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Topic: madwifi.tar.gz, can't get it to load in a Frugal install

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doobit

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Posted: Nov. 28 2005,22:33

True. I guess that's why I didn't try it before. At the point where I wrote that report my brain was a bit fried from trying things.

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Posted: Nov. 30 2005,03:38

Ok guys...I got the madwifi modules to load in the correct order for the atheros, but I'm still stuck...

insmod /yourpath/ath_hal.o
insmod /yourpath/wlan.o
insmod /yourpath/wlan_wep.o
insmod /yourpath/ath_rate_sample.o
insmod /yourpath/ath_pci.o

All load with no errors, except the ath_hal.o proprietary driver warning.

At this point I notice a new interface come up using iwconfig. It's called wifi0 instead of the old and familiar ath0

But iwconfig reports that wifi0 has "no wireless extensions"

The system will let you do a "ifconfig wifi0 up"
But a subsequent "pump -i wifi0" doesn't do anything.

Any more ideas guys??

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roberts

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Posted: Nov. 30 2005,05:48

Ah, the pain of progress.
Thanks for the update.
Seems we are not alone.
Lots to google using wifi0

doobit

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Posted: Nov. 30 2005,12:53

Thanks Max. I remember seeing that ath_rate_sample.o loaded from ath_hal.o, but I never could get ath_pci.o to load. This helps.

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Posted: Nov. 30 2005,14:19

doobit and Max,
A suggestion ... can either of you can do a full HD install of DSL just for testing?
Then uncompress the MADWiFi drivers, then run "depmod".

Now you can try to load the driver (and all associated modules) with "modprobe ath_pci".
Who knows, this might make a difference.

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