Can't Locate Module wlan0

mattp · 01-15-2005, 12:15 AM

What would it say in LSMOD?

2Gnu · 01-15-2005, 01:04 AM

This is what I get from mine, using a Broadcom card on a Dell laptop under Slack:

Code:

bash-3.00# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
cisco_ipsec           378784   0
snd-pcm-oss            37056   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          12280   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-intel8x0           17824   1
snd-ac97-codec         51424   0  [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm                55176   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer              13444   0  [snd-pcm]
snd                    30884   1  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
soundcore               3396   4  [snd]
snd-page-alloc          4712   0  [snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd]
ds                      6548   1
yenta_socket           10436   1
pcmcia_core            39172   0  [ds yenta_socket]
ide-scsi                9104   0
ndiswrapper            80920   1
bcm5700                83108   0  (unused)
usb-storage            62336   0  (unused)
usb-uhci               21936   0  (unused)
usbcore                58860   0  [ndiswrapper usb-storage usb-uhci]
agpgart                45092   7

And:

Code:

bash-3.00# ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5a driver present, hardware present

mattp · 01-17-2005, 09:35 AM

If you look on my Konsole output on page 1, you can see it says:

Unknown line at line 1809
Duplicate HUT Usage Spec at line 2650

after I hit ndiswrapper -l

Could this be the problem?

2Gnu · 01-17-2005, 10:05 AM

Not sure what the error means. Are you using the correct driver?
lsbcmnds.inf doesn't sound right to me. I don't have the same card, but I'm using the bcmwl5a.sys driver.

I downloaded what I think is the correct driver for your card: ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/WP....22.1.2004.zip

A file named BCMWL5.SYS is contained there. Check the ndiswrapper Wiki and README to confirm that you're using the right file.

mattp · 01-17-2005, 11:56 AM

In that ZIP (btw is the same one that Im working with) the .inf file is called lsbcmnds.inf. That is the file I should be using with ndiswrapper to install the drivers right? In any case, I tried

ndiswrapper -i bcmw15.sys

just for the fun of it and got:

Installed ndis drivers:
bcmw15.sys invalid driver!

when I hit ndiswrapper -l

Thanks for the help thus far!

2Gnu · 01-17-2005, 07:10 PM

Yeah, I'm trying to do this from memory and without real-time access to the laptop with this config. Sorry.

According to the install instructions, the .sys and .inf files need to be in the same dir and that care should be used if multiple files with those extensions are present. According to some post on the Wiki, you should be using wlipnds.inf and not lsbcmnds.inf.

I suggest that you try this:
Delete whatever is now in /etc/ndiswrapper to get a fresh start
Copy both wlipnds.inf and bcmwl5.sys to a dir and cd to that dir
Run ndiswrapper -i wlipnds.inf to build the correct files in /etc/ndiswrapper
Run ndiswrapper -l to load and test
modprobe ndiswrapper to see the driver status

Hopefully, that will put this train back on the track.

mattp · 01-17-2005, 11:37 PM

lsmod now shows ndiswrapper.

When I do ndiswrapper -l it shows:
wlipnds driver present

It doesn't say hardware present like it did with lsbcmnds.inf

iwconfig wlan0 still gives errors and ifconfig wlan0 up also won't bring up wlan0.

2Gnu · 01-17-2005, 11:55 PM

I'm stumped. I've spent more time on your ndiswrapper installation than I did on my own - not a complaint, but a comment on the difficulty of this one. You 've exhausted every possibility I can think of. I'm hopeful that someone else with this config can shed some light on why it's not working.

mattp · 01-18-2005, 02:22 PM

Your help has not gone unappreciated!! Thank you!

I knew this was comming when I decided to go with Linux on my laptop...

cswor · 01-19-2005, 11:02 AM

I have been working w/HP laptop which has the Broadcom chipset. What I have been able to get working is thru Linuxant. Two problems: 1) It has never survived a reboot although I could go back and reconfigure each time. Down now after reloading the OS (FC3). Not sure what is going to be needed to get it up; 2) Linuxant is not a freeware solution. Its not terribly expensive. Figure your time at minimum wage and multiply by the hours you have spent trying to get this thing up. I don't have the heart to calculate my costs.

Wireless is a nuisance. If you can, try buy a card that is known to be supported. Even this can be difficult since the vendors change chipsets on what otherwise appears to be the same card. Need to watch version numbers. The vendors aren't motivated to support Linux. They are happy selling to the Microsoft part of the pie. If enough people become vocal and just refuse to buy cards that don't offer Linux support, we may be able to get their attention. Some emails to them voicing opinions may help (maybe not since they really may not care). It will at lest give you a chance to vent some frustration.

Maybe the vendor would refund your money (probably not). But this hits at what they care about: $'s.

fader · 01-28-2005, 05:03 PM

Guys, especially mattp, I just started a thread on Linuxquestions.org about the same card. I thought no one had this card. But I'd like to know what steps you took to get the card configured. This is the speedbooster one, right?

I'm using Slack 10. The problem I have is when I install lsbcmnds.inf and then type:

ndiswrapper -l

it says:

driver present, hardware NOT present.

Can you give me a detailed walkthrough right after you purchased the card. I would appreciate this so much. See my post at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...9#post1436899. Thanks!

fader · 01-28-2005, 08:08 PM

fader · 01-29-2005, 09:02 AM

DavidPhillips · 02-08-2005, 12:30 AM

Bumping is not helping the problem. Maybe you should give more information on what new things you have tried.

fader · 02-08-2005, 05:33 AM

I reinstalled slackware and the upgraded to current. But that has nothing to do with it. I did not however fiddle with the pcmcia scripts at bootup. But I know for a fact that my computer is not detecting my cardbus via lspci. I think I have the solution, but it involves adding a extra port to probe for in the config.opts file. That just might be the problem. I dunno