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  2. Can't get wireless NIC working

    in Networking

    Posted

    I had the same issue under Mandriva 2006 free. If I used "Set-up a new network interface" under netowrk and control panel withing "configure your computer"

     

    I managed to get this working by manually configuring this through the konsole.

     

    Go to the console and:

     

    su to switch to root user

     

    ndiswrapper -l this will list installed drivers

    ndiswrapper -e followed by each driver listed to remove each driver

    mdiswrapper -l make sure the list is blank

     

    Download a driver for your card from

    http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List

    Use a driver from here if posiable as these are verified drivers, extract and save this in a folder Download for example

     

    At the console prompt change to the directory where you copied the driver too

     

    ndiswrapper -i filename.inf instal driver (Specify your driver .inf file)

    ndiswrapper -l to ensure your driver is listed

     

    Now you should see something like, showing your driver if not we have an issue!:

    Installed ndis drivers:

    bcmwl5 driver present, hardware present

     

    now at the konsole enter:

     

    ndiswrapper -m

    depmod -a

    modprobe ndiswrapper

     

     

    You will then need to configure your IP addressing etc. Select the "configure your interface line"

     

    http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawi...hp/Installation

     

    Hope this helps

    SuperPlay

  4. Iwconfig monitor

    in Networking

    Posted

    Hi Jaraeez

     

    Thank you for you reply.

     

    I ran iwpriv eth1 and it returded something like "No Available private ioctl"

     

    I am going to attempt to compile the latest ndiswrapper to see if it is Driverloader causing the issue. If not I will buy another wireless nic.

     

    Cheers

     

    SuperPlay

  5. Issues compiling ndiswrapper under Mandriva 2006

    in Networking

    Posted

    I am running Mandriva 2006 and uname -r shows 2.6.12-12mdk

     

    I have downloaded the following files:

     

    NDIS Wrapper 1.7 source

    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...lease_id=376633

     

    kernel-2.6.12.12mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

    http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/26/di...-1-1mdk.src.rpm

     

    then:

    copied the source to home/me/download/ndiswrapper-1.7

    installed kernel-2.6.12.12mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm

    installed make

     

    log on as root

    ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.12-12mdk /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/build

     

    make distclean

    make

     

    This fails as it can not find the kernel sources, I change directory to /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk directory there is a build folder.

    However I cannot change into this and the word "build" is flashing red with @ afterwards "build@"

     

     

     

    Capture of build process

     

     

    [root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.7]# make distclean

     

    make -C driver clean

    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/driver'

    rm -rf ndiswrapper.ko ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o ntoskernel_io.o pe_linker.o pnp.o proc.o

    wrapndis.o wrapper.o divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \

    divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions

    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/driver'

    make -C utils clean

    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils'

    rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver

    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils'

    rm -f *~

    rm -fr ndiswrapper-1.7 ndiswrapper-1.7.tar.gz *.deb patch-stamp

    make -C driver distclean

    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/driver'

    rm -rf ndiswrapper.ko ndiswrapper.o hal.o iw_ndis.o loader.o misc_funcs.o ndis.o ntoskernel.o ntoskernel_io.o pe_linker.o pnp.o proc.o

    wrapndis.o wrapper.o divdi3.o usb.o x86_64_stubs.o \

    divdi3.o .*.ko.cmd .*.o.cmd ndiswrapper.mod.[oc] *~ .tmp_versions

    rm -f *_exports.h .\#* x86_64_stubs.h

    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/driver'

    make -C utils distclean

    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils'

    rm -f *~ *.o loadndisdriver

    rm -f .\#*

    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils'

    rm -f .\#*

     

     

    [root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.7]# make

    make -C driver

    make[1]: Entering directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/driver'

    Can't find kernel sources in /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/build;

    give the path to kernel sources with KSRC=<path> argument to make

    make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1

    make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/superplay/Download/ndiswrapper-1.7/driver'

    make: *** [all] Error 2

    [root@localhost ndiswrapper-1.7]#

     

     

    Any help would be appreciated.

     

    SuperPlay

  6. Console locks startbar access while open

    in Software

    Posted

    Hi chalex20

     

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    I have tried minimising the window and it does not show the error and keeps the bar locked. I have to alt+tab to get back to the console window.

     

    I saw this same issue when I tried Mandrake 10.x a while ago.

     

    Like the idea of the hidden error casing the bar lock.

     

    SuperPlay

  7. Iwconfig monitor

    in Networking

    Posted

    Can someone confirm if the command "iwconfig eth1 mode monitor" works with Mandriva 2006 Free?

     

    I am using PCCARD by the way.

     

    SuperPlay

     

     

    I have been working on this for soooooooooo long my hair looks like this :afro:

  8. Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A wireless NIC [solved]

    in Networking

    Posted

    Still going for this!

     

    Looking at the issue I am going to attempt to get the driver working using the ndiswapper to see if "driverloader" is the issue with me runnning ifconfig eth1 mode monitor

     

    Does anyone have a link to the latest version of the ndiswrapper for Mandriva 2006 free using 2.6.12-mdk I can only find source rpm files.

     

    Thanks

     

    SuperPlay

  10. Console locks startbar access while open

    in Software

    Posted

    Hi

     

    I am new to Mandriva 2006 and am not sure if this is the norm.

