ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver sis163u; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver' -> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bf8:100f Fujitsu Siemens Computers wireless USB adapter not working on AMILO Pa 2548 in 32-bit edition of Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

Asked by Kasper Lehto

I just can't get the wireless connection to work, it seems that the wifi device isn't recogniced by the system at all..
Hopefully you can help me!

here comes the info:

kasper@kasper-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo lsmod; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
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Seuraavat UUDET paketit asennetaan:
  hwinfo libhd16
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ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: MCP67 Ethernet
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a2
       serial: 00:14:0b:3b:54:48
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=192.168.10.104 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:28 memory:f0688000-f0688fff ioport:30f8(size=8) memory:f0689c00-f0689cff memory:f0689800-f068980f
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller [10de:0547] (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge [10de:0548] (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus [10de:0542] (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor [10de:0543] (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:055e] (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:055f] (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:055e] (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:055f] (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller [10de:0560] (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio [10de:055c] (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge [10de:0561] (rev a2)
00:09.0 SATA controller [0106]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SATA Controller [10de:0555] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet [10de:054c] (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0562] (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0563] (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0563] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M G] [10de:0428] (rev a1)
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp. Video Camera Controller
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bf8:100f Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
===================================================
                            system AMILO Pa 2548
/0 bus PTT50
/0/0 memory 101KiB BIOS
/0/3 processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology T
/0/3/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/3/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4 memory 3GiB System Memory
/0/4/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/4/1 memory 1GiB DIMM DRAM Synchronous
/0/5 processor
/0/5/0 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/5/1 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/b memory RAM memory
/0/1 bridge MCP67 ISA Bridge
/0/1.1 bus MCP67 SMBus
/0/1.3 processor MCP67 Co-processor
/0/2 bus MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/2.1 bus MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/e bus MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
/0/4.1 bus MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
/0/6 scsi1 storage MCP67 IDE Controller
/0/6/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7540A
/0/7 multimedia MCP67 High Definition Audio
/0/8 bridge MCP67 PCI Bridge
/0/9 scsi3 storage MCP67 SATA Controller
/0/9/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 320GB SAMSUNG HM320II
/0/9/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 289GiB EXT4 volume
/0/9/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 8856MiB Extended partition
/0/9/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 8856MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/a eth0 network MCP67 Ethernet
/0/100 bridge MCP67 PCI Express Bridge
/0/100/0 display G86 [GeForce 8400M G]
/0/c bridge MCP67 PCI Express Bridge
/0/d bridge MCP67 PCI Express Bridge
/0/101 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Tec
/0/102 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
/0/103 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
/0/104 bridge K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Cont
/0/f scsi0 storage
/0/f/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk SCSI Disk
/1 power Lithium Ion Battery
Linux kasper-laptop 2.6.32-24-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:17:33 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f8080] f8080
[ 0.164087] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU1
[ 0.164432] Switch to broadcast mode on CPU0
[ 0.172974] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: ACPI brightness control misses _BQC function
[ 0.177730] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.207800] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.207818] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.207848] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.216031] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.221009] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.258274] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.258329] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.258391] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.258458] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.258530] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.258606] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.258687] pci 0000:00:00.0: Found enabled HT MSI Mapping
[ 0.274556] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input2
[ 0.274595] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.300133] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.300166] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.316176] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.316211] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.374197] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.374233] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.434206] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.434244] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.437561] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.437564] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.439438] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.440135] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.632021] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 0.650178] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.760872] forcedeth: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.64.
[ 0.761275] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LMAC] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 0.761281] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.776367] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.832054] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 0.832404] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 0.832406] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 0.888051] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.020798] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.132038] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 1.272289] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.281002] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x5043 @ 1, addr 00:14:0b:3b:54:48
[ 1.281008] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: highdma pwrctl mgmt lnktim msi desc-v3
[ 1.512033] usb 2-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[ 1.651519] usb 2-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 5.833253] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 14.021110] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 15.637096] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(VGA) defines _DOD but not _DOS
[ 15.637181] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: ACPI brightness control misses _BQC function
[ 15.655087] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 15.908869] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
[ 15.931192] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_phonet
[ 15.932940] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 15.937153] usb 2-6: bad CDC descriptors
[ 15.937220] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[ 15.972248] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
[ 16.023309] usbcore: registered new interface driver ALi m5602
[ 16.120042] usb 2-6: bad CDC descriptors
[ 16.120132] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan
[ 16.149029] usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 16.321620] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateReceiveNetBufferLists'
[ 16.321636] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisOpenConfigurationEx'
