ndiswrapper 1.0 rc4 hangs during boot dell D600 latitude

linbox · n00b Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 41

Laptop hangs during boot only when running on battery.
Otherwise the wireless works great.

I used the latest ndiswrapper 1.0rc4 and the dell provided bcmwl5.sys driver.
I tried version 1.0rc3 and already had the same issue.

I use the kernel 2.6.10-gentoo-r6

any ideas?

yaneurabeya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1754 Location: Seattle

Sounds like you have the same issue as the guy on this bug thread with ndiswrapper: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76503

linbox · n00b Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 41

I looked deeper into my problem and it is really not the power cable that makes the different it is the network cable that keeps me from booting. I just had the network cable also plugged in so I coul connect to the internetl when I rebooted after I plugged the power back in

Phantom · n00b Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Netherlands

Well this may not be your probem at all, but I had a lot of probems with ndiswrapper locking my system, solution for me was to turn off the preemptive option in the kernel.
Have no clue why this should matter, but it is now rock solid.

have a look at: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=283871

ps. I'm running on a dell laptop too

linbox · n00b Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 41

I read through more postings and I tried out ifplugd and configured it for eth0 so it will only start etht0 when the cable is actually plugged in and now my computer does not lock up anymore.

With the wireless i took a not so clean route there has to be a better way.

I added in the /etc/conf/local.start the following lines

iwconfg wlan0 essid "xxxx"
sleep 2
iwconfig wlan key "xxxxxxxx"
sleep 2
ifconfig wlan0 up
sleep 2
dhcpcd wlano

Anybody knows a better way to have the essid and the key passed to the wireless card?