Trouble installing Wireless on Dell Vostro 1500 under Suse10.3

**FlameOfTheVoid** · 04-09-2008

I am having trouble installing the NDISwrapper for my wireless on my Vostro 1500 running Suse10.3. When it comes to Linux, i am ultra noob. I followed the directions provided on sourcefore (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_openwiki/Itemid,33/id,installation/).
The instrustions told me to:
make uninstall
make
Then log in as root and:
make install
But when I type "make uninstall" it says "bash: make: command not found".

I am not sure what I really am suppose to do or what I'm doing wrong. I am horribly confused. Please help.

**gogalthorp** · 04-10-2008

Be sure you have make installed also you will need to install the c compiler gcc.

Go to Yast (administration settings)

software-Software Management

search for make - check it to install
search for gcc - check it to install
install them

I also recommend you install the kernel-source. Though you may not need it now, it comes in handy.

All should be on the CD/DVD but you can also setup your repositories to download from the web (installation Source)

BTW you can install NDISwrapper from Yast. This has the added bonus of allowing you to keep it up to date automatically. If you install manually you must keep it up to date manually.

**FlameOfTheVoid** · 04-10-2008

gcc was already installed. there were two listed and both we installed.
I could not find 'make' to install in Software management.
Problem is gonna have to be put on hold as i not have a video driver problem preventing the GUI from loading. I will post a separate thread.

**FlameOfTheVoid** · 04-10-2008

Got the video issues resolved for now.
Got the NDISwrapper installed but know I'm not sure what to do from here.
I have tried reading up on it but I am quite confused. Mostly because the instructions go through manually installing it and compiling and installing.

**FlameOfTheVoid** · 04-10-2008

OK, after a few hours of reading I got the NDISwrapper installed and the driver installed but I still cant connect to my wireless network. No idea what Im suppose to do. Tried reading some other threads on it but most people are reporting some kind of an error but I am not getting any errors (that I know of).

**waterhead** · 04-12-2008

Did you modprobe the ndiswrapper module to load it?

Sometimes a native Linux driver is loaded at boot. This will prevent NDISwrapper from accessing the card. Post the output of this command, to see if any other wireless modules are loading.

Code:

lsmod

You will need to blacklist unwanted modules, to keep them from loading.

**FlameOfTheVoid** · 04-12-2008

Lotta output. I just listed everything, not sure what I am looking for.

