[Ndiswrapper-general] cannot work with ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant

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Hi there!

Please Cc me, I'm not on your list.

Sorry for this reall long post, this comes because I really have
investigated many time for finding a solution to my problem:

I have read many and I used google a lot, but I cannot figure out
whats happening here.

The configuration is public, see website
http://www.uni-salzburg.at/portal/page?_pageid=565,255839&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. (Essid:
Plus, psk: ITServices06), the essid is not broadcasted.  My Card is a
DWL-G650+ (D-Link AirPlus G+).

But I cannot connect.

My wpa_supplicant.conf:
-----------
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0

ap_scan=1
network={
        ssid="Plus"
#       psk="ITServices06"

psk=c62903a45816de75871eb5a674f6ac3d0d0fb8e0e1ee4efb99e8ecf5d904ce4b
        proto=WPA
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        priority=5
}
-----------

# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Plus"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point:
Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:10 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3  
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:15:62:27:80:70
                    ESSID:""
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-67 dBm  Noise
level:-256 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0

Extra:wpa_ie=dd180050f20101000050f20501000050f20201000050f2022800

The essid on the AP will be visibile, when I do "iwconfig mode auto
essid Plus".  I have to do this because otherwise wpa_supplicant
cannot find the AP.

# ifconfig wlan0 up
# wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -dd
Initializing interface 'wlan0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver
'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' ->
'/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
ctrl_interface='/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=1
Line: 13 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=4):
     50 6c 75 73                                       Plus
PSK - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
proto: 0x1
key_mgmt: 0x2
priority=5 (0x5)
Priority group 5
   id=0 ssid='Plus'
Initializing interface (2) 'wlan0'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=19 WE(source)=18 enc_capa=0x5
  capabilities: key_mgmt 0x5 enc 0x7
Own MAC address: 00:11:95:6e:06:83
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Added interface wlan0
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
RTM_NEWLINK, IFLA_IFNAME: Interface 'wlan0' added
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Trying to get current scan results first without requesting a new scan
to speed up initial association
Received 576 bytes of scan results (2 BSSes)
Scan results: 2
Selecting BSS from priority group 5
0: 00:15:62:52:84:70 ssid='Plus' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   selected based on WPA IE
Trying to associate with 00:15:62:52:84:70 (SSID='Plus' freq=2412 MHz)
Cancelling scan request
WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 4 pairwise 8 key_mgmt 2
WPA: set AP WPA IE - hexdump(len=26): dd 18 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2
05 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02 28 00
WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
WPA: using GTK WEP104
WPA: using PTK TKIP
WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00
00 50 f2 05 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
wpa_driver_wext_associate
Setting authentication timeout: 10 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b04 len=12
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=12
Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.
Added BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 into blacklist
State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
Setting scan request: 0 sec 0 usec
State: DISCONNECTED -> SCANNING
Starting AP scan (broadcast SSID)
Scan timeout - try to get results
Received 576 bytes of scan results (2 BSSes)
Scan results: 2
Selecting BSS from priority group 5
0: 00:15:62:52:84:70 ssid='Plus' wpa_ie_len=26 rsn_ie_len=0 caps=0x11
   selected based on WPA IE
Trying to associate with 00:15:62:52:84:70 (SSID='Plus' freq=2412 MHz)
Cancelling scan request
WPA: clearing own WPA/RSN IE
Automatic auth_alg selection: 0x1
WPA: using IEEE 802.11i/D3.0
WPA: Selected cipher suites: group 4 pairwise 8 key_mgmt 2
WPA: set AP WPA IE - hexdump(len=26): dd 18 00 50 f2 01 01 00 00 50 f2
05 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02 28 00
WPA: clearing AP RSN IE
WPA: using GTK WEP104
WPA: using PTK TKIP
WPA: using KEY_MGMT WPA-PSK
WPA: Set own WPA IE default - hexdump(len=24): dd 16 00 50 f2 01 01 00
00 50 f2 05 01 00 00 50 f2 02 01 00 00 50 f2 02
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
State: SCANNING -> ASSOCIATING
wpa_driver_wext_associate
Setting authentication timeout: 10 sec 0 usec
EAPOL: External notification - EAP success=0
EAPOL: External notification - EAP fail=0
EAPOL: External notification - portControl=Auto
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b06 len=8
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b04 len=12
Wireless event: cmd=0x8b1a len=12
CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING - signal 2 received
Removing interface wlan0
State: ASSOCIATING -> DISCONNECTED
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
No keys have been configured - skip key clearing
Removed BSSID 00:00:00:00:00:00 from blacklist (clear)
Cancelling scan request
( I pressed Ctrl-C )

This is reported but the solutions which work there do not work here.

I use ndiswrapper, and I have the same with wpa_supplicants -Dwext or
-Dndiswrapper, the website told me to use -Dwext:
notebook ~ # ndiswrapper -v
utils version: 1.8
driver version:        1.14
vermagic:       2.6.16-gentoo-r3 SMP preempt K7 gcc-3.4
notebook ~ # ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
gplus           driver installed, hardware present

On pluggin in the card i get trough dmesg:

pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
ndiswrapper: driver gplus (D-Link,04/09/2004,6.0.0.18) loaded
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: using irq 16
APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
wlan0: vendor: 'TNET1130'
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:95:6e:06:83 using driver gplus,
104C:9066:1186:3B05.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA
APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)
APIC error on CPU0: 40(40)

It seems that the APIC error is only there when the card is plugged
in. This error repeats and repeats all the time, I could have pasted
this pagewise.   I can only stop this message by removing the card
from the pcmcia slot.  When I plug it in, the message goes on.

I figured out to do a noapic flag to the kernel, but if I do so, the
card cannot be found anymore, the same is for acpi=noirq (demsg):

cs: pcmcia_socket0: cardbus cards are not supported.

So now this seems to be an interupt issue?

notebook ~ # cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0:     224796    IO-APIC-edge  timer
  1:       3971    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
 11:       4695   IO-APIC-level  acpi
 12:      44938    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
 14:      18476    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
 15:       2639    IO-APIC-edge  ide1
 16:       2099   IO-APIC-level  yenta, ndiswrapper
 17:          0   IO-APIC-level  SiS SI7012
 19:          0   IO-APIC-level  ehci_hcd:usb1
 20:          0   IO-APIC-level  ohci_hcd:usb2
 21:          0   IO-APIC-level  ohci_hcd:usb3
NMI:          0
LOC:     224734
ERR:        151
MIS:          0

The yenta seems to be my pcmcia driver, lshw tells me:

        *-pcmcia
             description: CardBus bridge
             product: PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller
             vendor: Texas Instruments
             physical id: 6
             bus info: pci@00:06.0
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus
             resources: iomemory:34020000-34020fff irq:16
and
     *-network
          description: Wireless interface
          product: ACX 111 54Mbps Wireless Interface
          vendor: Texas Instruments
          physical id: 6
          bus info: pci@02:00.0
          logical name: wlan0
          version: 00
          serial: 00:11:95:6e:06:83
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
          configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper link=no
multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
          resources: iomemory:32020000-32021fff
iomemory:32000000-3201ffff irq:16
lines 329-365/365 (END)

Ok, both have the same irq: 16.  But is this wrong?  I have only one
pcmcia place for one card.  Can the bus have the same irq or not?

What else can I try?

Thanks for your help.

Martin

PS. I also posted this to wpa_supplicant, because I'm not sure where it
belongs too.