Can not get wireless card to even show up

[hakop]

If the card works in Windows, that is reassuring. It might be possible to make it work in Linux using ndiswrapper rather than the iwlagn driver (as you already tried).

If you could please provide a link to the driver that you have used to make the wireless device work in Windows, I will provide instructions for setting up ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper requires the Windows driver). Hopefully that will work.

i have received my drivers with my computer one month ago, so they're on a cd.
but i think that the driver on this link: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...=3062&lang=eng
would make my wireless device work.
but i'll try it now and tell you about it (i'm using the 32 bits version of windows 7)
this one works very well too and for the 64 bits driver that's this link : http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...18212&lang=eng

[pytheas22]

Thank you for finding those drivers. To install them with ndiswrapper, please download the 32-bit driver link and save it to your desktop (please download the .zip file, not the .exe one). Then run these commands:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
unzip ICS_Ds32.zip
sudo ndiswrapper -i Disk/Drivers/s32/NETw5s32.INF 
sudo ndiswrapper -i Disk/Drivers/s32/NETw5v32.INF 
echo ndiswrapper | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Then reboot. After rebooting, please run these commands to activate ndiswrapper. Please post the output of all the commands so I can be sure they worked (some commands could have no output):

sudo rmmod iwlagn
sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -l
dmesg | grep -e wlan -e ndis
sudo iwlist scan

[hakop]

hi pytheas22, i've followed all your instructions and here is the output of the commands i made:

root@hakop-laptop:/home/hakop# rmmod iwlagn
root@hakop-laptop:/home/hakop# rmmod ndiswrapper
root@hakop-laptop:/home/hakop# modprobe ndiswrapper
root@hakop-laptop:/home/hakop# ndiswrapper -l
netw5s32 : driver installed
    device (8086:4235) present (alternate driver: iwlagn)
netw5v32 : driver installed
root@hakop-laptop:/home/hakop# dmesg | grep -e wlan -e ndis
[   13.256950] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[   14.012773] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'_aulldvrm'
[   14.012818] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'KeRegisterBugCheckReasonCallback'
[   14.012824] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'KeDeregisterBugCheckReasonCallback'
[   14.012857] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMOidRequestComplete'
[   14.012869] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSetMiniportAttributes'
[   14.012875] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMResetComplete'
[   14.012881] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateIoWorkItem'
[   14.012887] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisQueueIoWorkItem'
[   14.012893] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeIoWorkItem'
[   14.012909] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterInterruptEx'
[   14.012915] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateStatusEx'
[   14.012921] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterInterruptEx'
[   14.012932] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateTimerObject'
[   14.012937] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisCancelTimerObject'
[   14.012943] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisSetTimerObject'
[   14.012949] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeTimerObject'
[   14.012955] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSetBusData'
[   14.012960] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMGetBusData'
[   14.012966] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisOpenConfigurationEx'
[   14.012972] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisGetSystemUpTimeEx'
[   14.012978] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisCopyFromNetBufferToNetBuffer'
[   14.012984] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferListPool'
[   14.012990] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMAllocateNetBufferSGList'
[   14.012996] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMFreeNetBufferSGList'
[   14.013019] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterScatterGatherDma'
[   14.013033] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterScatterGatherDma'
[   14.013039] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver'
[   14.013046] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMNetPnPEvent'
[   14.013052] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMFreePort'
[   14.013059] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMAllocatePort'
[   14.013065] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSynchronizeWithInterruptEx'
[   14.013079] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterMiniportDriver'
[   14.013100] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSendNetBufferListsComplete'
[   14.013107] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateMdl'
[   14.013114] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferAndNetBufferList'
[   14.013121] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeMdl'
[   14.013128] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferList'
[   14.013135] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateReceiveNetBufferLists'
[   14.013142] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferListPool'
[   14.013145] ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:206): couldn't prepare driver 'netw5s32'
[   14.017688] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver netw5s32; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
[   14.021092] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[  110.763080] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[  110.763216] ndiswrapper (ntoskernel_exit:2677): object f3d56a20(2) was not freed, freeing it now
[  130.544042] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[  130.576838] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'_aulldvrm'
[  130.576912] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'KeRegisterBugCheckReasonCallback'
[  130.576921] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: ntoskrnl.exe:'KeDeregisterBugCheckReasonCallback'
[  130.576977] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMOidRequestComplete'
[  130.576997] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSetMiniportAttributes'
[  130.577027] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMResetComplete'
[  130.577037] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateIoWorkItem'
[  130.577046] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisQueueIoWorkItem'
[  130.577056] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeIoWorkItem'
[  130.577083] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterInterruptEx'
[  130.577094] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateStatusEx'
[  130.577105] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterInterruptEx'
[  130.577125] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateTimerObject'
[  130.577136] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisCancelTimerObject'
[  130.577147] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisSetTimerObject'
[  130.577157] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeTimerObject'
[  130.577168] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSetBusData'
[  130.577179] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMGetBusData'
[  130.577190] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisOpenConfigurationEx'
[  130.577201] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisGetSystemUpTimeEx'
[  130.577212] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisCopyFromNetBufferToNetBuffer'
[  130.577223] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferListPool'
[  130.577235] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMAllocateNetBufferSGList'
[  130.577246] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMFreeNetBufferSGList'
[  130.577257] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterScatterGatherDma'
[  130.577269] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterScatterGatherDma'
[  130.577280] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver'
[  130.577291] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMNetPnPEvent'
[  130.577302] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMFreePort'
[  130.577313] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMAllocatePort'
[  130.577324] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSynchronizeWithInterruptEx'
[  130.577345] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterMiniportDriver'
[  130.577378] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSendNetBufferListsComplete'
[  130.577390] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateMdl'
[  130.577401] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferAndNetBufferList'
[  130.577412] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeMdl'
[  130.577423] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferList'
[  130.577434] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateReceiveNetBufferLists'
[  130.577445] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferListPool'
[  130.577450] ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:206): couldn't prepare driver 'netw5s32'
[  130.578519] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver netw5s32; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
[  130.588598] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
root@hakop-laptop:/home/hakop# iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