     

    When logged on as a standard user, I have set a "run as different user" for console so it runs under root.

     

    When I open the console and enter the password for root the console opens and is operational as expected. However it seems to disable the use of the start bar until the console is closed.

     

    If other applications are open I can select these on the desktop just fine. It seems to only lock the bar.

     

    When console is closed the following error is shown "KDEInit could not launch 'kdesu'."

     

    Is this expected operation?

  14. Iwconfig monitor

    in Networking

    Posted

    :wall:

     

    After 12 hours on the task solid, I have managed to install my wireless NIC to Mandriva 2006 using linuxant.

     

    The goal is to use airodump to audit wireless points. The tutorial which I have says to put the NIC into monitoring mode using the command

     

    iwconfig eth1 mode monitor

     

    however when I enter this command as room (my wireless nic is eth1) the following error is shown

     

    Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :

    SET failed on device etch1 ; Invalid argument

     

    Help!

     

    Cheers

     

    SuperPlay

  15. Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A wireless NIC [solved]

    in Networking

    Posted

    Hi Folks

     

    I have just installed Mandriva 2006 onto my laptop and am attempting to get my Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A wireless NIC to work (PCCARD) and failing.

     

    Looking here:

     

    http://www.linuxcompatible.org/thread30604-1.html

     

    It says that the card should work "I use a Buffalo G54 (WLI-CB-G54A) via ndiswrapper 0.12 and the bcmwl5a.inf"

     

    AbsoluteValue Systems lists the card

     

    http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

     

     

    However I can not get it to work on my system:

     

    I have downloaded the XP drivers directly from Buffalo for the card however bcmwl5a.inf does not exists so I downloaded file R76521 from Dell which did.

     

    Each time I select "Use a windows driver (With ndiswrapper version which came with Mandriva) the driver fails with the error "unable to find NDSIwrapper interface" I have so fat tried the following .inf files

     

    From the buffalo driver download

     

    net2pg54

    netcbg54

    netbwc2k

     

    From the dell download

     

    bcmwl5a

    bcml5

     

     

    If I look under NICs in hardware the card is shown as aL

     

    Broadcom Corp

    BCM94306 802.11g

    Vendor: 5348

    Device ID: 17184

    SubVendor: 4436

    Sub device ID: 804

     

    Help!

     

    Cheers

     

    SuperPlay

  17. USB Wheel Mouse - Wheel Actions

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Hi Folks

     

    I am using Mandrake 10.1 and a USB wheel mouse. The mouse seems to operate fine, however I would like to change the operation of the wheel.

     

    I am used to using a wheel mouse under Windows XP to scroll up and down pages, under mandrake the wheel seems to do random operations, such as in Firefox is moves forwards and backwards through pages.

     

    Can the operation of the wheel be change so it controls page scrolling? I have looked in the Mandrake control centre under mouse but can not see any options.

     

    Thanks

     

    SuperPlay

  20. Belkin F5D7050 wireless card

    in Networking

    Posted

    I am totaly new to linux and having a nightmare of a time trying to get my Wireless adapter to connect to my internet router. The card is a USB Belkin F5D7050.

     

    I have installed the drivers for the card using the wrapper avalable from www.linuxant.com

     

    Wrapper installation log:

     

    [root@localhost superplay]# ls

    Desktop/ Linux/ tmp/

    [root@localhost superplay]# cd Linux

    [root@localhost Linux]# ls

    driverloader-2.24_k2.6.8.1_12mdk-1mdk.i586.rpm* rt2500usb.cat* rt2500usb.sys*

    LICENSE* rt2500usb.inf* rt25u98.sys*

    [root@localhost Linux]# rpm -i driverloader-2.24_k2.6.8.1_12mdk-1mdk.i586.rpm

    warning: driverloader-2.24_k2.6.8.1_12mdk-1mdk.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc

    Linuxant DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices, version 2.24

     

    Pre-built driver modules that seem compatible with your system were found under

    /usr/lib/driverloader/modules/binaries/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk.

     

    If you need license keys, assistance or more information, please go to:

    http://www.linuxant.com/

     

    When reporting a problem for the first time, please send

    us the file generated by "dldrconfig --dumpdiag".

     

    To complete the installation, please point your browser to:

    http://127.0.0.1:18020/

    [root@localhost Linux]#

     

    I then configured the card though the browser as follows and specified the trial version key.:

     

    rt2500usb.inf

    rt2500usb.sys

    rt25u98.sys

     

     

    I then used the andrake Control Centre and added the card "eth1:Belkin:Belkin 54g USB network adapter" assigned valid IP/DNS and Gateway (Router)

     

    The adpater flashed into life, I can ping the adapter by loop address (127.0.0.1) and by its IP 192.168.1.10 however when I attempt to ping my wireless router I get the error "destination host unreachable"

     

    To simplify trouble shooting I enabled SSID broadcast and disables WEP on the router.

     

    If I run a iwlist/iwconfig scan it picks up the router and reports its details.

     

    I have tried the connection with and without fragmentation and RTU settings (I took the valued from my router)

     

    I do not have the firewall enabled.

     

    Under windows the adapter works fantastic, so I know that the hardware and the wireless range is good!

     

    So far I have been trying for 11hrs and still no joy :wall:

     

    :help:

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