Ndiswrapper on 64 bit Fedora 7
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From: General Schvantzkoph on 23 Sep 2007 17:17 I thought I'd give Ndiswrapper a try again, it hasn't worked for me since FC5 but ever the glutton for punishment I decided to try again. I'm using 64 bit Fedora 7 on a Compaq R3000z with a POS Broadcom Wireless chip. I've done the following, Install 64 bit ndiswrapper from Livna Added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist blacklist bcm43xx blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211 Downloaded the 64 bit Broadcom drivers from http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php Installed the driver, ndiswrapper -i netbc564.inf ndiswrapper -l netbc564 : driver installed device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb) Added the following to /etc/modprobe.conf alias wlan0 ndiswrapper I set it up using system-config-networking When I do an ifup I get ifup wlan0 SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Failed to bring up wlan0. If I try a iwlist scanning I get lo Interface doesn't support scanning. eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning. wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down vmnet8 Interface doesn't support scanning. vmnet1 Interface doesn't support scanning. Has anyone gotten the Broadcom chip working with 64 bit Fedora 7? How about with 32 bit Fedora 7?
From: nunya on 23 Sep 2007 17:50 On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:17:31 +0000, General Schvantzkoph wrote: > I thought I'd give Ndiswrapper a try again, it hasn't worked for me since > FC5 but ever the glutton for punishment I decided to try again. > > I'm using 64 bit Fedora 7 on a Compaq R3000z with a POS Broadcom Wireless > chip. > > I've done the following, > > Install 64 bit ndiswrapper from Livna > Added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist > > blacklist bcm43xx > blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211 > > Downloaded the 64 bit Broadcom drivers from > > http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php > > Installed the driver, > ndiswrapper -i netbc564.inf > > ndiswrapper -l > netbc564 : driver installed > device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb) > > Added the following to /etc/modprobe.conf > > alias wlan0 ndiswrapper > > I set it up using system-config-networking > > When I do an ifup I get > > ifup wlan0 > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory > Failed to bring up wlan0. > > If I try a iwlist scanning I get > > lo Interface doesn't support scanning. > > eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down > > vmnet8 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > vmnet1 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > Has anyone gotten the Broadcom chip working with 64 bit Fedora 7? How > about with 32 bit Fedora 7? I have it working flawlessly on HP/Compaq F572US, under Gentoo. Had to rmmod the bcm43xx driver then move it (renamed) to keep it from mucking up the works. Then used the bcmwl5 driver from XP using ndiswrapper ...... flawless ever since (even using wpa_supplicant and WPA encryption). HTH
From: Larry Finger on 23 Sep 2007 19:19 General Schvantzkoph wrote: > I thought I'd give Ndiswrapper a try again, it hasn't worked for me since > FC5 but ever the glutton for punishment I decided to try again. > > I'm using 64 bit Fedora 7 on a Compaq R3000z with a POS Broadcom Wireless > chip. > > I've done the following, > > Install 64 bit ndiswrapper from Livna > Added the following to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist > > blacklist bcm43xx > blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211 > > Downloaded the 64 bit Broadcom drivers from > > http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php > > Installed the driver, > ndiswrapper -i netbc564.inf > > ndiswrapper -l > netbc564 : driver installed > device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb) > > Added the following to /etc/modprobe.conf > > alias wlan0 ndiswrapper > > I set it up using system-config-networking > > When I do an ifup I get > > ifup wlan0 > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. > SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory > Failed to bring up wlan0. > > If I try a iwlist scanning I get > > lo Interface doesn't support scanning. > > eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down > > vmnet8 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > vmnet1 Interface doesn't support scanning. > > Has anyone gotten the Broadcom chip working with 64 bit Fedora 7? How > about with 32 bit Fedora 7? > The native bcm43xx driver works better on my openSUSE 10.2/3 x86_64 system than the Windows XP system does. From what I read, the rawhide test kernels for F7 also work very well. Larry
