Comprehensive ndiswrapper troubleshooting guide

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pytheas22:

After searching more intensely I finally found the IRQ-options:
Auto or Manual -> Auto was activated and after choosing Manual -> Settings for different IRQ-adresses: PCI Device or Reserved
I played with these rather useless options and had no succes, BUT:

After changing another option called "Plug and Play OS" from "no" to "yes" the device worked.

Here the dmesg:

[    0.556506] Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
[    0.556506] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[    0.556506] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[    0.562641] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
[    0.562641] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[    0.562641] PnPBIOS: Disabled by ACPI PNP
[    0.562641] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[    0.568040] NET: Registered protocol family 8
[    0.568043] NET: Registered protocol family 20
[    0.568057] NetLabel: Initializing
[    0.568059] NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
[    0.568061] NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[    0.568073] NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[    0.568081] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfefff000, IRQs 2, 8, 31
[    0.568086] hpet0: 3 32-bit timers, 25000000 Hz
[    0.569629] tracer: 772 pages allocated for 65536 entries of 48 bytes
[    0.569632]    actual entries 65620
[    0.569752] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[    0.569779] ACPI: RTC can wake from S4
[    0.572044] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[    0.572198] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[    0.576030] system 00:01: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f has been reserved
[    0.576033] system 00:01: ioport range 0x1080-0x10ff has been reserved
[    0.576036] system 00:01: ioport range 0x1400-0x147f has been reserved
[    0.576039] system 00:01: ioport range 0x1480-0x14ff has been reserved
[    0.576042] system 00:01: ioport range 0x1800-0x187f has been reserved
[    0.576045] system 00:01: ioport range 0x1880-0x18ff has been reserved
[    0.576051] system 00:02: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
[    0.576054] system 00:02: ioport range 0x800-0x87f has been reserved
[    0.576057] system 00:02: ioport range 0x290-0x297 has been reserved
[    0.576069] system 00:0d: iomem range 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff could not be reserved
[    0.576075] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xd2800-0xd3fff has been reserved
[    0.576078] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xf0000-0xf7fff could not be reserved
[    0.576081] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xf8000-0xfbfff could not be reserved
[    0.576084] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfc000-0xfffff could not be reserved
[    0.576087] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfefff000-0xfefff0ff could not be reserved
[    0.576091] system 00:0e: iomem range 0x7fee0000-0x7fefffff could not be reserved
[    0.576094] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xffff0000-0xffffffff could not be reserved
[    0.576097] system 00:0e: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
[    0.576100] system 00:0e: iomem range 0x100000-0x7fedffff could not be reserved
[    0.576103] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff could not be reserved
[    0.576106] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfeefffff could not be reserved
[    0.576109] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfefff000-0xfeffffff could not be reserved
[    0.576112] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfff80000-0xfff80fff could not be reserved
[    0.576115] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfff90000-0xfffbffff could not be reserved
[    0.576119] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfffed000-0xfffeffff could not be reserved
[    0.611328] pci 0000:00:06.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
[    0.611331] pci 0000:00:06.0:   IO window: disabled
[    0.611335] pci 0000:00:06.0:   MEM window: 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff
[    0.611337] pci 0000:00:06.0:   PREFETCH window: disabled
[    0.611341] pci 0000:00:0a.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
[    0.611344] pci 0000:00:0a.0:   IO window: 0x9000-0x9fff
[    0.611347] pci 0000:00:0a.0:   MEM window: 0xfa000000-0xfcffffff
[    0.611350] pci 0000:00:0a.0:   PREFETCH window: 0x000000e0000000-0x000000efffffff
[    0.611354] pci 0000:00:0e.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:03
[    0.611356] pci 0000:00:0e.0:   IO window: 0x7000-0x8fff
[    0.611359] pci 0000:00:0e.0:   MEM window: 0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff
[    0.611362] pci 0000:00:0e.0:   PREFETCH window: disabled
[    0.611371] pci 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.611376] pci 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.611380] pci 0000:00:0e.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.611383] bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0, ffff]
[    0.611385] bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
[    0.611388] bus: 01 index 0 mmio: [0, 0]
[    0.611390] bus: 01 index 1 mmio: [fde00000, fdefffff]
[    0.611392] bus: 01 index 2 mmio: [0, 0]
[    0.611394] bus: 01 index 3 io port: [0, ffff]
[    0.611396] bus: 01 index 4 mmio: [0, ffffffff]
[    0.611398] bus: 02 index 0 io port: [9000, 9fff]
[    0.611400] bus: 02 index 1 mmio: [fa000000, fcffffff]
[    0.611402] bus: 02 index 2 mmio: [e0000000, efffffff]
[    0.611404] bus: 02 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
[    0.611406] bus: 03 index 0 io port: [7000, 8fff]
[    0.611409] bus: 03 index 1 mmio: [fdd00000, fddfffff]
[    0.611411] bus: 03 index 2 mmio: [0, 0]
[    0.611412] bus: 03 index 3 mmio: [0, 0]
[    0.611423] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.624054] IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[    0.624315] TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    0.624819] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.625065] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
[    0.625068] TCP reno registered
[    0.632076] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.632186] checking if image is initramfs... it is
