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Hi schneidz, from this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...4-wifi-722094/, I'm guessing that ndiswrapper on the proprietary windows driver will work, but you may have issues with WPA or WPA2 wireless encryption.
That's a fairly old kernel you're using, and F9 support will be terminated this June or July. I'd consider upgrading to F10 (or F11 when it's released in a couple of weeks).
Did you get any error messages when you did the make?
Did you do the sudo make install before you did the modprobe?
Did you get the madwifi 0.10.5.6 code from the snaphots download area? (Remember, the "stock" madwifi driver will not work with your hardware.)
^ i rolled my own backup of fc-9 with software that i like so restoring takes a few minutes...
(good suggestion to upgrade though)
no errors with make (or sudo make install).
wasnt sure that there was a snapshot madwifi and a stock madwifi; i got mines from the link in my previous post so i guess it is stock... i'll look into it and retry.
thanks for the suggestions...
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i downloaded and installed this file: http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org...current.tar.gz
there is no configure script in these drivers. i did make; sudo make install modprobe -r ath5k ath_pci; modprobe ath_pci
I've got a new laptop with EXACTLY the same wifi device. So far I've tried Slackware 12.2 and Fedora 11 beta - wifi works out of the box (ath5k). As someone suggested, F9 is fairly old. It might be better to get F11. It will save you some hassle.
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i downloaded and installed this file: http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org...current.tar.gz
there is no configure script in these drivers. i did make; sudo make install modprobe -r ath5k ath_pci; modprobe ath_pci
but still same results as before.
O.K., go back to that page and download the madwifi-hal-0.10.6.5 tar file and use it. The "current" snapshot is of the latest "current" release, not the one that fixes the problem with your hardware on a 64-bit OS. (I note from the comment by sycamorex that the ath5k driver seens to be working for him, but he doesn't state if he's using a 64-bit or 32-bit OS. (It is,of course, possible that the ath5k driver has been upgraded, but I think that the "current" snapshot you compile is the latest ath5k one. Obviously, since you removed the ath5k module, having the latest version wouldn't help much, eh? You could try a sudo modprob ath5k and see if that works now.)
O.K., go back to that page and download the madwifi-hal-0.10.6.5 tar file and use it. The "current" snapshot is of the latest "current" release, not the one that fixes the problem with your hardware on a 64-bit OS. (I note from the comment by sycamorex that the ath5k driver seens to be working for him, but he doesn't state if he's using a 64-bit or 32-bit OS. (It is,of course, possible that the ath5k driver has been upgraded, but I think that the "current" snapshot you compile is the latest ath5k one. Obviously, since you removed the ath5k module, having the latest version wouldn't help much, eh? You could try a sudo modprob ath5k and see if that works now.)
hi i havent revisited this yet but i tried the first time with the madwifi-hal-0.10.6.5. it also doesnt work before i remove the ath5k module... i'll try again sometime and see if i make progress.
you arent gonna' beleive this. i just tried again with my customized fc-9 usb-flashdrive and there is some switch under the keyboard that toggles on/ off the bluetooth and wifi.
after installing the snapshots archive, i got it to work.
<snip> i just tried again with my customized fc-9 usb-flashdrive and there is some switch under the keyboard that toggles on/ off the bluetooth and wifi.
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Oh, I believe it alright: Yesterday I spent some time trying to figure out why my laptop couldn't connect to my router. I finally booted Vista (which, of course, uses the official Atheros driver) and got the message that "The WiFi is disabled." Which reminded me that this laptop has a WiFi "on-off" switch at the front of the keyboard where it can be moved when the laptop is slid off my lap.
Turned it on,and everything works again.
Does anyone have any idea why the wiFi (or Bluetooth) on a laptop would have a physical "on/off" switch? Those devices don't use a significant amount of power so turning them off when your battery is low won't save you more than a minute at most, will it?
Last edited by PTrenholme; 05-06-2009 at 04:17 PM.
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