Atheros and suse

2Gnu · 03-19-2007, 09:45 AM

I Googled this error - wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware self-test failed' (HAL status 14) - and found a number of other with the same problem. Many are using Ubuntu. Some are using older MadWiFi versions.

I saw no definitive "fix," although there was some suggestion of success using the SVN MadWiFi code or Edgy vs. Dapper.

jaristr · 03-20-2007, 08:29 AM

Thank you for googling it for me. I installed the drivers first time by compiling according the wiki's instructions but its still the same problem. ath0 just wont show up and that ioctl error...

jaristr · 04-04-2007, 12:17 PM

Hi.
Could someone tell if the wlan should have the module name defined in the network confugarion of yast? I see empty fields in where it reads modules name. for the 3com card there reads 3c59x which is the card's model, so I wonder if I should try putting something in there?
Any knows about this?

jaristr · 04-05-2007, 01:32 PM

Here's screen shot of the yast screen that made me ask the previous question. It's in finnish but I hope some one could take a look...
Thanks!

statguy · 05-04-2007, 09:23 PM

I think I am having a similar problem. I just installed OpenSUSE 10.2 on a ThinkPad T60. The chipset appears to be AR5416. I installed madwifi and the appropriate kernel module.

modprobe ath_pci runs without error. Here is the dmesg output immediately after modprobe.

Code:

ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3)

Then neither wifi0 or ath0 show up in the output of iwconfig.

Code:

# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

irda0     no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

I also have:

Code:

# lsmod | grep ath
ath_pci                96544  0
wlan                  197956  1 ath_pci
ath_hal               195792  1 ath_pci

and

Code:

# lspci | tail
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller AHCI (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility X1400
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. Unknown device 0024 (rev 01)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller

Any ideas?

2Gnu · 05-04-2007, 11:47 PM

Statguy,

Based on your lspci output, you have a problem chipset card. It looks like there's good news, though: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001

statguy · 05-05-2007, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2Gnu

Statguy,

Based on your lspci output, you have a problem chipset card. It looks like there's good news, though: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1001

Thanks for the link. I often am unsure of the best search terms to use to find these things. At least I found this thread.

I have made some progress. I was able to get an IP from my AP but I couldn't get out.

At least work is being done. I'm hopeful that this will be resolved soon.

Thanks again.

2Gnu · 05-05-2007, 10:56 PM

You're welcome.

Make sure you set a default gateway. ex:

Code:

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

If you're using DHCP, the system should pull the DNS information. In case it's not, check /etc/resolv.conf. ex:

Code:

search oc.cox.net
nameserver 68.4.16.30
nameserver 68.4.16.25
nameserver 68.6.16.30

statguy · 05-06-2007, 08:19 PM

Well, for whatever reason, I got it working tonight. I'm writing this via my wireless network. I do use DHCP for my wireless and the nameserver in my resolv.conf is the address of my router which negotiates my DSL connection. I take it that's normal?

2Gnu · 05-06-2007, 08:29 PM

I've seen that - the gateway IP address showing up as the DNS server. I prefer to use the discrete IPs of my ISP's servers, but I don't know why resolv.conf would be populated like yours instead of mine. Might be an artifact of the router.

Who cares? You're connected, and that's what counts.

statguy · 05-08-2007, 07:10 AM

One final question (I hope). Will I need to re-compile this whenever I do a kernel update?

2Gnu · 05-08-2007, 08:42 AM

Probably.