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• Started 8 years ago by prankenandi
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   prankenandi
   

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   Hello everyone,

   for the last 2 or 3 weeks I've been looking for a lightweight distro for an old pc.

   Today I found/tried Slitaz (SliTaz 5.0 RC-3 release) and I really like it.

   The only problem is that my wifi-pci-card won't work.

   I used to use Ndiswrapper (+ Windowsdriver) (with Debian) and everything worked fine, but now I can not find the ndiswrapper kernelmodule in the Slitaz-repositories.

   That's my card:

   00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)

   I installed ndiswrapper (, ndiswrapper-driver, ndiswrapper-utils) and tazndis.
   Installing the Windowsdriver works out:

   wg311v3 : driver installed : device (11AB:1FAA) present

   but loading the ndiswrapper-module not

   modprobe ndiswrapper --> modprobe: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found

   I tried tazndis also, but "loading the module" is empty respectively there is "nothing" to load and it says "module is not loaded".

   Then I tried to "convert" the "ndiswrapper-dkms-package"(.deb) from the debian-repositories into a tazpkg and install this. The conversion worked out and I could install it, but it didn't work out either!

   I found this (very old) posting with the same problem and the same wifi-card:

   http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/need-help-with-2-netgear-pcmcia-network-cards

   and this as the solution:

   http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/come-configurare-una-connessione-wi-fi-con-scheda-pcmcia-netgear-wn511b#post-4669

   but I cannot speak italian.

   As I said, I'm very new to Slitaz, so sorry if I missed something!

   Any help would be much appreciated!

   cheers!

   P.S. Sorry for any grammar mistakes I'm not a native speaker!

   Posted 8 years ago #
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   mojo
   

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   tux@slitaz:~$ tazpkg search-pkgname ndiswrapper.ko.xz

   Search result for package "ndiswrapper.ko.xz"
   ================================================================================
   ndiswrapper-driver
   ================================================================================
   1 package
   root@slitaz:/home/tux# tazpkg -gi ndiswrapper-driver

   Installation of package "ndiswrapper-driver"
   ================================================================================
   Add Windows network drivers support to Linux kernel.
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Copying package... [ Done ]
   Extracting package... [ Done ]
   Installing package... [ Done ]
   Removing old package... [ Done ]
   Removing all tmp files... [ Done ]
   Execute post-install commands...Processing post-install commands...
   [ Done ]
   ================================================================================
   Package "ndiswrapper-driver" (1.59_3.2.71) is installed.

   root@slitaz:/home/tux# tazpkg list-files ndiswrapper-driver

   Installed files by "ndiswrapper-driver"
   ================================================================================
   /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz
   /sbin/loadndisdriver
   ================================================================================
   2 files

   root@slitaz:/home/tux# modinfo ndiswrapper
   filename: /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz
   license: GPL
   version: 1.59
   description: NDIS wrapper driver
   author: ndiswrapper team <ndiswrapper-general@lists.sourceforge.net>
   srcversion: 61EDC02F8B884C063E14A06
   depends:
   vermagic: 3.2.71-slitaz SMP mod_unload 386
   parm: if_name:Network interface name or template (default: wlan%d) (charp)
   parm: proc_uid:The uid of the files created in /proc (default: 0). (int)
   parm: proc_gid:The gid of the files created in /proc (default: 0). (int)
   parm: debug:debug level (int)
   parm: hangcheck_interval:The interval, in seconds, for checking if driver is hung. (default: 0) (int)
   parm: utils_version:Compatible version of utils (read only: 1.9) (charp)

   root@slitaz:/home/tux# modprobe -v ndiswrapper
   insmod /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz

   root@slitaz:/home/tux# lsmod | grep ndiswrapper
   ndiswrapper 139099 0

   root@slitaz:/home/tux# dmesg | grep ndiswrapper
   ndiswrapper version 1.59 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
   usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

   Posted 8 years ago #
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   prankenandi
   

