Ubuntu: SpeedTouch 121g + Ndiswrapper ?? Help!

[plinders]

Hi,
I have used OpenSuSE 11.0 KDE 4 for quite some time, but for some reason it just died, and then I switched to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. In OpenSuSE I have managed to install my wireless dongle (Thomson SpeedTouch 121g)(USB interface), but in Ubuntu I haven't. My computer specs:

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Processor
NVIDIA 6200 A-LE Videocard (drivers are installed)
250GB WD IDE Hard disk
1.75GB DDR Ram

I can get my drivers installed, and with various commands (ndiswrapper -l, lshw -C Network, lsusb, uname -m, uname -r, lsmod | grep ndis, dmesg | tail) I get the following:

Ndiswrapper -l:

bt4501g : driver installed 
	device (06B9:0121) present 

lshw -C Network:

PCI (sysfs)   
  *-network                
       description: Ethernet interface 
       product: VT6102 [Rhine-II] 
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
       physical id: 12 
       bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 
       logical name: eth0 
       version: 74 
       serial: 00:0c:6e:e2:73:f0 
       size: 10MB/s 
       capacity: 100MB/s 
       width: 32 bits 
       clock: 33MHz 
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation 
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 module=via_rhine multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s 
  *-network DISABLED 
       description: Ethernet interface 
       physical id: 1 
       logical name: pan0 
       serial: 46:88:13:78:2a:ed 
       capabilities: ethernet physical 
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes 

lsusb:

Bus 007 Device 004: ID 06b9:0121 Alcatel Telecom SpeedTouch 121g Wireless Dongle 
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 045e:009d Microsoft Corp.  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub 



uname -m:
i686

uname -r:
2.6.27-7-generic

lsmod | grep ndis:
ndiswrapper           196380  0  
usbcore               148848  5 ndiswrapper,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd 

dmesg | tail:
[  203.872047] usb 7-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 
[  214.216314] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:190): log: C000138A, count: 3, return_address: f9043fac 
[  214.216327] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:193): code: 0xc0000001 
[  214.216331] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:193): code: 0x6d695442 
[  214.216334] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:193): code: 0x37 
[  224.316182] ndiswrapper (mp_init:219): couldn't initialize device: C0010006 
[  224.316199] ndiswrapper (pnp_start_device:435): Windows driver couldn't initialize the device (C0000001) 
[  224.316218] ndiswrapper (mp_halt:262): device f5d4c480 is not initialized - not halting 
[  224.316223] ndiswrapper: device eth%d removed 
[  224.324111] ndiswrapper: probe of 7-1:1.0 failed with error -22

I have used the comprehensive ndiswrapper guide on ubuntu forum s([all variants] Comprehensive ndiswrapper troubleshooting guide - Ubuntu Forums), but it didn't work for me

Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.
Plinders

[plinders]

Can anyone help me?

[plinders]

What's wrong here? Can't anyone help me please?

[kr0nik]

sudo vim /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf

^^ edit that file on the ifupdown = managed set that to true instead of false. then do

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

and click on your network connection and see if you see a signal. thats what worked for me. i jsut set it up a minute ago. here is my old guide:

update with: sudo update-manager -d
install ndiswrapper. Find the native windows drivers for your wireless card. in my case i had to use netgears wn311t. When they were extracted i would get netmw14x.inf (the driver).
find out what the device number is (forget what its called exatly) but it will be ####:#### (it will have letters) so do a "lspci -nn" minus the quotes.
it will show a list of stuff with network devices and such, Find your wireless adaptor and on the line with it it will have something like:
00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet [1039:0900] (rev 91)

Im not booted into linux so im ssh'd into my shell. but your wireless card will show something like that. note down the numbers nad letters inside the [####:####]

"sudo ndiswrapper -i driver.inf" (/etc/ndiswrapper will create a folder named "netmw14x" inside it. make sure you are in the directory with the driver file. and dont forget the .inf part).

"sudo ndiswrapper -a 11ab:2a08 netmw14x" (lspci -nn will show device ids. with different versions of ndiswrapper it might be -d. but do sudo ndiswrapper -a or -d depending on your version. "ndiswrapper -a ####:#### driver" notice the driver on this one doesnt have the .inf part )

"sudo ndiswrapper -l" will now say the device is present and it can be configured normally.

after that you'll want to edit your network manager so you can use it with the wireless adaptor. so do

sudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
under [ifupdown], change managed=true

after youll want to add your alias with ndiswrapper so

"sudo ndiswrapper -m"

next youll want to make the module dependencies (its like a makefile) so do:

"sudo depmod -a"

and then youll want to load the modules so it will work:

"sudo modprobe ndiswrapper"

and then

"sudo ifup wlan0"


an overview of commands

1. sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common
2. sudo ndiswrapper -i driver.inf
3. lspci -nn (note down the device id)
4. sudo ndiswrapper -a ####:#### driver
5. sudo ndiswrapper -m
6. sudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf (change managed to true)
7. sudo depmod -a
8. sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
9. sudo ifup wlan0

and your wireless should show up in the network manager

[edit] atleast thats all waht worked for me. i tried for months to get wireless to work and it wouldnt. the only thing i didnt do was change the managed to true which made it work. an easier way to install the driver though is using ndisgtk so you dont have to go through all the hassle of running commands. as it says ndisgtk gimp toolkit so its for x instead of a command line.

[plinders]

Thanks! It worked
I just installed new drivers and I forgot to use the command "ndiswrapper -m"
It works great now
I must say, this went a lot easier on Ubuntu than it went on OpenSuSE. Why, I don't know xD.
Can you change the title of this topic to "[SOLVED]"?

Thanks again
plinders

[kr0nik]

welcome mang