[    1.262915] Freeing initrd memory: 8005k freed
[    1.263959] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[    1.263976] type=2000 audit(1232759698.261:1): initialized
[    1.269500] highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
[    1.269505] HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    1.272182] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
[    1.272275] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    1.272378] msgmni has been set to 1743
[    1.272495] io scheduler noop registered
[    1.272498] io scheduler anticipatory registered
[    1.272500] io scheduler deadline registered
[    1.272511] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[    1.289064] pci 0000:00:05.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289079] pci 0000:00:05.1: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289094] pci 0000:00:05.2: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289108] pci 0000:00:06.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289123] pci 0000:00:06.1: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289140] pci 0000:00:08.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289157] pci 0000:00:09.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289172] pci 0000:00:0a.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289188] pci 0000:00:0e.0: Enabling HT MSI Mapping
[    1.289211] pci 0000:02:00.0: Boot video device
[    1.289355] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.289379] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0a.0: found MSI capability
[    1.289400] pci_express 0000:00:0a.0:pcie00: allocate port service
[    1.289452] pci_express 0000:00:0a.0:pcie03: allocate port service
[    1.289534] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0e.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.289556] pcieport-driver 0000:00:0e.0: found MSI capability
[    1.289573] pci_express 0000:00:0e.0:pcie00: allocate port service
[    1.289623] pci_express 0000:00:0e.0:pcie03: allocate port service
[    1.289986] isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
[    1.642393] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[    1.680172] hpet_resources: 0xfefff000 is busy
[    1.680280] Serial: 8250/16550 driver4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    1.680402] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[    1.681058] 00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[    1.682812] brd: module loaded
[    1.682881] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
[    1.683006] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f13:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[    1.683378] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    1.683384] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[    1.689195] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    1.689337] rtc_cmos 00:05: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[    1.689367] rtc0: alarms up to one year, y3k, hpet irqs
[    1.689532] EISA: Probing bus 0 at eisa.0
[    1.689538] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 1
[    1.689551] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 7
[    1.689553] Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 8
[    1.689555] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[    1.689558] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    1.689561] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    1.690025] TCP cubic registered
[    1.690050] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
[    1.690256] registered taskstats version 1
[    1.690400]   Magic number: 9:43:206
[    1.690441] tty ttyt4: hash matches
[    1.690572] rtc_cmos 00:05: setting system clock to 2009-01-24 01:14:59 UTC (1232759699)
[    1.690575] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    1.690577] EDD information not available.
[    1.690821] Freeing unused kernel memory: 424k freed
[    1.690879] Write protecting the kernel text: 2576k
[    1.690916] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 936k
[    1.705608] input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input1
[    1.858852] fuse init (API version 7.9)
[    1.896198] fan PNP0C0B:00: registered as cooling_device0
[    1.896205] ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
[    1.912235] processor ACPI0007:00: registered as cooling_device1
[    1.912302] processor ACPI0007:01: registered as cooling_device2
[    1.915020] thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
[    1.915547] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (40 C)
[    2.429949] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    2.429974] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    2.430051] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    2.448089] ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[    2.448556] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCF] enabled at IRQ 23
[    2.448566] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APCF] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[    2.448577] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    2.448580] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: OHCI Host Controller
[    2.448624] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    2.448647] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: irq 23, io mem 0xfe02f000
[    2.462648] No dock devices found.
[    2.488452] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    2.506168] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    2.506200] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.506211] hub 1-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
[    2.523340] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    2.713048] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCL] enabled at IRQ 22
[    2.713060] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APCL] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[    2.713073] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    2.713076] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: EHCI Host Controller
[    2.713101] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    2.713134] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: debug port 1
[    2.713137] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: cache line size of 64 is not supported
[    2.713153] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: irq 22, io mem 0xfe02e000
