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Ok, so when I ran Ubuntu on this laptop, I used ndiswrapper and it seemed to work fine. I wonder if this is the resaon DHCP got blown out? Ok, I'll have to check out this madwifi when I get a chance. thanks everyone! |
Atheros is indeed the chipset. THe madwifi driver supports this chipset. But you are right too, that you can use ndiswrapper for your card.
I have slackware packages for madwifi and ndiswrapper that you could try out (both packages are a couple of months old). Eric |
I've d/l sharutils and subversion to /usr/share and getting ready to install madwifi packages for Slackware.
Does it matter what version I install? thanks |
It was pointed out earlier in the thread that you're not properly dealing with spaces on the command line. Have you tried the following advice?
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I just tried this and then I ran Code:
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cmmiller@probot:~/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.7/utils$ ndiswrapper -l When I go to modprobe ndiswrapper, no modules loads, so there is an error. A google search didn't turn up anything...should I just try to install madwifi instead? thanks |
Am I going to need a 2.6 kernel to get this working too?
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***BUMP*** No one really answered this question, if I need a 2.6 kernel to make madwifi work ok with Slackware? |
I guess you never clicked the link I provided you with in an earlier post in this thread, did you?
You can use the madwifi driver on 2.4 kernels as well as 2.6 kernels. The same is true for the ndiswrapper by the way. Actually, my madwifi packages were updated fairly recently, with versions for 2.4 and 2.6 kernels (Slackware 10.2 as well as slackware-current). Eric |
Ok, I used installpkg for 2.4 madwifi driver and then I did the following:
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root@probot:/usr/share/madwifi# lsmod The next part of the directions wants me to create the following: Code:
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta man...somedays Linux drives me crazy... |
What directios did you read?
You should not have to run "wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta" at all... What does Code:
ifconfig -a Eric |
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root@probot:~# ifconfig -a Nothing for ath0...and I have power to the card, at least one of the LCDs is flashing... Code:
root@probot:~# cardctl status |
I would start thinking that the madwifi driver does not support your card, but yet I found your card's PCI ID (0271:0012) in a list with supported cards at http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility (not a Orinoco Gold card, but then again the list at madwifi.org is user-contributed).
When the driver loads, it logs several lines in the kernel log. When I type "dmesg" I see these lines for my card: Code:
ath_hal: 0.9.16.16 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) Quote:
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/sbin/modprobe ath_pci |
Eric, aka, Alien Bob...thanks for the kick-ass help so far, I don't do Linux F/T, just something for fun at night/weekends...
OK...I have ath_pci now loading at boot time and I think there is an error with the IRQs Output from dmesg Code:
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22 So I hit google before posting and there is a BIG thread with this same error on Linuxquestions.org.. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search /proc/pci does show this Code:
root@probot:/proc# cat pci |
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