Madwifi problems with Slackware
 

Hello guys and girls,

I am trying out Slackare 12.2 and I am liking it,

I step with a problem, I am trying installing my wireless Atheros AR5005GS, so I download the madwifi driver, when I make the command make on madwifi appears the following error:

bash-3.1# make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.7-smp/build SUBDIRS=/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7'
CC [M] /root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o
/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c: In function 'ieee80211_pwrsave':
/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c:240: error: implicit declaration of function '__skb_append'
make[3]: *** [/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7'
make: *** [modules] Error 2
bash-3.1#




and here is the error from the make install

bash-3.1# make install
sh scripts/find-madwifi-modules.sh 2.6.27.7-smp
for i in ath/ ath_hal/ ath_rate/ net80211/; do \
make -C $i install || exit 1; \
done
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4/ath'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27.7-smp/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27.7-smp/net
install ath_pci.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27.7-smp/net
install: cannot stat `ath_pci.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/madwifi-0.9.4/ath'
make: *** [install-modules] Error 1
bash-3.1#


when I put ifconfig -a it shows me the following network adapters: lo, wmaster0, wlan0 and eth0.


So, I would like to ask if anyone has an idea how to fix this, because I dont have an idea on how to fix it. Do I have to install something before these drivers?

Regards + Thanks

To successfully install madwifi on opensuse it is necessary to install the kernel source package. Have you checked whether you have that one installed?

Where I can download that package?? What else do I need to install??


Regards + cheers

I tried to install that package with slapt-get and it says it doesnt find it...

can someone tell me the best sources for slapt-get to find any package.

Regards + Thanks

Thanks guys just solved.... I install wiCD with slapt-get and works fine


cheers!

codeman1234

How did you get it to work, i have been working on the same problem for 2 weeks now. [/url]

Hey MadHatter21,

I read your thread and a moderator closed that is why I am answering from here.... The thing is that when I did iwconfig I got wlan0... from what I saw you only got the following:

bt~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.

First thing I would do is try to install madwifi driver from apt-get or synaptic... because those package managers they installed with no problems and install all the dependencies the software needs.

After I would need to do is for the system to know that device exits.. so, the first thing you need to do is to update to latest kernel, then install like ndiswrapper or this wifi drivers... from sudo I can understand that you are using Ubuntu... so install synaptic to find al these wifi stuff.... if nothing of that works... then I would try to use a LiveCD like Knoopix and see if Knoopix gets the wifi card and if does try to find what madwifi driver is using or how it does get it...


Try all that and let me know if it doesnt work that we will find a way..



Regards!!!!

MadHatter, I removed your link to a closed post.

Linux - Networking - Wireless Networking, or the Ubuntu forum would probably be a better place to deal with your wireless issues. As Unspawn suggested. Start a fresh post there.

Thanks.

Cheers jschiwal!!!