[    2.889026] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[    2.900022] ehci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
[    2.900168] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    2.900194] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    2.900204] hub 2-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
[    2.956024] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[    3.108249] pata_acpi 0000:00:04.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    3.108761] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSI] enabled at IRQ 21
[    3.108772] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APSI] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    3.108788] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    3.108795] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A disabled
[    3.108809] sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: version 3.5
[    3.108814] sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APSI] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    3.108816] sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: Using SWNCQ mode
[    3.109092] sata_nv 0000:00:05.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    3.109273] scsi0 : sata_nv
[    3.109667] scsi1 : sata_nv
[    3.109869] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9f0 ctl 0xbf0 bmdma 0xdc00 irq 21
[    3.109872] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x970 ctl 0xb70 bmdma 0xdc08 irq 21
[    3.436020] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[    3.569483] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    3.584038] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    3.637755] ata1.00: ATA-7: ST3320620AS, 3.AAD, max UDMA/133
[    3.637758] ata1.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    3.712739] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    3.872031] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
[    4.085353] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[    4.188037] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    4.239278] ata2.00: ATA-7: ST3320620AS, 3.AAD, max UDMA/133
[    4.239281] ata2.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    4.305878] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    4.305979] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST3320620AS      3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    4.306502] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST3320620AS      3.AA PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    4.307403] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APSJ] enabled at IRQ 20
[    4.307413] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APSJ] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[    4.307445] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    4.307456] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.1: PCI INT B disabled
[    4.307475] sata_nv 0000:00:05.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APSJ] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
[    4.307478] sata_nv 0000:00:05.1: Using SWNCQ mode
[    4.307742] sata_nv 0000:00:05.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    4.307933] scsi2 : sata_nv
[    4.308373] scsi3 : sata_nv
[    4.308567] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9e0 ctl 0xbe0 bmdma 0xc800 irq 20
[    4.308570] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x960 ctl 0xb60 bmdma 0xc808 irq 20
[    4.784035] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    4.808215] ata3.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG HD321KJ, CP100-12, max UDMA7
[    4.808218] ata3.00: 625142448 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    4.816213] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    5.146232] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    5.146336] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      SAMSUNG HD321KJ  CP10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    5.146921] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ASA2] enabled at IRQ 23
[    5.146925] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.2: PCI INT C -> Link[ASA2] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[    5.146957] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.2: setting latency timer to 64
[    5.146968] pata_acpi 0000:00:05.2: PCI INT C disabled
[    5.146988] sata_nv 0000:00:05.2: PCI INT C -> Link[ASA2] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 23
[    5.146991] sata_nv 0000:00:05.2: Using SWNCQ mode
[    5.147260] sata_nv 0000:00:05.2: setting latency timer to 64
[    5.147961] scsi4 : sata_nv
[    5.148375] scsi5 : sata_nv
[    5.148569] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xc400 ctl 0xc000 bmdma 0xb400 irq 23
[    5.148573] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xbc00 ctl 0xb800 bmdma 0xb408 irq 23
[    5.479217] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    5.806216] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    5.806394] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.61.
[    5.806835] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APCH] enabled at IRQ 22
[    5.806840] forcedeth 0000:00:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APCH] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[    5.806845] forcedeth 0000:00:08.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    5.806871] nv_probe: set workaround bit for reversed mac addr
[    6.324501] forcedeth 0000:00:08.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 1, addr 00:17:31:6c:fd:d7
[    6.324505] forcedeth 0000:00:08.0: highdma csum vlan pwrctl mgmt timirq gbit lnktim msi desc-v3
[    6.325291] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AMC1] enabled at IRQ 21
[    6.325295] forcedeth 0000:00:09.0: PCI INT A -> Link[AMC1] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
[    6.325299] forcedeth 0000:00:09.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    6.325323] nv_probe: set workaround bit for reversed mac addr
[    6.844501] forcedeth 0000:00:09.0: ifname eth1, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 1, addr 00:18:f3:4d:17:aa
[    6.844505] forcedeth 0000:00:09.0: highdma csum vlan pwrctl mgmt timirq gbit lnktim msi desc-v3
[    6.846286] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0001)
[    6.846737] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC8] enabled at IRQ 16
