[fumi]

Hi,

I installed ndiswrapper in fedora 7 to use my wireless card and did the followings :
as su :
yum -y install ndiswrapper
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kmod-ndiswrapper-1.48-1.2.6.23.1_10.fc7
ndiswrapper-1.48-1.lvn7
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mkdir /ndiswrapper_drivers
cp bcmwl5.* /ndiswrapepr_drivers/.
ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb)
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Added the line in "/etc/modprobe.conf"

alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
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rebuild the modules.dep

depmod -a
modprobe -r bcm43xx-mac80211
modprobe ndiswrapper
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blacklist the driver in "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist"
blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211
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Added the line in "/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant"

INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
DRIVERS="-Dndiswrapper"
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then modify the line in "/etc/sudoers"
wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

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Then start the wpa_supplicant service using:
service wpa_supplicant start

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Starting wpa_supplicant: ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: No such device
Could not configure driver to use managed mode
ioctl[SIOCGIFFLAGS]: No such device
Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP
ioctl[SIOCGIWRANGE]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCGIFINDEX]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: No such device
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODE]: No such device
Failed to disable WPA in the driver.
/bin/bash: line 1: 5157 Segmentation fault wpa_supplicant -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -iwlan0 -Dndiswrapper -B
[FAILED]


My kernel version is "2.6.23.1-10.fc7"


Anyone can help ?

Thanks.

[cassiopea]

hey fumi, did u resolve your problem yet? if yes, how? can u help me too?
thanks

[fumi]

Resolved at last.

Ndiswrapper in DELL INSPIRON 640m in fedora 7 or 8.

Originally Posted by fumi

as su :
yum -y install ndiswrapper
------------------------------------------------
kmod-ndiswrapper-1.48-1.2.6.23.1_10.fc7
ndiswrapper-1.48-1.lvn7
------------------------------------
mkdir /ndiswrapper_drivers
cp bcmwl5.* /ndiswrapepr_drivers/.
ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
ndiswrapper -l

bcmwl5 : driver installed
device (14E4:4311) present (alternate driver: ssb)
-------------------------------------------------------------------

ndiswrapper -m
ndiswrapper -ma
ndiswrapper -mi
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Then REBOOT PC.
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Install wpa_supplicant from src .
untar the file and install using "make". Then
"cp wpa_cli wpa_supplicant wpa_passphrase /usr/local/bin/.".

copy wpa_supplicant.conf from the source directory into the /etc directory.
edit the file in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
(make sure to copy the original before editing)

my configuration file is
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
ssid="quark"
psk="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
}
network={
ssid="hadron"
psk="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
}
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You can also include your wireless configuration from "system-config-network".
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Added the line in "/etc/modprobe.conf"

alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
-------------------------------------------------------------------
rebuild the modules.dep

depmod -a
modprobe -r bcm43xx
modprobe ndiswrapper
-------------------------------------------
blacklist the driver in "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist"
blacklist bcm43xx
-------------------------------------------------
Added the line in "/etc/sysconfig/wpa_supplicant"

INTERFACES="-iwlan0"
DRIVERS="-Dndiswrapper"
----------------------------------------------------
then modify the line in "/etc/sudoers"
wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

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Then start the wpa_supplicant service using:
service wpa_supplicant start
OR
start the network from system-config-network.