[Bug 18362] Re: ndiswrapper usb dongle freezes X

[torre]

I have Edgy on my Dell Latitude CPx and am using a D-Link DWL-G132 rev
A3 (P/N EWLG132EU.A3G),  downloaded the latest drivers from the D-Link
support site for the A3 rev. (DriverVer 05/08/2006,1.5.202.2)

To make my life easier I installed Gnome Network Manager on the system.

If I install the driver using ndiswrapper -i neta5agu.inf and then do a
modprobe ndiswrapper the machine hangs after about 2 seconds.

What I have noticed is that when you disable DBus (/etc/init.d/dbus
stop) and do the modprobe, you can continue working normally, however
since Network Manager is not working there is nothing being done to the
newly created wlan0 device.

When I start wpa_supplicant (which is what Network Manager does in the
background) on/with the wlan0 interface, the machine instantly hangs,
without any kernel/syslog messages.

iwlist wlan0 scan works.

To get my system up and running I tried using the commercial product
driverloader from linuxant, it works with the driver, but with the
limitation of not being able to use WPA or WPA2. Hope this helps anyone.

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ndiswrapper usb dongle freezes X
https://launchpad.net/bugs/18362