[Ndiswrapper-general] Re: I can not active wlan0

[Larry F. <Lar...@lw...>]

kepa rodriguez wrote:
> Hi
> 
>     - I have a laptop with wifi HP nx9105 (AMD x86_64). I am with a
> SuSE Linux 9.3.
>      I installed successfully ndiswrapper. The release is 1.3rc1
>      -My kernel is 
> 
>    # uname -r -m 
> 
>       2.6.11.4-21.7-default x86_64
> 
> 
>     -My Wireless Controller is:
> 
>      # lspci
> 
>      0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306
> 802.11b/g
>      Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
> 
>      -I installed de module:
> 
>     # ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
> 
>        Installing bcmwl5
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
>        Forcing parameter IBSSGMode|0 to IBSSGMode|2
> 
>       The driver is installed in ndiswrapper:
> 
>        #  ndiswrapper -l
>          Installed ndis drivers:
>          bcmwl5          driver present, hardware present
> 
>       I load in the kernel ndiswrapper:
> 
>        # modprobe ndiswrapper
> 
>       and I look the kernel messages
> 
>        # tail -f /var/log/messages
> 
>  Sep 16 00:15:56 linuxmovil loadndisdriver: *** glibc detected ***
> free(): invalid pointer:   0x00002aaaaaaf3000 ***
> Sep 16 00:15:56 linuxmovil kernel: ndiswrapper: unsupported module,
> tainting kernel.
> Sep 16 00:15:56 linuxmovil kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.3rc1 loaded
> (preempt=no,smp=no)
> Sep 16 00:15:56 linuxmovil kernel: ndiswrapper (check_nt_hdr:156):
> Windows driver is not 64-bit; bad magic: 010B
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The answer is here. You tried to load a 32-bit driver on a 64-bit 
kernel. You need to obtain the 64 bit driver. It should exist for the 
64-bit version of Windows.

> Sep 16 00:15:56 linuxmovil kernel: ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:481):
> unable to prepare driver 'bcmwl5'
> Sep 16 00:15:56 linuxmovil kernel: ndiswrapper
> (ndiswrapper_load_driver:93): loadndiswrapper failed (6); check system
> log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
> 
> The interface wlan0 is not active, How I fix this problem. I'd like to
> use the wireless.
> Thanks for everything
> 
>                                        kepa
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