[ 16.321654] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBuffer'
[ 16.321663] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateMdl'
[ 16.321672] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferPool'
[ 16.321680] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferListPool'
[ 16.321689] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferList'
[ 16.321698] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferList'
[ 16.321706] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferListPool'
[ 16.321715] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferPool'
[ 16.321724] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateStatusEx'
[ 16.321733] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSendNetBufferListsComplete'
[ 16.321742] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateFragmentNetBufferList'
[ 16.321751] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeFragmentNetBufferList'
[ 16.321760] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisRetreatNetBufferDataStart'
[ 16.321769] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAdvanceNetBufferDataStart'
[ 16.321782] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterMiniportDriver'
[ 16.321791] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver'
[ 16.321804] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMOidRequestComplete'
[ 16.321826] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMResetComplete'
[ 16.321835] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSetMiniportAttributes'
[ 16.321844] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBuffer'
[ 16.321855] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateMemoryWithTagPriority'
[ 16.321871] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeMdl'
[ 16.321883] ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:206): couldn't prepare driver 'sis163u'
[ 16.322295] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver sis163u; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
[ 16.323317] forcedeth 0000:00:0a.0: irq 28 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 16.323520] eth0: no link during initialization.
[ 16.324515] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 16.396170] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 241.223208] usb 2-6: USB disconnect, address 4
[ 452.036663] eth0: link up.
[ 452.037714] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 462.976064] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 1610.948169] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 1610.949395] ndiswrapper (ntoskernel_exit:2677): object f3abb420(2) was not freed, freeing it now
[ 1610.966380] ndiswrapper version 1.55 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
[ 1611.092063] usb 2-1: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1611.230520] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateReceiveNetBufferLists'
[ 1611.230558] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisOpenConfigurationEx'
[ 1611.230599] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBuffer'
[ 1611.230619] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateMdl'
[ 1611.230638] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferPool'
[ 1611.230658] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferListPool'
[ 1611.230677] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBufferList'
[ 1611.230696] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferList'
[ 1611.230716] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferListPool'
[ 1611.230736] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateNetBufferPool'
[ 1611.230756] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMIndicateStatusEx'
[ 1611.230777] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSendNetBufferListsComplete'
[ 1611.230797] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateFragmentNetBufferList'
[ 1611.230816] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeFragmentNetBufferList'
[ 1611.230836] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisRetreatNetBufferDataStart'
[ 1611.230855] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAdvanceNetBufferDataStart'
[ 1611.230884] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMDeregisterMiniportDriver'
[ 1611.230905] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMRegisterMiniportDriver'
[ 1611.230934] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMOidRequestComplete'
[ 1611.230985] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMResetComplete'
[ 1611.231005] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisMSetMiniportAttributes'
[ 1611.231024] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeNetBuffer'
[ 1611.231049] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisAllocateMemoryWithTagPriority'
[ 1611.231087] ndiswrapper (import:242): unknown symbol: NDIS.SYS:'NdisFreeMdl'
[ 1611.231112] ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:206): couldn't prepare driver 'sis163u'
[ 1611.233278] ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver sis163u; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
[ 1611.233386] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
20: PCI 0a.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_54c
  Unique ID: rBUF.MKJOdBll14F
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0a.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0a.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "nVidia MCP67 Ethernet"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x054c "MCP67 Ethernet"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1734 "Fujitsu Siemens Computers"
  SubDevice: pci 0x110b
  Revision: 0xa2
  Driver: "forcedeth"
  Driver Modules: "forcedeth"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf0688000-0xf0688fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x30f8-0x30ff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf0689c00-0xf0689cff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0689800-0xf068980f (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 28 (18957 events)
  HW Address: 00:14:0b:3b:54:48
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd0000054Csv00001734sd0000110Bbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: forcedeth is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe forcedeth"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 184677 0
ppp_deflate 3682 0
zlib_deflate 19568 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 4811 0
ppp_async 6734 0
crc_ccitt 1339 1 ppp_async
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203310 1
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
snd_hda_intel 21941 2
rndis_wlan 20617 0
snd_hda_codec 74201 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 70662 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
cfg80211 126517 1 rndis_wlan
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
rndis_host 5756 1 rndis_wlan
cdc_ether 3541 1 rndis_host
cdc_phonet 3901 0
usbnet 14943 3 rndis_wlan,rndis_host,cdc_ether
joydev 8708 0
cdc_acm 13538 0
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
gspca_m5602 51833 0
gspca_main 21199 1 gspca_m5602
mii 4381 1 usbnet
videodev 34361 1 gspca_main
v4l1_compat 13251 1 videodev
phonet 16933 1 cdc_phonet
video 17375 0
output 1871 1 video
snd 54148 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
nvidia 9961216 40
agpgart 31724 1 nvidia
vga16fb 11385 1
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
psmouse 63245 0
serio_raw 3978 0
k8temp 3024 0
i2c_nforce2 5199 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
usb_storage 39425 0
ahci 32200 2
pata_amd 8766 0
forcedeth 49556 0
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                         [ OK ]

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#1

I think you are getting the following error:

ndiswrapper (load_wrap_driver:108): couldn't load driver sis163u; check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'

because you are using the wrong Windows drivers for your wireless card.

Your wireless card is the following wireless USB adapter:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bf8:100f Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Please run the following command to delete the incorrect ndiswrapper Windows drivers:

sudo rm -r /etc/ndiswrapper/*

Then use ndisgtk to install the following Windows 98 driver instead:

sis163u_w98mod

I got this suggestion from the following link (in German):

http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/wlan-problem-amilo-2548-sis163u-ubuntu-9-10/#post-2425954

Here is more info about the graphical frontends for ndiswrapper:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndisgtk#Graphical_frontends

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Kasper Lehto (kaputheman) said :
#2

Thank you very,very much, that solved the problem! Odd how the correct driver was the w98 one, as the computer came preinstalled with a Vista!

Best regards,

Kasper