HOWTO: Broadcom 4318 Wireless Cards

[Freestyle Skater]

The Edgy 64-bit version is broken. I think what is happening is it is removing my ndiswrapper and then not installing it again. I should be able to do it manually, but I wanted to report the problem. My log is attached as a txt file in case you want to go over it.

[hoopsta1423]

So i was able to get the wireless light on my Presario V2000 to finally light up, however i am still unable to connect wirelessly.

limone@lappy:~$ ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
bcmwl5          driver installed, hardware present 
limone@lappy:~$ sudo iwconfig eth1
eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:25 dBm   
          RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B   
          Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XX   Security mode:restricted
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

I am able to scan using "sudo iwlist scan"
the scan gives me 9 or 10 different wireless networks to connect to, but if i try to connect to them, nothing happens.

[compwiz18]

@Freestyle Skater: Try it with the 2.6.17-7-generic kernel instead of the 2.6.17-10-generic...it never works with 2.6.17-10-generic. If you are unsure how to do this, just ask

[hyrulian_gamer]

Well I got no answer from my previous post.. but I have a better question now.

When I got to step five it looked like this:

dustin@dustin-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo ./ndiswrapper_setup
0000:05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
ndiswrapper_setup, Copyright (C) 2006 Adam Blackburn
ndiswrapper_setup comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
type please see the file gpl.txt in the same directory as this program.
This is free software, and you are welcome  to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type see the file gpl.txt in the same directory
as this program for details.
Installing ndiswrapper...
dpkg: error processing ndiswrapper.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ndiswrapper.deb
dpkg died with exit status 1
Extracting the drivers...
tar: wifidrivers.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Deleting temporary files...
rm: cannot remove `wifidrivers.tar.gz': No such file or directory
Changing driver permissions...
chmod: cannot access `drivers': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `ndiswrapper.deb': No such file or directory
Changing working directory...
./ndiswrapper_setup: line 53: cd: drivers: No such file or directory
Removing previous attempts to use ndiswrapper, if any...please ignore errors in this section...
Driver bcmwl5a is not installed.Use -l to list installed drivers
ndiswrapper died with exit status 23
Removing default driver...
ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1
Installing driver through ndiswrapper...
couldn't copy ./bcmwl5.inf at /usr/sbin/ndiswrapper line 135.
Installing bcmwl5
ndiswrapper died with exit status 2
Installed ndis drivers:
bcmwl5  invalid driver!
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1
modprobe config already contains alias directive

Modprobing ndiswrapper...
FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/kernel/drivers/net/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid argument
modprobe died with exit status 1
Moving back to original working directory...
Deleting more temporary files...
rm: cannot remove `ndiswrapper.deb': No such file or directory
Blacklisting bcm43xx...
Adding ndiswrapper to /etc/modules, so it should load on boot...
Removing excess entries from your network interfaces file...
Searching for a wifi point...
eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning.

Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/eth0/00:16:36:36:f0:07
Sending on   LPF/eth0/00:16:36:36:f0:07
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 17
DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

There's a lot of errors in there.. did it not work? If so what should I do?

[Rusna]

Try it with the 2.6.17-7-generic kernel instead of the 2.6.17-10-generic...it never works with 2.6.17-10-generic. If you are unsure how to do this, just ask

So ndiswrapper does not work in the Edgy's release kernel, 2.6.17-10?
How can I switch to 2.6.17-7 where it works, right?

[sarirodord]

Hello!

I have an Acer Aspire 5024 (AMD 64) and have installed the Dapper version of Ubuntu (I'm quite a newby with Linux). The thing is I did manage to get my wireless connection work thanks to this thread, using "acer_acpi" and the "ndiswrapper" package, but every time I turn my laptop off, the acer_acpi module is not loaded by the kernel the next time I power it on. So, I just made a script that I can run manualy after loading the system in order to activate the wireless again; it's something like this:

#!/bin/bash
sudo modprobe acer_acpi
sudo chmod 777 /proc/acpi/acer/wireless
sudo echo "enabled: 1" > /proc/acpi/acer/wireless

The thing is I would really like this to be automatically done at startup, but I haven't manage to do this so far. If anyone can tell me how, or give another solution, I would be greatful.

[Mathiasdm]

So ndiswrapper does not work in the Edgy's release kernel, 2.6.17-10?
How can I switch to 2.6.17-7 where it works, right?

I'm wondering about the same thing!