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   Hello,

   thanks for your quick reply.
   I followed your steps, but it didn't work out:

   root@Linuxmaschine:/home/prankenandi# tazpkg search-pkgname ndiswrapper.ko.xz
   
   Search result for package "ndiswrapper.ko.xz"
   ================================================================================
   ndiswrapper-driver
   ================================================================================
   1 package
   root@Linuxmaschine:/home/prankenandi# tazpkg -gi ndiswrapper-driver
   Package "ndiswrapper-driver-1.59_3.2.71" already in the cache
   Installation of package "ndiswrapper-driver"
   ================================================================================
   Add Windows network drivers support to Linux kernel.
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Copying package...                                                   [ Done ]
   Extracting package...                                                [ Done ]
   Installing package...                                                [ Done ]
   Removing all tmp files...                                            [ Done ]
   Execute post-install commands...Processing post-install commands...
                                                                        [ Done ]
   ================================================================================
   Package "ndiswrapper-driver" (1.59_3.2.71) is installed.
   
   root@Linuxmaschine:/home/prankenandi# tazpkg list-files ndiswrapper-driver
   
   Installed files by "ndiswrapper-driver"
   ================================================================================
   /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz
   /sbin/loadndisdriver
   ================================================================================
   2 files
   
   root@Linuxmaschine:/home/prankenandi# modinfo ndiswrapper
   
   modinfo: ERROR: Module ndiswrapper not found.
   
   root@Linuxmaschine:/home/prankenandi# modprobe -v ndiswrapper
   
   modprobe: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

   So I searched for it, and found it...mmmhhh....

   root@Linuxmaschine:/home/prankenandi# find / -name *ndiswrapper*
   
   /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz
   /etc/ndiswrapper
   /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper
   /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper-buginfo
   /var/lib/tazpkg/installed/ndiswrapper-driver
   /var/lib/tazpkg/installed/ndiswrapper-utils
   /var/cache/tazpkg/5.0/packages/ndiswrapper-1.59.tazpkg
   /var/cache/tazpkg/5.0/packages/ndiswrapper-driver-1.59_3.2.71.tazpkg

   Then I tried to load it manually (in various ways):

   root@Linuxmaschine:/# insmod /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
   insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko': No such file or directory
   
   root@Linuxmaschine:/# insmod /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper
   insmod: can't read '/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper': No such file or directory
   
   root@Linuxmaschine:/# insmod /lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz
   insmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz': -1 Invalid module format

   Maybe something went wrong during the Installation?

   cheers?

   Posted 8 years ago #
4. 

   mojo
   

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   root@slitaz:/home/tux# depmod -a
root@slitaz:/home/tux# modinfo
   If the output remains: modinfo: ERROR: Module ndiswrapper not found.
   File system corruption caused by drive/memory failure can cause senseless malfunctions.
   What drive type did you install on (usb flash.compact flash, hard drive) and what filesystem did you use.

   Posted 8 years ago #
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   prankenandi
   

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   Hello,

   both commands gave no output at all.

   I tried to install it on a hard drive with ext4 as filesystem.

   Because you mentioned the fs I tried ext3 instead of ext4, but that made things even worse.

   First I could load the ndis-module, but the WinXP-driver not correctly. Then after the module was loaded I couldn't connect by ethernet-cable anymore, but the wifi/ndis didn't work either.

   Unplugging the ethernet-cable while the PC was on lead to suddenly turning off the PC (reproducible) !!!
   Then I thought I might try the stable-version, but this didn't even boot. It stopped after ~5 sec with a Kernel-Panic-message. (" kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0)")

   Then back to ext4. Stable-Version again Kernel-Panic and Slitaz 5.0 did boot, but no wallpaper, no panel and no menu was displayed.

   Mmmmhhhh...I don't know?!

   Even though I formatted the hard drive and downloaded new iso-images the problems did persist.

   Might the the hard drive be defect?

   Or any other suggestions?

   Thanks for your help so far!

   cheers

   Posted 8 years ago #

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