ndiswrapper installs but does not load netgear WG111T in AMD64 nVidis MOBO

[btamxx]

hi. I hope this is the proper way to submit a questiojn. I do not see any way to start a new thread. If I am out of line here, please pardon me and direct me to the correct place. Thanks.

I installed unbuntu 8.04 on my eMachine 5230 (nVidia MOBO for AMD64) and i am trying to get a netgear wg111T wireless usb adapter to work. i installed ndiswrapper successfully along with the graphic interface for it. however after installing the drivers in ndiswrapper, ndiswrapper shows the hardware as present, but the network manager does not see it.

I have spent the last three days researching the Ubunto and Netgear sites and found many manual and GUI methods of installing the drivers, all of which fail to show up in the network manager. One paper said that both netgear drivers need to be installed by ndiswrapper but still no joy.

Checking the system logs, ndiswrapper complains that the drivers are 32 bit on a 64 bit machine. But Netgear does not make any 64 bit drivers for the WG111T. The logs follow below.

I believe I have done due diligence before asking a lot of dumb questions so if anyone has anything to offer, I sure would appreciate it.

Bill Thames

kernlog:
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x02] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 2, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 high level)
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 14 global_irq 14 high edge)
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 15 global_irq 15 high edge)
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
May 10 23:23:31 Skywalker kernel: [ 0.000000] ACPI: IRQ14 used by override.

Userlog:
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker loadndisdriver: loadndisdriver: load_driver(358): couldn't load driver athfmwdl
May 13 13:12:12 Skywalker dhcdbd: Started up.

syslog:
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28218.893521] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28218.894234] ndiswrapper (ntoskernel_exit:2708): object ffff810035c25430(2) was not freed, freeing it now
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28218.906279] ndiswrapper version 1.52 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28218.968114] usb 1-5: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28219.027492] ndiswrapper (check_nt_hdr:150): kernel is 64-bit, but Windows driver is not 64-bit;bad magic: 010B
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28219.027500] ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:210): couldn't prepare driver 'athfmwdl'
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker loadndisdriver: loadndisdriver: load_driver(358): couldn't load driver athfmwdl
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28219.027777] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:112): couldn't load driver athfmwdl; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
May 13 13:09:09 Skywalker kernel: [28219.027811] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

[btamxx (beritter)]

Sorry. I really don't know my way around here yet.