LinuxQuestions.org - Madwifi with 2.6.25-14

I've just moved from FC7 to FC9 on a machine with only a D-Link DWL-G650 wireless pci card. Under FC7 I was using Madwifi to enable wireless connnectivity, and all was well in the world.

Moving to FC9 I now find:
a) Fedora seems to be finding an ath5k card, but I can't get it to work
b) I can't go back to Madwifi as I can only find an rpm up to 2.6.25-9. I have installed this, but modprobe does not find the ath_pci module.
c) I don't know how to install an earlier kernel version to be in line with Madwifi
d) I don't know how to compile Madwifi into the kernel (forgive my terminology - I'm a newbie) myself, to get around the kernel version problem.

How do I get Madwifi working with FC9 2.6.25-14 (or better still, is there any way to get around using Madwifi at all?)

Why is this so frickin hard?

Can anyone help?

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Update: I've switched to trying to use the ath5k driver that comes out of the box with FC9 2.6.25-14

I have disabled Network Manager, and am trying to get this working using just the network service.

Output of lsmod | grep ath5k

Code:

ath5k                105736  0 

mac80211              185184  1 ath5k

cfg80211              24712  2 ath5k,mac80211

Output of lspci

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333]

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8366/A/7 [Apollo KT266/A/333 AGP]

00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)

00:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 07)

00:0a.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)

00:0a.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)

00:0a.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)

00:0b.0 Communication controller: Ambient Technologies Inc HaM controllerless modem (rev 02)

00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)

00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)

00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 23)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01)

Output of cat /etc/modprobe.conf

Code:

#alias ath_pci ath0

#options ath_pci autocreate=sta

alias wlan0 ath5k

Output of iwconfig

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.



wmaster0  no wireless extensions.



wlan0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"..."  

          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated  

          Tx-Power=0 dBm  

          Retry min limit:7  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr=2352 B  

          Encryption key: "..."

          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0  Missed beacon:0



pan0      no wireless extensions.

Output of ifup wlan0:

Code:

Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Input/output error

SIOCSIFFLAGS: Input/output error

 failed.

Output of dmesg | grep ath5k

Code:

ath5k_pci 0000:00:0c.0: registered as 'phy0'

ath5k phy0: Atheros AR5213 chip found (MAC: 0x56, PHY: 0x41)

ath5k phy0: RF5111 5GHz radio found (0x17)

ath5k phy0: RF2111 2GHz radio found (0x23)

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

ath5k phy0: noise floor calibration failed (2412MHz)

ath5k phy0: unable to reset hardware: -5

Output of dmesg | grep wlan0

Code:

type=1400 audit(1215253619.810:4): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=1955 comm="consoletype" path="/var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-wlan0.leases" dev=dm-3 ino=614619 scontext=system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:dhcpc_state_t:s0 tclass=file

type=1400 audit(1215253619.906:5): avc:  denied  { read } for  pid=1980 comm="ifconfig" path="/var/lib/dhclient/dhclient-wlan0.leases" dev=dm-3 ino=614619 scontext=system_u:system_r:ifconfig_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:dhcpc_state_t:s0 tclass=file