Madwifi

Roy23 · #1 4th February 2006, 12:49 PM

Hi,
I'm trying to get my dwl-g520m to work with madwifi but the trouble is that when i run "wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta" I get "wlanconfig: ioctl: No such device", but if I use lspci -v I get:

"02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: Unknown device 0020 (rev 01)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc: Unknown device 3a68
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at fcfe0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2"

I tried to search google and found:
http://www.mail-archive.com/madwifi-.../msg01022.html
I tried to fix my hwconf and such but it didnt work, at reboot it resets. And in my hwconf file it is labeled eth1 but i dont think that is important

If been following this guide: http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo
but i dont see wifi0 ,ath0 or eth1 if i use iwconfig.
I hope someone can help me. I run fedora core 4.

///Roy

axelseap · #2 4th February 2006, 04:26 PM

try removing the madwifi you installed by typing

Code:

make uninstall

in ithe madwifi source you downloaded. Then install the livna package. if you don't have livna create /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo and add this to it

Code:

[livna]
name=Fedora Core 4 - i386 - livna
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/RPMS.lvn
failovermethod=priority
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY

then install madwifi by typing

Code:

yum install kernel-module-madwifi-$(uname -r) --enablerepo=livna

then open system-config-network and you should be able to add a new wireless device and yours should be listed there.

You should note that anytime you install a new kernel you will also have to install madwifi again, but using livna it's easy.

Roy23 · #3 4th February 2006, 08:27 PM

I tried this and it worked well untill I checked if I was able to load the card in system-config-network. I did some searching and found

Code:

Generic Package Instructions (Livna) 

Make sure you have the latest kernel (ie yum update kernel)

reboot

Add livna to your yum update (create /etc/yum.repos.d/livna.repo) and add this to the blank text box:

[livna]
name=Fedora Core 4 - i386 - livna
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/RPMS.lvn
failovermethod=priority
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEY

then type (as root): yum install kernel-module-madwifi-$(uname -r)

finanlly do:

modprobe ath_pci

(Found at http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/RedHat)

But when i type :

Code:

modprobe ath_pci

I get:

Code:

FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1.1830_FC4/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/madfiwi/ath_pci.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg:

Code:

ath_pci: Unknown parameter `autocreate'

If anyone could help me with this to i would be gratful, and thanks axelseap for trying to help.

axelseap · #4 5th February 2006, 12:18 AM

so if you run system-config-network and click on new, the card doens't show up under wireless devices? does it show up in any other category? you shouldn't need to modprobe madwifi

Roy23 · #5 5th February 2006, 08:36 AM

No it doesn't find the card anywhere in any category. I remembered that i added a few lines to modprobe.conf and when i removed them i was able to use modprobe ath_pci but it still didnt show up.