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  6. Posted

    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?

  10. Posted

    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

     

  12. Posted

    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.

  13. Posted

    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

  14. Posted

    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?

     

  15. Posted

    ...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

     

  16. Posted

    OK. Got some success firing blind: [root@localhost dick]# yum install

    sharutils kernel-devel went ok.

     

    Got some less-than success:

    tried this: [root@localhost dick]# yum install madwifi

    madwifi-kmdl-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4

     

    got this: No Match for argument: madwifi

    No Match for argument: madwifi-kmdl-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4

    Nothing to do

     

    Tried this: [root@localhost dick]# yum install

    madwifi-kmdl-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4

     

    Got this: Added 129 new packages, deleted 145 old in 13.99 seconds

    Parsing package install arguments

    No Match for argument: madwifi-kmdl-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4

    Nothing to do

     

    Suggestion? thx, rlm

  17. Posted

    Thank you, danleff and dleon. more difficulty...when i go to get madwifi i get error "The file "xxx" is a source RPM which cannot be installed with system-config-packages," where xxx is the appropriate filename. so i guess the problem i have is newbie download technique. ideas? i have successfully rpm's other files; i guess it is just 'system-config-packages'? thx. rlm

  18. Posted

    OK. Tried downloading the rpm and the kmdl...they loaded and apparently installed without error. When using the pull-down "Desktop->System Settings->Network" menu, and starting to activate a wireless connection, it still shows up as 'eth1' rather than 'ath-0', and the Atheros/D-Link wifi interface doesn't show up in the menu of possible cards. help?

    thx. rlm

  20. Posted

    OK. Grabbing the bull by the horns...re-installed (clean) the FC4.

     

    uname -a = Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 #1 Thu Oct 20 01:30:08 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

     

    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.

     

    Cannot find the wireless card in the system settings-network configuration menu. help? thx. rlm

  22. Posted

    I installed what I thought was FC4 using the DVD from LinuxUser magazine issue 52. Lookos to be an FC3 install, tho.

     

    Uname -a result: Linux OU812ICU 2.6.12-1.1380_FC3 #1 Wed Oct 19 20:34:13 EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

     

    Card is D-Link Airplus-G DWL-G510, which I had looked up and found as Atheros chip. HW ver B1, FW ver 2.10.

     

    last time I tried another rpm (madwifi-kmdl-2.6.12-1.1380_FC3-0.9.6.0-18.rhfc3.at.x86_64.rpm) it installed without error.

     

    Still don't think kernel source installed is done.

    thx

    rlm

  25. Posted

    I would like to install an rpm for operating the d-link dwl-g510 (atheros chip). there are several rpms at ATrpms but non would install without a missing file...and fail. I tried a few from ATrpms, like

    madwifi-kmdl-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4xenU-0.9.6.0-18.rhfc4.at.i686.rpm

    but would not install for lack of a file. Since I have Fedora core 4 2.6.12-1.1380_FC3, and that version doesn't show up in the listings, do i need a kernel update? I also tried ndiswrapper but that is/was beyond my ability operating alone.

    rlm

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