OldUncleDick

OK. Here is what I get when I try to activate ath0: Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument. Determining IP information for ath0... ...and the determine fails. Am I close yet?

OK. Back after the holiday. Reinstalled Fedora 4 and am running version 2.6.14.1.1637_FC4. Have downloaded the needed madwifi files per your white paper. Now the install for 1.9.6.0-18 fails for lack of key. This is a new problem. ideas? thx.

[dick@localhost ~]$ /sbin/iwlist ath0 scan ath0 Interface doesn't support scanning. Ideas? I went as root and nothing changed. Curious.

I did a reinstall--Fedora 4--and installed RealAudio10GOLD and JAVA (for Mozilla, to view videos in news websites). Neither will come up now after doing a "yum -y update," which apparently included a kernel update. (2.6.14-1.1637_FC4) What do I do to keep these apps and others current with kernel updates? thx.

Using a router--yes. Router using WEP and I entered that key (10 digit). ESSID is entered. Results: [dick@localhost ~]$ /sbin/iwlist wlan0 scan wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

OK. Made a little progress. Madwifi apparently installed. response from /sbin/iwconfig: [dick@localhost /]$ /sbin/iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 18 of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17. Some things may be broken... ath0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:off Link Quality=0/94 Signal level=-95 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 sit0 no wireless extensions. ------------------------ When try to activate ath0, get: Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) : SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument. Any ideas?

Y'know, it seems like there is a trap in every step. I tried the steps you posted in your link, and stumbled on what everyone (but me, apparently) understands as "you will also need to pre-install the corutils package before using yum, before doing the actual installation." OK. WTF does "pre-install the corutils" mean?

danleff, Thank you for posting a most useful report. I have beeen off-line a few days...and will try the suggested steps asap. Again, thank you. rlm

I do note that the "filename: /lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4/updates/net/ath_pci.ko" are the same as my kernel version when I did the "modinfo." I am sure it is a 32-bit processor. I must have grabbed the wrong driver in the rpm list.

OK performed the following. What does it tell us? [dick@localhost /]$ /sbin/modinfo ath_pci filename: /lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4/updates/net/ath_pci.ko parm: xchanmode:Enable/disable extended channel mode parm: outdoor:Enable/disable outdoor use parm: countrycode:Override default country code parmtype: xchanmode:int parmtype: outdoor:int parmtype: countrycode:int license: Dual BSD/GPL description: Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards. author: Errno Consulting, Sam Leffler parm: ifname:Interface name prefix (default: ath) parmtype: ifname:charp srcversion: 10AFF40770E3A7E9826DCCC alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00001014sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000010B7d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000A727d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: ath_hal,wlan,ath_rate_sample vermagic: 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 gcc-4.0

On further review...my downloaded driver may be the wrong type? madwifi-kmdl-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4-0.9.6.0-18.rhfc4.at.x86_64.rpm should I have downloaded the .i386 and not the .x86_64? how can I uninstall and correct this? thx.

In the rpm's, what is the difference between a "madwifi-kmdl" and a "madwifi" in the list of rpm downloads at http://atrpms.net/dist/fc4/madwifi/ ? a few of the several "madwifi-kmdl" match my running kernel, one of which is the package I had rpm'd. from post 1741: "yum'd a driver madwifi-kmdl-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4-0.9.6.0-18.rhfc4.at.x86_64.rpm and it installed OK." I also note that there are rpm versions with "...FC4smp-0.9.6.0..." "...FC4xen0-9.6.0..." and "...FC4-0.9.6.0..." which only creates more confusion for me. It seems like every step forward is met with two steps back.

Well...today is another day. I re-read your post. did the following: [root@localhost /]# /sbin/modprobe ath_pci WARNING: Error inserting ath_hal (/lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4/updates/net/ath_hal.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting wlan (/lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4/updates/net/wlan.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_sample (/lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4/updates/net/ath_rate_sample.ko): Invalid module format FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.13-1.1532_FC4/updates/net/ath_pci.ko): Invalid module format ...with this result. Ideas? Thx, rlm

ok reply to 'whereis modprobe' is: [root@localhost dick]# whereis modprobe modprobe: /sbin/modprobe /etc/modprobe.conf~ /etc/modprobe.conf /usr/share/man/man8/modprobe.8.gz i went to sbin/modprobe and did 'modprobe ath_pci': [root@localhost /]# cd sbin/modprobe bash: cd: sbin/modprobe: Not a directory [root@localhost /]# cd .. [root@localhost /]# cd sbin [root@localhost sbin]# modprobe ath_pci bash: modprobe: command not found system would not let me in etc/modprobe/conf~ or /conf the usr/share/man files look to be .gz help files? am i so fouled up that i should re-install FC4 and start over? lost in fedoraspace....arrgh. help?

...getting discouraged...went to a console (terminal window) as root user and typed; modprobe ath_pci I cd'd to the root, and as su, it didn't return to a command prompt... it returned: [root@localhost /]# modprobe ath_pci bash: modprobe: command not found (!?) now i'm trying to figure out why 'modprobe' isn't recognized... 'dleon' pointed me to a couple tar.gz files to get madwifi done, so i may venture into that arena...since the yum and rpm isn't getting me where i want to go. thx, rlm