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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:
[c]00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless (rev 03)[/c]
I installed ndiswrapper (, ndiswrapper-driver, ndiswrapper-utils) and tazndis.
Installing the Windowsdriver works out:
[c]wg311v3 : driver installed : device (11AB:1FAA) present[/c]
but loading the ndiswrapper-module not
modprobe ndiswrapper --> [c]modprobe: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found[/c]
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!
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tux@slitaz:~$ tazpkg search-pkgname ndiswrapper.ko.xz
Search result for package "ndiswrapper.ko.xz"
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ndiswrapper-driver
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1 package
root@slitaz:/home/tux# tazpkg -gi ndiswrapper-driver
Installation of package "ndiswrapper-driver"
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Add Windows network drivers support to Linux kernel.
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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 ]
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Package "ndiswrapper-driver" (1.59_3.2.71) is installed.
root@slitaz:/home/tux# tazpkg list-files ndiswrapper-driver
Installed files by "ndiswrapper-driver"
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/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko.xz
/sbin/loadndisdriver
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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
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Hello,
thanks for your quick reply.
I followed your steps, but it didn't work out:
[c]root@Linuxmaschine:/home/prankenandi# tazpkg search-pkgname ndiswrapper.ko.xz
Search result for package "ndiswrapper.ko.xz"
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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"
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Add Windows network drivers support to Linux kernel.
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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.[/c]
So I searched for it, and found it...mmmhhh....
[c]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[/c]
Then I tried to load it manually (in various ways):
[c]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[/c]
Maybe something went wrong during the Installation?
cheers?
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[c]root@slitaz:/home/tux# depmod -a[/c]
[c]root@slitaz:/home/tux# modinfo[/c]
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.
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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
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