You must upgrade the version of Ndiswrapper, the 1.38 is having problems 
with new commands of the driver .ini that makes the system hang.
Upgrade to the last version(currently 1.47)

n_v_v wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo modprobe -r ath_pci
> Password:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep ath
> ---nothing---
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/modprobe.d$ cat blacklist-common 
> blacklist ath_pci
>
> --after reboot--
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod | grep ath
> --nothing--
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/wlan# ls -l
> total 2972
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 528096 2006-11-15 07:00 ar5211.sys
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 524518 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.cab
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  24586 2007-01-29 15:29 data1.hdr
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 561027 2007-01-29 15:29 data2.cab
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 346602 2002-07-25 16:07 ikernel.ex_
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 552214 2006-11-27 10:44 ISSetup.dll
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    417 2007-01-29 15:29 layout.bin
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  18800 2007-01-25 05:58 net5211.cat
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  49933 2007-01-18 14:49 net5211.inf
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 164784 2006-05-17 17:21 _Setup.dll
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev  56320 2001-09-05 04:23 setup.exe
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    142 2007-01-29 15:29 setup.ini
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev 144763 2007-01-22 09:45 setup.inx
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root plugdev    814 2006-11-27 15:00 setup.iss
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -l
> --nothing--
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf 
> installing net5211 ...
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> ...
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/wlan# 
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/wlan# ndiswrapper -m
> adding "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" to /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper ...
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/wlan# ifconfig 
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1B:24:2B:B1:2C  
>           inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::21b:24ff:fe2b:b12c/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
>           RX bytes:248373 (242.5 KiB)  TX bytes:55727 (54.4 KiB)
>           Interrupt:20 Base address:0xac00 
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
>           RX bytes:100 (100.0 b)  TX bytes:100 (100.0 b)
>
> So, no effect. BUT: when I added "modprobe ndiswrapper"
> the whole system hang. I rebooted (power button), booted in
> normal mode, the progress bar hangs.
> I rebooted in recovery mode, it hangs in "configuring network resources".
> After "rmmod ndiswrapper" and CTRD+D the system loaded and the WLAN
> option was active in Network Configuration!
> Trying to configure WLAN the whole system hangs again.
> I placed ndiswrapper to the blacklist so far...
>
> Now I have:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep ndis
> [   37.716368] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
> [   37.852291] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,11/15/2006,5.1.1.9) loaded
> [   37.852778] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2467): closing handle 0xd4fcb1e8 not 
> implemented
> [   38.265715] ndiswrapper: using IRQ 19
> [   38.772558] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
>
> The complete lsmod again:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> binfmt_misc            12680  1 
> rfcomm                 40856  0 
> l2cap                  25856  5 rfcomm
> bluetooth              55908  4 rfcomm,l2cap
> fglrx                 540004  11 
> ppdev                  10116  0 
> powernow_k8            16064  0 
> cpufreq_conservative     8200  0 
> cpufreq_stats           7360  0 
> cpufreq_powersave       2688  0 
> cpufreq_ondemand        9228  1 
> freq_table              5792  3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
> cpufreq_userspace       5408  0 
> pcc_acpi               13184  0 
> sony_acpi               6284  0 
> tc1100_wmi              8068  0 
> dev_acpi               12292  0 
> button                  8720  0 
> battery                10756  0 
> dock                   10268  0 
> asus_acpi              17308  0 
> sbs                    15652  0 
> i2c_ec                  6016  1 sbs
> video                  16388  0 
> backlight               7040  1 asus_acpi
> container               5248  0 
> ac                      6020  0 
> ndiswrapper           194608  0 
> nls_utf8                3072  1 
> ntfs                  107764  1 
> ipv6                  268960  8 
> parport_pc             36388  0 
> lp                     12452  0 
> parport                36936  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
> fuse                   46612  0 
> af_packet              23816  6 
> joydev                 10816  0 
> snd_hda_intel          21912  1 
> snd_hda_codec         205056  1 snd_hda_intel
> snd_pcm_oss            44544  0 
> snd_mixer_oss          17408  2 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                79876  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_seq_dummy           4740  0 
> snd_seq_oss            32896  0 
> pcmcia                 39212  0 
> 8139too                27648  0 
> snd_seq_midi            9600  0 
> snd_rawmidi            25472  1 snd_seq_midi
> snd_seq_midi_event      8448  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
> ide_cd                 32672  0 
> snd_seq                52592  6 
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
> snd_timer              23684  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
> snd_seq_device          9100  5 
> snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
> snd                    54020  10 
> snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
> pcspkr                  4224  0 
> cdrom                  37664  1 ide_cd
> serio_raw               7940  0 
> sdhci                  18700  0 
> psmouse                38920  0 
> soundcore               8672  2 snd
> mmc_core               26756  1 sdhci
> i2c_piix4               9740  0 
> snd_page_alloc         10888  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> k8temp                  6656  0 
> yenta_socket           27532  1 
> rsrc_nonstatic         14080  1 yenta_socket
> pcmcia_core            40852  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
> ati_agp                10124  0 
> agpgart                35400  2 fglrx,ati_agp
> i2c_core               22656  2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4
> shpchp                 34324  0 
> pci_hotplug            32576  1 shpchp
> tsdev                   8768  0 
> evdev                  11008  4 
> ext3                  133128  1 
> jbd                    59816  1 ext3
> mbcache                 9604  1 ext3
> sg                     36252  0 
> sd_mod                 23428  4 
> generic                 5124  0 [permanent]
> 8139cp                 25088  0 
> mii                     6528  2 8139too,8139cp
> ohci_hcd               22532  0 
> atiixp                  7440  0 [permanent]
> ehci_hcd               34188  0 
> usbcore               134280  4 ndiswrapper,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
> sata_sil               12808  3 
> ata_generic             9092  0 
> libata                125720  2 sata_sil,ata_generic
> scsi_mod              142348  3 sg,sd_mod,libata
> thermal                14856  0 
> processor              31048  2 powernow_k8,thermal
> fan                     5636  0 
> fbcon                  42656  0 
> tileblit                3584  1 fbcon
> font                    9216  1 fbcon
> bitblit                 6912  1 fbcon
> softcursor              3200  1 bitblit
> vesafb                  9220  0 
> capability              5896  0 
> commoncap               8192  1 capability
>
>
> What else could I try?
>
>

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No WLAN on Acer Extensa 1014
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