Comment 3 for bug 121819

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

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?