From: General Schvantzkoph on 23 Sep 2007 20:40 On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:19:59 +0000, Larry Finger wrote: > General Schvantzkoph wrote: >> I thought I'd give Ndiswrapper a try again, it hasn't worked for me >> since FC5 but ever the glutton for punishment I decided to try again. >> >> I'm using 64 bit Fedora 7 on a Compaq R3000z with a POS Broadcom >> Wireless chip. >> >> I've done the following, >> >> Install 64 bit ndiswrapper from Livna Added the following to >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist >> >> blacklist bcm43xx >> blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211 >> >> Downloaded the 64 bit Broadcom drivers from >> >> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php >> >> Installed the driver, >> ndiswrapper -i netbc564.inf >> >> ndiswrapper -l >> netbc564 : driver installed >> device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb) >> >> Added the following to /etc/modprobe.conf >> >> alias wlan0 ndiswrapper >> >> I set it up using system-config-networking >> >> When I do an ifup I get >> >> ifup wlan0 >> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Error for wireless request "Set >> Mode" (8B06) : >> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. >> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Failed to bring up wlan0. >> >> If I try a iwlist scanning I get >> >> lo Interface doesn't support scanning. >> >> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. >> >> wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning. >> >> wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down >> >> vmnet8 Interface doesn't support scanning. >> >> vmnet1 Interface doesn't support scanning. >> >> Has anyone gotten the Broadcom chip working with 64 bit Fedora 7? How >> about with 32 bit Fedora 7? >> >> > The native bcm43xx driver works better on my openSUSE 10.2/3 x86_64 > system than the Windows XP system does. From what I read, the rawhide > test kernels for F7 also work very well. > > Larry I've been trying it on 32 F7, I can't get it to work there either. I also tried bcm43xx, that doesn't work either.
From: Larry Finger on 23 Sep 2007 21:34
General Schvantzkoph wrote: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:19:59 +0000, Larry Finger wrote: > >> General Schvantzkoph wrote: >>> I thought I'd give Ndiswrapper a try again, it hasn't worked for me >>> since FC5 but ever the glutton for punishment I decided to try again. >>> >>> I'm using 64 bit Fedora 7 on a Compaq R3000z with a POS Broadcom >>> Wireless chip. >>> >>> I've done the following, >>> >>> Install 64 bit ndiswrapper from Livna Added the following to >>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist >>> >>> blacklist bcm43xx >>> blacklist bcm43xx_mac80211 >>> >>> Downloaded the 64 bit Broadcom drivers from >>> >>> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/drivers.php >>> >>> Installed the driver, >>> ndiswrapper -i netbc564.inf >>> >>> ndiswrapper -l >>> netbc564 : driver installed >>> device (14E4:4320) present (alternate driver: ssb) >>> >>> Added the following to /etc/modprobe.conf >>> >>> alias wlan0 ndiswrapper >>> >>> I set it up using system-config-networking >>> >>> When I do an ifup I get >>> >>> ifup wlan0 >>> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Error for wireless request "Set >>> Mode" (8B06) : >>> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. >>> SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory Failed to bring up wlan0. >>> >>> If I try a iwlist scanning I get >>> >>> lo Interface doesn't support scanning. >>> >>> eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning. >>> >>> wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning. >>> >>> wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down >>> >>> vmnet8 Interface doesn't support scanning. >>> >>> vmnet1 Interface doesn't support scanning. >>> >>> Has anyone gotten the Broadcom chip working with 64 bit Fedora 7? How >>> about with 32 bit Fedora 7? >>> >>> >> The native bcm43xx driver works better on my openSUSE 10.2/3 x86_64 >> system than the Windows XP system does. From what I read, the rawhide >> test kernels for F7 also work very well. >> >> Larry > > I've been trying it on 32 F7, I can't get it to work there either. I also > tried bcm43xx, that doesn't work either. Care to post the output of 'dmesg | grep bcm' when trying bcm43xx? Larry |