just an x86 issue. |
Hmm, I have zero issue with it so far. And I'm using stock gentoo-source 2.6.13-r3 (preempt/no smp)
| Code: | % uname -a
Linux galen 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 #1 Thu Oct 13 00:17:46 PDT 2005 x86_64 Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
% lspci | grep 802.11
0000:00:0c.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
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fcgreg
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: ndiswrapper 1.4 works for me on amd64 |
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| vicaya wrote: | | fcgreg wrote: | | ...It's definitely NOT just an x86 issue. |
Hmm, I have zero issue with it so far. And I'm using stock gentoo-source 2.6.13-r3 (preempt/no smp) |
I don't see what difference that makes. That's like saying: "My 1999 Ford Explorer has no problems... so I don't understand how any others can, either."
You realize, hopefully, that the success of your machine, by itself, has nothing to do with whether or not this entire issue is simply "an x86 issue". You are only addressing a few variables, when each system has (potentially) dozens and dozens of such variables.
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vicaya
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:55 am Post subject: Re: ndiswrapper 1.4 works for me on amd64 |
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| fcgreg wrote: | | vicaya wrote: | | fcgreg wrote: | | ...It's definitely NOT just an x86 issue. |
Hmm, I have zero issue with it so far. And I'm using stock gentoo-source 2.6.13-r3 (preempt/no smp) |
I don't see what difference that makes. That's like saying: "My 1999 Ford Explorer has no problems... so I don't understand how any others can, either."
You realize, hopefully, that the success of your machine, by itself, has nothing to do with whether or not this entire issue is simply "an x86 issue". You are only addressing a few variables, when each system has (potentially) dozens and dozens of such variables. |
I hope you realize that I was not arguing for "it's an x86 issue". I was merely providing more info of my config (preempt/no smp.) My gut feeling was that turning on kernel preemption might be a workaround to the problem. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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1.4 worked solidly on my AMD64 system until I upgraded to my X2 chip. Now it locks up tight. 1.2 work flawlessly but slow.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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All right, upgraded to ndiswrapper 1.5 and my lockups are gone. However, my downloads are erratic and slow. Sites I used to get 600kps now give me 30.
has anyone else run into this problem?
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