feisty ndiswrapper 1.38 windows driver not 32-bit error

golfer golfbuf at gmail.com
Sat Mar 17 15:05:53 GMT 2007


I'm running feisty and was unable to get my dell 1500n wireless
working under ndiswrapper 1.30.  But, the wifi works under edgy with
ndiswrapper 1.3.1.  On feisty, the latest update to ndiswrapper 1.38
should have fixed it, but now I get a strange error about 32-bit.

golfbuf :~$ modinfo ndiswrapper
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.20-11-generic/kernel/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
license:        GPL
version:        1.38
description:    NDIS wrapper driver
author:         ndiswrapper team <ndiswrapper-general at lists.sourceforge.net>
srcversion:     BAC0B2B6ECA821BB17E1CCA
depends:        usbcore
vermagic:       2.6.20-11-generic SMP mod_unload 586
parm:           if_name:Network interface name or template (default:
wlan%d) (charp)
parm:           proc_uid:The uid of the files created in /proc
(default: 0). (int)
parm:           proc_gid:The gid of the files created in /proc
(default: 0). (int)
parm:           debug:debug level (int)
parm:           hangcheck_interval:The interval, in seconds, for
checking if driver is hung. (default: 0) (int)

I'm using the same dell driver that I have use before, and the one
recommended on the wiki.
63. Card: Dell Wireless 1500 (802.11draft-n/a/g) WLAN MiniCard

   * Chipset: Broadcom BCM4321(?) (rev 01)
   * pciid: 14e4:4328
   * Driver: http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R129083.EXE
   * Other: ndiswrapper v1.22-rc1, Ubuntu kernel 2.6.15-26-386

golfbuf :~$ ndiswrapper -l
installed drivers:
bcmwl5          driver installed, hardware (14E4:4328) present

When I modprobe, it does not activate it.  The dmesg errors are:

golfbuf :~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

golfbuf :~$ sudo iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

golfbuf :~$ dmesg
[  184.324000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[  184.484000] ndiswrapper (check_nt_hdr:159): kernel is 32-bit, but
Windows driver is not 32-bit;bad magic: 020B
[  184.484000] ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:216): couldn't prepare
driver 'bcmwl5'
[  184.484000] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:118): couldn't load
driver bcmwl5; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'

The system log has the same messages.

help please,



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