Module Size Used by
ip6t_LOG 10496 7
nf_conntrack_ipv6 22848 4
xt_pkttype 5888 3
ipt_LOG 9984 8
xt_limit 6656 15
snd_pcm_oss 50432 0
snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq 54452 0
snd_seq_device 12172 1 snd_seq
ip6t_REJECT 9216 3
xt_tcpudp 7168 4
ipt_REJECT 8448 3
xt_state 6528 8
cpufreq_conservative 11272 0
cpufreq_userspace 8704 0
cpufreq_powersave 5888 0
iptable_mangle 6784 0
iptable_nat 11140 0
nf_nat 21912 1 iptable_nat
iptable_filter 6912 1
ip6table_mangle 6656 0
nf_conntrack_ipv4 14856 6 iptable_nat
acpi_cpufreq 13192 1
nf_conntrack 61556 5 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_c onntrack_ipv4
speedstep_lib 9220 0
nfnetlink 9752 4 nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conn track
ip_tables 16324 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6table_filter 6784 1
ip6_tables 17476 3 ip6t_LOG,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
x_tables 18308 11 ip6t_LOG,xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,ip6t_REJECT,x t_tcpudp,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables ,ip6_tables
ipv6 268280 19 nf_conntrack_ipv6,ip6t_REJECT,ip6table_mangle
microcode 15372 0
apparmor 40736 0
fuse 45460 6
loop 21636 0
dm_mod 56880 0
nvidia 7823252 36
snd_hda_intel 273180 1
bcm43xx 419676 0
snd_pcm 82564 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
ac 9604 0
battery 14724 0
snd_timer 26756 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
button 12560 0
snd 58164 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,s nd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer
firmware_class 13568 2 microcode,bcm43xx
uvcvideo 52868 0
sg 37036 0
compat_ioctl32 5376 1 uvcvideo
ohci1394 36272 0
ieee80211softmac 34432 1 bcm43xx
sr_mod 19492 0
ieee1394 91136 1 ohci1394
b44 29580 0
sdhci 20364 0
videodev 30464 1 uvcvideo
ieee80211 35400 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac
v4l1_compat 16388 2 uvcvideo,videodev
i2c_i801 12560 0
soundcore 11460 1 snd
mii 9344 1 b44
v4l2_common 20608 2 uvcvideo,videodev
i2c_core 27520 2 nvidia,i2c_i801
mmc_core 29828 1 sdhci
ieee80211_crypt 9728 1 ieee80211
intel_agp 27156 0
cdrom 37020 1 sr_mod
agpgart 35764 2 nvidia,intel_agp
snd_page_alloc 14472 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
joydev 13632 0
ndiswrapper 174328 0
usbhid 41300 0
hid 29184 1 usbhid
ff_memless 9352 1 usbhid
sd_mod 31104 7
ehci_hcd 35340 0
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 124268 6 uvcvideo,ndiswrapper,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
edd 12996 0
ext3 131848 2
mbcache 12292 1 ext3
jbd 68148 1 ext3
fan 9220 0
ata_piix 21380 0
ahci 28548 6
libata 139216 2 ata_piix,ahci
scsi_mod 140376 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 20872 0
processor 40876 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal

Sorry about the formatting, looks like it isn't gonna stay nice.

**waterhead** · 04-12-2008

That's OK, I found what I was looking for. There is a native driver loading, bcm43xx, it is even loading the needed firmware. I also see that the ndiswrapper module is loaded. These two cannot exist together, neither will work.

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
<snip>
nvidia               7823252  36 
snd_hda_intel         273180  1 
bcm43xx               419676  0 
snd_pcm                82564  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
ac                      9604  0 
battery                14724  0 
snd_timer              26756  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
button                 12560  0 
snd                    58164  9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,s  nd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer
firmware_class         13568  2 microcode,bcm43xx
uvcvideo               52868  0 
<snip>
snd_page_alloc         14472  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
joydev                 13632  0 
ndiswrapper           174328  0 
usbhid                 41300  0 
hid                    29184  1 usbhid
ff_memless              9352  1 usbhid
sd_mod                 31104  7 
ehci_hcd               35340  0 
uhci_hcd               27024  0 
usbcore               124268  6 uvcvideo,ndiswrapper,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
edd                    12996  0 
<snip>

Is this a USB wireless?

I would use NDISwrapper over the bcm43xx driver. First you should remove all of the conflicting modules. (as root)

Code:

modprobe -r ndiswrapper
modprobe -r bcm43xx

Now you can reload NDISwrapper.

Code:

modprobe ndiswrapper

If it works OK, then you should add bcm43xx to the blacklist file. It is located in the /etc/modprobe.d/ folder. You need to edit it as root, and add this to the bottom of the page.

Code:

blacklist bcm43xx

**FlameOfTheVoid** · 04-12-2008

ok, removed both drivers and reinstalled ndiswrapper. Had a problem with blacklist though

bash: blacklist: command not found

however, when i type dir in /etc/modprobe.d/ i see a file called blacklist. not sure if there is any relevance there but thought it might be important.

**waterhead** · 04-12-2008

You need to edit it with a text editor. I did not recommend one, because it depends on what you have installed. If you don't mind a terminal text editor, you can use vi. As vi needs certain commands, I would recommend gedit or kwrite. To use gedit as root, login to a terminal as root:

Code:

su
Password: <enter your root password>

Now open the file with gedit:

Code:

gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Add the line, the bottom of the page is fine, and save it. You can open any program as root that way, as long as you know the program's binary file name.

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