Thread: [Ndiswrapper-general] 0.8rc2, rtl8180 (sys 1.69) troubles.
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From: Romano G. <ro...@de...> - 2004-06-03 14:18:24
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Hi, I am new to this list, so let me introduce myself: I am Romano Giannetti, I am Italian, I live in Spain and I am a teacher in an University of Madrid. And I swear I read the FAQ and tips ;-). I think I have a problem with the ndiswrapper 0.8rc-2. I have a new cardbus no-name card based on rtl8180. I use the last XP driver (1.69), I was not able to find an older one to test... I compiled it with DEBUG=1 and with the change (inferred from the list messages, because I had a reset every few seconds): --- /home/romano/lib/Jed_Backups/wrapper.c 2004-06-03 12:25:12.000000000 +0200 +++ wrapper.c 2004-06-03 13:39:52.000000000 +0200 @@ -285,8 +285,10 @@ { int res; handle->reset_status = 0; - printk(KERN_INFO "ndiswrapper: Hangcheck returned true. Resetting!\n"); - res = doreset(handle); + // printk(KERN_INFO "ndiswrapper: Hangcheck returned true. Resetting!\n"); + printk(KERN_INFO "ndiswrapper: Hangcheck returned true. NO Resetting! (Hack)\n"); + // res = doreset(handle); + DBGTRACE("%s : %08X, %d\n", __FUNCTION__, res, handle->reset_status); } } The problem: the drive seems to load OK (although I have a strange WARN on a interrupt 10-nobody care), but I seem not to be able to change anything in the configuration. I have no signal available at the moment (local problem), but I understood that you should be able to do this: [root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 RTS thr:2432 B Fragment thr:2432 B Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-95 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 [root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed [root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 RTS thr:2432 B Fragment thr:2432 B Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-95 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 [root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0 essid ALUMNOS [root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 RTS thr:2432 B Fragment thr:2432 B Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-95 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 As you can see, nothing change. I read the FAQ and tried with WEP too, but to no avail. I have put the dmesg output at http://perso.wanadoo.es/r_mano/syslog.txt , since I do not know if it is accepted in this list to attach a 20k gzipped to a message. Thank you for any insight, Romano -- Romano Giannetti - Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2416 fax +34 915 596 569 |
From: Romano G. <ro...@de...> - 2004-06-03 14:30:36
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Following-up to myself to add more data. I am using kernel 2.6.4 on a Vaio FX701 laptop, with ACPI working, Mandrake 10.0 distribution. I am trying without suspend/resume cycles, to avoid cluttering the reports. A last try made the laptop completely hang (no message, nothing). The only difference was that I had eth0 up when loading ndiswrapper... Thanks again -- Romano Giannetti - Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2416 fax +34 915 596 569 |
From: Giridhar P. <gi...@lm...> - 2004-06-03 14:42:36
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CVS already has control for disabling hangcheck. It will be in 0.8. Unless you have an AP (with good signal, of course) listed in 'iwlist scan' that you can associate to, you can't set essid. If you are having problems with a specific windows driver, try a different one (probably from realtek.com.tw). -- Giri |
From: Romano G. <ro...@de...> - 2004-06-03 14:57:15
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An incredibly fast answer. Thanks a lot. On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 10:41:34AM -0400, Giridhar Pemmasani wrote: > > CVS already has control for disabling hangcheck. It will be in 0.8. > > Unless you have an AP (with good signal, of course) listed in 'iwlist > scan' that you can associate to, you can't set essid. Nor change mode? It stays locked to "Auto..." > If you are having problems with a specific windows driver, try a > different one (probably from realtek.com.tw). I was trying to find older ones without luck. An older one I have locks completely the machine. Are you saying I should try with win98/95/2000 drivers? I restricted myself to WinXP ones. A thing I forgot to mention. I can confirm (it's in the syslog) the oops unloading the driver; it is quite a problem, because after that I have to reboot to continue testing... Have a nice day, Romano -- Romano Giannetti - Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2416 fax +34 915 596 569 |
From: Giridhar P. <gi...@lm...> - 2004-06-03 15:11:04
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:57:07 +0200, Romano Giannetti <ro...@de...> said: Romano> Nor change mode? It stays locked to "Auto..." For some reason realtek seems to stay that way until it associates with an AP in managed mode. Romano> drivers? I restricted myself to WinXP ones. Use only XP drivers, but realtek updates the driver often. Romano> reboot to continue testing... This is already fixed in cvs. Wait for next patch (since cvs server is down) or 0.8. -- Giri |