Comment 4 for bug 121819

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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