Any idea?

mathias@mathias-laptop:~$ sudo ./ndiswrapper_setup
Installing build-essential using command apt-get install build-essential...
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
Reading state information...
build-essential is reeds de nieuwste versie.
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 0 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.
Done.
Extracting the wifi drivers...
Done.
Removing all versions of ndiswrapper...
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
Reading state information...
Pakket ndiswrapper-common is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 0 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.
Done.
ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1
make -C driver
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [all] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2
make -C driver install
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [install] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2
ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1
ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1
ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1
INSTALL COMPLETE.  IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, PLEASE POST wifisetup.log ON THE THREAD THAT YOU DOWNLOADED THIS SCRIPT FROM.
IF EVERYTHING IS WORKING, YOU CAN SAFELY DELETE ALL FILES.
THE WIRELESS LIGHT ON YOUR COMPUTER SHOULD BE ON NOW.
IF IT IS NOT, PLEASE REBOOT.  IF IT IS STILL NOT, TRY PRESSING IT.
IF THAT DOESN'T HELP, PLEASE POST ON THE FORUMS AND INCLUDE THE CONTENTS OF wifisetup.log
Do you want to reboot now? y/n: 
n
mathias@mathias-laptop:~$

log:

Log of apt-get --assume-yes install build-essential 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:31 2006

E: Kon vergrendeling /var/lib/dpkg/lock niet verkrijgen - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
apt-get died with exit status 100

Thu Oct 26 19:26:31 2006
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Log of tar -xf ndiswrapper-1.23.tar.gz 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:31 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
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Log of apt-get --assume-yes remove ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006

E: Kon vergrendeling /var/lib/dpkg/lock niet verkrijgen - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
apt-get died with exit status 100

Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
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Log of rmmod bcm43xx 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
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Log of make 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006

make: No such file or directory
make died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
----------------
Log of make install 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006

make: No such file or directory
make died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
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Log of modprobe ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:26:32 2006
----------------
Log of apt-get --assume-yes install build-essential 
Thu Oct 26 19:26:52 2006

Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
De volgende extra pakketten zullen geïnstalleerd worden:
  dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.1 libstdc++6-4.1-dev make
Voorgestelde pakketten:
  debian-keyring gcc-4.1-doc lib64stdc++6 libstdc++6-4.1-doc make-doc-non-dfsg
De volgende NIEUWE pakketten zullen geïnstalleerd worden:
  build-essential dpkg-dev g++ g++-4.1 libstdc++6-4.1-dev make
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 6 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 0 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.
Er moeten 4458kB aan archieven opgehaald worden.
Na het uitpakken zal er 18,3MB extra schijfruimte gebruikt worden.
Ophalen:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main libstdc++6-4.1-dev 4.1.1-13ubuntu5 [1619kB]
Ophalen:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main g++-4.1 4.1.1-13ubuntu5 [2573kB]
Ophalen:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main g++ 4:4.1.1-6ubuntu3 [1434B]
Ophalen:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main make 3.81-2 [148kB]
Ophalen:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main dpkg-dev 1.13.22ubuntu7 [110kB]
Ophalen:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com edgy/main build-essential 11.3 [6974B]
4458kB opgehaald in 50s (88,1kB/s)
Selecteren van voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket libstdc++6-4.1-dev.
(Database inlezen ... 121093 bestanden en mappen geïnstalleerd.)
Uitpakken van libstdc++6-4.1-dev (uit .../libstdc++6-4.1-dev_4.1.1-13ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecteren van voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket g++-4.1.
Uitpakken van g++-4.1 (uit .../g++-4.1_4.1.1-13ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecteren van voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket g++.
Uitpakken van g++ (uit .../g++_4%3a4.1.1-6ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Selecteren van voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket make.
Uitpakken van make (uit .../archives/make_3.81-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecteren van voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket dpkg-dev.
Uitpakken van dpkg-dev (uit .../dpkg-dev_1.13.22ubuntu7_all.deb) ...
Selecteren van voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket build-essential.
Uitpakken van build-essential (uit .../build-essential_11.3_i386.deb) ...
Instellen van make (3.81-2) ...
Instellen van dpkg-dev (1.13.22ubuntu7) ...
Instellen van libstdc++6-4.1-dev (4.1.1-13ubuntu5) ...
Instellen van g++-4.1 (4.1.1-13ubuntu5) ...
Instellen van g++ (4.1.1-6ubuntu3) ...

Instellen van build-essential (11.3) ...

Thu Oct 26 19:27:54 2006
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Log of tar -xf ndiswrapper-1.23.tar.gz 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:54 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:27:54 2006
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Log of apt-get --assume-yes remove ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:54 2006

Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
Reading state information...
Pakket ndiswrapper-common is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 0 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.

Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of rmmod bcm43xx 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of make 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006

make -C driver
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [all] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2

Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of make install 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006

make -C driver install
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [install] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2

Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of modprobe ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:27:58 2006
----------------
Log of apt-get --assume-yes install build-essential 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:10 2006

Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
Reading state information...
build-essential is reeds de nieuwste versie.
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 0 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.