[    6.846747] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APC8] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    6.846785] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    6.846801] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: PCI INT B disabled
[    6.848437] ahci 0000:03:00.0: version 3.0
[    6.848908] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC7] enabled at IRQ 16
[    6.848913] ahci 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC7] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    6.852441] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC4] enabled at IRQ 19
[    6.852452] ohci1394 0000:01:0b.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    6.902181] ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[19]  MMIO=[fdeff000-fdeff7ff]  Max Packet=[2048]  IR/IT contexts=[4/8]
[    6.902254] ahci 0000:03:00.0: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 2 ports 3 Gbps 0x3 impl SATA mode
[    6.902257] ahci 0000:03:00.0: flags: 64bit ncq pm led clo pmp pio slum part 
[    6.902263] ahci 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    6.902443] scsi6 : ahci
[    6.902637] scsi7 : ahci
[    6.902692] ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfddfe000 port 0xfddfe100 irq 16
[    6.902696] ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m8192@0xfddfe000 port 0xfddfe180 irq 16
[    7.224031] ata7: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    7.560026] ata8: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    7.576409] pata_jmicron 0000:03:00.1: PCI INT B -> Link[APC8] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    7.576446] pata_jmicron 0000:03:00.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    7.577098] pata_amd 0000:00:04.0: version 0.3.10
[    7.577137] pata_amd 0000:00:04.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    7.577211] scsi8 : pata_jmicron
[    7.579653] scsi9 : pata_amd
[    7.579765] scsi10 : pata_jmicron
[    7.579803] ata9: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x8c00 ctl 0x8800 bmdma 0x7c00 irq 16
[    7.579806] ata10: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x8400 ctl 0x8000 bmdma 0x7c08 irq 16
[    7.579949] scsi11 : pata_amd
[    7.580850] ata11: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xf000 irq 14
[    7.580853] ata12: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xf008 irq 15
[    7.589194] scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[    7.589230] scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[    7.589268] scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[    7.748266] ata11.00: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A, 1.02, max UDMA/66
[    7.748283] ata11.01: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A, 1.02, max UDMA/66
[    7.748295] ata11: nv_mode_filter: 0x1f39f&0x1f01f->0x1f01f, BIOS=0x1f000 (0xc5c50000) ACPI=0x1f01f (30:30:0x1f)
[    7.748300] ata11: nv_mode_filter: 0x1f39f&0x1f01f->0x1f01f, BIOS=0x1f000 (0xc5c50000) ACPI=0x1f01f (30:30:0x1f)
[    7.764214] ata11.00: configured for UDMA/66
[    7.780215] ata11.01: configured for UDMA/66
[    7.780249] ata12: port disabled. ignoring.
[    7.781167] scsi 9:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD RW AD-7170A  1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    7.781328] scsi 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
[    7.782630] scsi 9:0:1:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD RW AD-7170A  1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    7.782732] scsi 9:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 5
[    7.931581] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[    7.931698] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
[    7.931718] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    7.931721] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    7.931751] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    7.931822] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
[    7.931838] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    7.931841] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    7.931869] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    7.931873]  sda:<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
[    7.950694]  sda1 sda2 < sda5 >
[    7.961791] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    7.961874] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
[    7.961897] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    7.961899] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    7.961936] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    7.961999] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
[    7.962018] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    7.962021] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    7.962056] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    7.962060]  sdb: sdb1
[    7.978119] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[    7.978208] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
[    7.978229] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[    7.978232] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    7.978268] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    7.978331] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] 625142448 512-byte hardware sectors (320073 MB)
[    7.978351] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off
[    7.978353] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    7.978389] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    7.978392]  sdc: sdc1 sdc2 < sdc5 >
[    8.067541] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk
[    8.072667] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    8.072673] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    8.072780] sr 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    8.083100] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    8.083210] sr 9:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[    8.172137] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[0011d80000d68335]
[    8.389505] PM: Starting manual resume from disk
[    8.389509] PM: Resume from partition 8:37
[    8.389511] PM: Checking hibernation image.
[    8.389685] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[    8.450838] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[    8.450848] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
[   13.344512] udevd version 124 started
[   13.676267] i2c-adapter i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x1c00
