[Bug 264340] [NEW] ndiswrapper: cant scan for networks after first reboot post-install

[FuriousGeorge]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: ndiswrapper-common

1.   I'm using Kubuntu 8.04.1
2.   I'm using ndiswrapper-common-1.50.1ubuntu1
3.  After following the Ubuntu ndiswrapper docs, I expect wireless networking to continue working after the first reboot post-install
4.  I am unable to scan for networks, though i have a wlan0 interface, ndiswrapper module is loaded, and the configuration files exist in /etc/ndiswrapper

More information:

$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:d1:51:1e:11
          inet6 addr: fe80::214:d1ff:fe51:1e11/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:17 Memory:ff7ff400-ff7ff425

$ sudo iwlist scan
[sudo] password for administrator:
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     No scan results

(there are plenty of networks that it should see)

~$ tail -fn 10 /var/log/messages
Sep  3 09:09:23 station02 kernel: [ 1570.604374] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:11:35 station02 kernel: [ 1702.494132] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:20:17 station02 kernel: [ 2224.066157] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:22:29 station02 kernel: [ 2355.955973] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:24:41 station02 kernel: [ 2487.845689] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:26:53 station02 kernel: [ 2619.739415] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:29:05 station02 kernel: [ 2751.629172] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:31:17 station02 kernel: [ 2883.518919] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:32:53 station02 kernel: [ 2979.438747] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset
Sep  3 09:33:29 station02 kernel: [ 3015.408706] ndiswrapper (mp_reset:62): wlan0 is being reset

$ lsmod |grep ndis
ndiswrapper           192920  0
usbcore               146028  5 ndiswrapper,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

$ ls -la /etc/ndiswrapper/net8185/
total 348
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2008-09-03 08:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   4096 2008-09-03 08:35 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    452 2008-09-03 08:35 10EC:8185:13F2:10BD.5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    452 2008-09-03 08:35 10EC:8185:14F2:10BD.5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    452 2008-09-03 08:35 10EC:8185.5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    452 2008-09-03 08:35 10EC:8185:6165:18E8.5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    452 2008-09-03 08:35 10EC:8185:8185:10EC.5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10715 2008-09-03 08:35 net8185.inf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 308096 2008-09-03 08:35 rtl8185.sys

** Affects: ndiswrapper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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ndiswrapper:  cant scan for networks after first reboot post-install
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