OldUncleDick

Newbie needs some help here. Have fedora core 4 2.6.12-1.1380_FC3 on a i686 processor. tried to yum the rpm, but there seems to be a mis-match between kernel config and the rpm available at ATrpms collection. help much appreciated. rlm

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks...looks like things are moving in the right direction. Checking the madwifi wiki link, not sure what "all you have to do is point it to ATrpms..." means. Clarify "...point it" pls? thx, rlm

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

To clarify on installation...I _upgraded_ to what the DVD said would be FC4...but the 'uname -a' result says it is FC3? maybe 'upgrade' result is different from re-install...

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

also, when I do a yum to download stuff, I get: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 22, in ? import yummain ImportError: Bad magic number in /usr/share/yum/yummain.pyc I don't understand "Bad magic number." Thx, rlm

sorry for the double posting. operator technique. You asked "Do you have the kernel source installed?" As a newbie, I need help there too. Thx, rlm