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I am trying out Crux linux and seem to be stuck on enabling my wireless internet.
My card : Atheros AR9485
kernel : 3.6.11
I believe that the module is the ath9k which I have enabled.
ifconfig and iwconfig show the device as wlan0.
However, when I try to set the device via iwconfig, I receive a SET failure.
Code:
iwconfig wlan0 essid any
Cannot read /proc/net/wireless
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
I've searched online without a clear answer. Any help would be appreciated.
It doesn't seem to make sense that the kernel module is loaded but /proc/net/wireless isn't created by the kernel. Look through your boot up logs for clues. Check your kernel config file in /boot/. Is a related networking module not enabled? Do you have a /proc /proc line in fstab?
I followed the thread. I do have the ath9k_pci enabled, so that didn't help.
Here is the output of # zgrep _ATH /usr/src/linux-3.6.11/.config
Code:
CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ATHEROS=y
CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m
# CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG is not set
# CONFIG_ATH5K is not set
# CONFIG_ATH5K_PCI is not set
CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_BTCOEX_SUPPORT=y
CONFIG_ATH9K=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_PCI=y
# CONFIG_ATH9K_AHB is not set
# CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS is not set
CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y
CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC=m
# CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC_DEBUGFS is not set
# CONFIG_ATH6KL is not set
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