Thu Oct 26 19:44:11 2006
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Log of tar -xf ndiswrapper-1.23.tar.gz 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:11 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:44:11 2006
----------------
Log of apt-get --assume-yes remove ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:11 2006

Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
Reading state information...
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.8
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
De volgende pakketten zullen VERWIJDERD worden:
  ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.8
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 2 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.
Er moeten 0B aan archieven opgehaald worden.
Na het uitpakken zal er 213kB schijfruimte vrijkomen.
(Database inlezen ... 121636 bestanden en mappen geïnstalleerd.)
ndiswrapper-utils-1.8 wordt verwijderd ...
dpkg - waarschuwing: tijdens verwijderen van ndiswrapper-utils-1.8, map `/etc/ndiswrapper' niet leeg dus niet verwijderd.
ndiswrapper-common wordt verwijderd ...

Thu Oct 26 19:44:14 2006
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:14 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:44:14 2006
----------------
Log of rmmod bcm43xx 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:14 2006

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:44:14 2006
----------------
Log of make 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:14 2006

make -C driver
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [all] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2

Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006
----------------
Log of make install 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006

make -C driver install
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [install] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2

Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006
----------------
Log of modprobe ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:44:15 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:44:16 2006
----------------
Log of apt-get --assume-yes install build-essential 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:44 2006

Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
Reading state information...
build-essential is reeds de nieuwste versie.
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 0 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.

Thu Oct 26 19:47:46 2006
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Log of tar -xf ndiswrapper-1.23.tar.gz 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:46 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:47:46 2006
----------------
Log of apt-get --assume-yes remove ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:46 2006

Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen...
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd...
Reading state information...
Pakket ndiswrapper-common is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 is niet geïnstalleerd, en wordt dus niet verwijderd
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 0 nieuwe pakketten geïnstalleerd, 0 verwijderen en 4 niet opgewaardeerd.

Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
----------------
Log of rmmod bcm43xx 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
----------------
Log of make 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006

make -C driver
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [all] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2

Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
----------------
Log of make install 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006

make -C driver install
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt binnengegaan
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/build;
  give the path to kernel build directory with 
  KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Fout 1
make[1]: Map '/home/mathias/ndiswrapper-1.23/driver' wordt verlaten
make: *** [install] Fout 2
make died with exit status 2

Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
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Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
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Log of modprobe ndiswrapper 
Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006


Thu Oct 26 19:47:47 2006
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[brainfry]

Nice one! Installed Edgy x86_64 45 minutes ago on my HP dv5046ea with the bcm4318 card and running 2.6.17-10-generic. Tried getting wireless to work the way I did in Dapper ie; blacklisting the bcm43xx driver that ships with Ubuntu, installing ndiswrapper followed by the 64 bit bcmwl5 driver........no joy. Downloaded the script and here I am, writing this with a wireless connection. Simple and painless! Thanks!

[rekahsoft]

Hello!

I have an Acer Aspire 5024 (AMD 64) and have installed the Dapper version of Ubuntu (I'm quite a newby with Linux). The thing is I did manage to get my wireless connection work thanks to this thread, using "acer_acpi" and the "ndiswrapper" package, but every time I turn my laptop off, the acer_acpi module is not loaded by the kernel the next time I power it on. So, I just made a script that I can run manualy after loading the system in order to activate the wireless again; it's something like this:

#!/bin/bash
sudo modprobe acer_acpi
sudo chmod 777 /proc/acpi/acer/wireless
sudo echo "enabled: 1" > /proc/acpi/acer/wireless

The thing is I would really like this to be automatically done at startup, but I haven't manage to do this so far. If anyone can tell me how, or give another solution, I would be greatful.

do the following to make the module load on startup:

echo "acer_acpi" >> /etc/modules

I don't know why you have to do this:

sudo chmod 777 /proc/acpi/acer/wireless
sudo echo "enabled: 1" > /proc/acpi/acer/wireless

...so if that doesn't work just add the script to your startup programs in your gnome session.

[cvmostert]

Nice one! Installed Edgy x86_64 45 minutes ago on my HP dv5046ea with the bcm4318 card and running 2.6.17-10-generic. Tried getting wireless to work the way I did in Dapper ie; blacklisting the bcm43xx driver that ships with Ubuntu, installing ndiswrapper followed by the 64 bit bcmwl5 driver........no joy. Downloaded the script and here I am, writing this with a wireless connection. Simple and painless! Thanks!

you were lucky, did not work for me yet... i think ndiswrapper does not work in a new edgy install... and i can not compile the one this post speaks of... will have to get a deb...