[   13.676273] ACPI: I/O resource nForce2_smbus [0x1c40-0x1c7f] conflicts with ACPI region SM01 [0x1c40-0x1c45]
[   13.676276] ACPI: Device needs an ACPI driver
[   13.676334] i2c-adapter i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x1c40
[   13.777666] ck804xrom ck804xrom_init_one(): Unable to register resource 0x00000000ff000000-0x00000000ffffffff - kernel bug?
[   13.857692] input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2
[   13.888042] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
[   13.888130] input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input3
[   13.920020] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
[   14.040519] Found: PMC Pm49FL004
[   14.040529] ck804xrom @fff80000: Found 1 x8 devices at 0x0 in 8-bit bank
[   14.119571] number of JEDEC chips: 1
[   14.119575] cfi_cmdset_0002: Disabling erase-suspend-program due to code brokenness.
[   14.630017] parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[   14.630043] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
[   14.793406] ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[   15.047437] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[   15.065033] usb 2-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[   15.080583] shpchp: Standard Hot Plug PCI Controller Driver version: 0.4
[   15.390488] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[   15.400928] ndiswrapper: driver wlanchag (ZyXEL,08/16/2005, 1.5.0.102) loaded
[   15.405368] ndiswrapper (ZwQueryValueKey:2330): not fully implemented (yet)
[   15.454848] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input4
[   15.891647] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC7] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   15.891656] nvidia 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   15.892025] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  177.82  Tue Nov  4 13:35:57 PST 2008
[   15.929395] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] enabled at IRQ 17
[   15.929408] RME Hammerfall DSP 0000:01:07.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[   16.289398] wlan0: ethernet device 00:13:49:38:54:eb using NDIS driver: wlanchag, version: 0x10005, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 0586:340C.F.conf
[   16.348436] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
[   16.351278] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[   16.442832] input: ImExPS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5
[   17.934995] ALSA /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.19/pci/rme9652/../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:809: Hammerfall-DSP: wait for FIFO status <= 0 failed after 30 iterations
[   17.935103] firmware: requesting multiface_firmware_rev11.bin
[   17.976657] ALSA /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.19/pci/rme9652/../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:4932: Hammerfall-DSP: cannot load firmware multiface_firmware_rev11.bin
[   17.976665] ALSA /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.19/pci/rme9652/../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:5072: Hammerfall-DSP: couldn't get firmware from userspace. try using hdsploader
[   17.976670] ALSA /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.19/pci/rme9652/../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:5078: Hammerfall-DSP: card initialization pending : waiting for firmware
[   18.401339] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[   18.463381] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
[   18.560433] Adding 6064496k swap on /dev/sdc5.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:6064496k
[   19.107010] EXT3 FS on sdc1, internal journal
[   20.070319] type=1505 audit(1232756117.834:2): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" name2="default" pid=4505
[   20.252930] type=1505 audit(1232756118.015:3): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" name2="default" pid=4510
[   20.253168] type=1505 audit(1232756118.019:4): operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" name2="default" pid=4510
[   20.422973] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   20.952981] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[   21.206664] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[   21.206990] powernow-k8:    0 : fid 0xe (2200 MHz), vid 0xe
[   21.206994] powernow-k8:    1 : fid 0xc (2000 MHz), vid 0x10
[   21.206997] powernow-k8:    2 : fid 0xa (1800 MHz), vid 0x10
[   21.206999] powernow-k8:    3 : fid 0x2 (1000 MHz), vid 0x12
[   21.867673] warning: `avahi-daemon' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
[   21.921710] apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
[   21.921719] apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
[   22.074519] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   23.500037] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -144282046 ns)
[   24.287405] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.13
[   24.289337] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   24.289347] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   24.289355] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   24.305258] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.11
[   24.305272] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   24.326699] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   24.327806] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   24.327816] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.10
[   24.331345] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   24.331362] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   24.371817] Bridge firewalling registered
[   24.372507] pan0: Dropping NETIF_F_UFO since no NETIF_F_HW_CSUM feature.
[   24.390679] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
[   24.390692] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   28.489303] eth1: no link during initialization.
[   28.492213] eth0: no link during initialization.
[   28.615221] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[  117.047221] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[  117.097292] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[  119.339921] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[  119.388053] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
[  120.016675] ppdev0: registered pardevice
[  120.064383] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice

I hope the device keeps working, but anyway a GREAT THANK YOU for your support and patience, pytheas22!

AMTQ

[makegreenbygoinggreen.com]

I am so confused. Are these the steps I must follow to set up my at & t wifi on my dell mini 9-?

Please help.

soap-mart.com
makegreenbygoinggreen.com

[pytheas22]

I am so confused. Are these the steps I must follow to set up my at & t wifi on my dell mini 9-?

Please help.

soap-mart.com
makegreenbygoinggreen.com

No, these steps don't apply to your situation. Please post the output of the commands that I asked for in your other thread when you get a chance, and we'll take it from there. Don't try to follow the instructions in this tutorial; they won't work for you.

AMTQ: I'm glad that seems to have helped! Please post again if it turns out not to really be the solution.

[etherealethel]

Dear Pytheus - so far so good! Have followed your instructions and it is all working well - PC now been on for over 6 hours and connection still fine - and very noticeably faster than it ever was before - so keep your fingers x'd for me, hopefully this is it!!! (don't want to tempt fate though..)

How on earth are you managing to get time to do your PHD with all this on-line work????

Many many thanks again

[pytheas22]

etherealethel: I'm glad that seems to have worked. The one thing for you to keep in mind is that if you update your kernel via Ubuntu updates, you will need to recompile the driver again against the newer kernel by running these commands:

wget http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz
tar -xzvf rt73*
cd rt73*/Module
make
sudo make install
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe rt73

Ubuntu updates usually pushes out a new kernel about once a month, and you'll know when it's installed a new one because it will prompt you to restart your computer for changes to take effect. After rebooting into the new kernel, just run the commands above and your wireless should come back.

You may want to keep a copy of the rt73-cvs-daily.tar.gz tarball in your /home folder so that you won't have to wget it (which requires an Internet connection) each time.

[AMTQ]

No, these steps don't apply to your situation. Please post the output of the commands that I asked for in your other thread when you get a chance, and we'll take it from there. Don't try to follow the instructions in this tutorial; they won't work for you.

AMTQ: I'm glad that seems to have helped! Please post again if it turns out not to really be the solution.

Did I mention that I removed the command "pci=biosirq acpi=noirq" from /boot/grub/menu.lst?



After all, what I needed to do for getting to work my ZyXel ZyAir G-270S:
- Change the BIOS-entry "Plug&Play OS" to "Yes"

[Gazoo2]

I have set up a wireless pcmcia card with the right drivers from the windows disc, I can see the card is logged in to my router from the mac address list. I am using WPA password and the card seems to be set up right but I can't ping any IP address's.

Could someone direct me as to the steps I should follow to isolate the problem.

[pytheas22]

Gazoo2: this could be a DNS issue or a routing problem, or maybe you don't really have an IP address even though you think you do. Please post the output of these commands to help isolate the problem:

iwconfig
ifconfig
ping -c 5 google.com
ping -c 5 74.125.45.100
ping -c 5 192.168.1.1
ping -c 5 192.168.0.1
cat /etc/resolv.conf

[etherealethel]

Many thanks again Pytheus - now a week on and it's all still working! Great!

[JohnPta]

This is what I get when I run the command:

root@jan-laptop:~# lshw -C Network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 15
serial: 00:1a:80:f8:02:31
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.22 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=10.0.0.102 latency=0 link=yes module=sky2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: 5e:18:87:d7:6c:7d
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes

root@jan-laptop:~# dmesg | grep -e ndis -e wlan
[ 498.757361] ndiswrapper version 1.53 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 498.805294] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

I understand the wireless card is "Unclaimed" but in the last 3 lines "ndiswrapper" is loaded besides that "ndiswrapper is NOT loaded automatically. I got this far by going step by step though your posting again after I restarted the computer.

Can you give me some hints where I am going wrong?