maybe should i install the 64 bits driver? what do you think about it?
Thank you for your help

[pytheas22]

It looks like ndiswrapper won't work with the Windows 7 driver. The Windows XP one may be better. To install that, please download the driver file from here and save it to your desktop (again, please download the .zip version of the file instead of the .exe). Then type:

sudo ndiswrapper -r netw5v32
sudo ndiswrapper -r netw5s32
cd ~/Desktop
unzip ICS_Dx32.zip
sudo ndiswrapper -i Disk/Drivers/x32/NETw5x32.INF

Then reboot, and again, please run the following commands and post all output:

sudo rmmod iwlagn
sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -l
dmesg | grep -e wlan -e ndis
sudo iwlist scan

Hopefully this will work. If not, we may be out of luck

[hakop]

It looks like ndiswrapper won't work with the Windows 7 driver. The Windows XP one may be better. To install that, please download the driver file from here and save it to your desktop (again, please download the .zip version of the file instead of the .exe). Then type:

sudo ndiswrapper -r netw5v32
sudo ndiswrapper -r netw5s32
cd ~/Desktop
unzip ICS_Dx32.zip
sudo ndiswrapper -i Disk/Drivers/x32/NETw5x32.INF

Then reboot, and again, please run the following commands and post all output:

sudo rmmod iwlagn
sudo rmmod ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -l
dmesg | grep -e wlan -e ndis
sudo iwlist scan

Hopefully this will work. If not, we may be out of luck

thank you for all your help and advices, but i think you're right, we're out of luck. i've tried with the XP driver, but unfortunately it didn't work neither (the output was the same as the windows 7 driver except for the files names) i don't know if there is something else I can do. I'll try to install the 64 bits driver (my version of ubuntu is 64 bits), it will maybe work with some luck.

but again, thank you very much and happy new year.

[pytheas22]

Yes, if you received the same error messages using ndiswrapper and the Windows XP driver, I don't know what else to do. Unfortunately the Intel Linux driver developers say they cannot support this type of hardware because it is a "pre-production" device (see this email for example).

The 64-bit Windows driver and ndiswrapper should not work on 32-bit Ubuntu; they would only work if you installed 64-bit Ubuntu. But I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

Sorry again we couldn't figure this out but thanks for your patience through the process.

[anilj]

hi im new to linux and changed my OS from windows to ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix. i cant connect to the net wirelessly so i uninstalled network manager and installed wicd network manager (which doesnt pick up the router either). now im not even sure if i have a driver for the wireless card which is a RaLink RT2860. can someone help me please as i am totally lost on what to do next.

[pytheas22]

anilj: please open a terminal from the Applications>Internet menu, run the following commands and post the output here:

dmesg | grep -e wlan
lshw -C Network
lspci -nn
lsusb
sudo iwlist scan

With that information, I can hopefully help you figure out how to make your wireless connection work.

[H3LlIoN]

I tried this:

First, download this file and save it to your desktop. Then run these commands:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz
tar -xzvf iwlwifi*
sudo cp iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode /lib/firmware
bunzip2 compat-wireless-old
tar xf compat-wireless-old
cd compat-wireless*old*
make
sudo make install
sudo make unload
sudo make load

and it made it as far as sudo cp iwlwifi..... and then it wouldn't do anything further, and now network manager appears to be gone, as I can no longer connect via lan, which I could do before. HELP!!!

(I'm a noob. kthanks)

[anilj]

dmesg | grep -e wlan: nothing happens

lshw -C Network:

anil@anil-laptop:~$ lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller
vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: b0
serial: 00:22:15:55:f6:00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ATL1E driverversion=1.0.0.7-NAPI firmware=L1e ip=92.236.189.171 latency=0 multicast=yes
resources: irq:28 memory:fbfc0000-fbffffff ioport:ec80(size=128)
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: RT2860
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
logical name: ra0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2860 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=RT2860 Wireless
resources: irq:19 memory:f7ff0000-f7ffffff

lspci -nn:
anil@anil-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: RaLink RT2860 [1814:0781]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller [1969:1026] (rev b0)

lsusb:
anil@anil-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC WebCam / CNF7129
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

sudo iwlist scan:
anil@anil-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for anil:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ra0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

(thanks for help in advance)