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Posted: Jan. 28 2008,04:00 QUOTE
As you can see from the title I've got an old Gateway I'm trying to get up and running.  I've gotten past the framebuffers and now am trying to install madwifi.dsl but am having issues.  When I go to the mydsl icon and click load local I'll local the madwifi.dsl file and load it but nothing happens.  All I get in the mydsl folder is an icon that says .mydsl underneath and nothing else.  I've also tried to install the madwifi program manually but get this error when I get to typing "make":

/bin/sh: line 1: cd: /lib/modules/2.4.31/build: No such file or directory
Makefile.inc:66: /lib/modules/2.4.31/build is missing, please set KERNELPATH.   Stop.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Now I'm somewhat new to linux so if anyone can give some detail it would be great.  Thanks.
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Posted: Jan. 28 2008,12:20 QUOTE
Driver extensions aren't supposed to do anything flashy. They just install the files and exit.

From the info file:
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Compiled from sources madwifi-ng
               After mydsl-load madwifi.dsl run
               sudo /opt/madwifi_setup.sh
               Use iwconfig GUI to enter settings for ath0
               Add /opt/madwifi_setup.sh to /opt/bootlocal.sh
               for automatic setup
               NOTE: *** This is for dsl v2.0 and v2.1b ONLY ***

So, next step for you would be to open Aterm and type "sudo /opt/madwifi_setup.sh". Then enter your wireless settings from the control panel/iwconfig.

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Posted: Jan. 28 2008,16:27 QUOTE
madwifi is already compiled and in DSL v4.x.
What is the output of your iwconfig?
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Posted: Jan. 28 2008,20:42 QUOTE
Output from iwconfig is:
lo       no wireless extensions
wifi0   no wireless extensions

When attempting to use the iwconfig GUI I attempt to set the properties for ath0 and I always get connection failed.
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Posted: Jan. 28 2008,20:56 QUOTE
You should see the ath modules loading at boot time.
If not, then perhaps your card is not seen.
If an old laptop and card is pcmcia cardbus type then could be you need pci=assign-busses as an additional boot option. I know that my tp240 needs this to use an atheros based cardbus pcmcia.
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