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From: Art Martz on 10 Mar 2005 21:27 I've been following the instructions posted at http://madwifiwiki.thewebhost.de/wiki/Mandrake100AndDLinkDWLG520 to make and load drivers for my Netgear WG511T. I've done cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous(a)cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/madwifi co madwifi urpmi kernel-source urpmi libiw wireless-tools ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk/ /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build cd madwifi make clean make make install created /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0 and echo "alias ath0 ath_pci" >> /etc/modules.conf echo "alias ath0 ath_pci" >> /etc/modules echo "alias ath0 ath_pci" >> /etc/modprobe.conf depmod however, after all this, modprobe ath_pci returns FATAL: Module ath_pci not found. Can anybody help get me back on track with this? In case it is useful, the output from the makes was: [root(a)localhost madwifi]# make clean for i in ./ath_hal ath_rate/onoe ./net80211 ./ath; do \ (cd $i; make clean); \ done make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal' rm -f *~ *.o *.ko *.mod.c rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd rm -rf .tmp_versions rm -f ah_osdep.c opt_ah.h hal.o make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe' rm -f *~ *.o *.ko *.mod.c rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/net80211' rm -f *~ *.o *.ko *.mod.c rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd rm -rf .tmp_versions make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/net80211' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath' rm -f *~ *.o *.ko *.mod.c rm -f .version .*.o.flags .*.o.d .*.o.cmd .*.ko.cmd rm -rf .tmp_versions make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath' rm -rf ./symbols [root(a)localhost madwifi]# make Checking if all requirements are met... ok. mkdir -p ./symbols for i in ./ath_hal ath_rate/onoe ./net80211 ./ath; do \ (cd $i; make) || exit 1; \ done make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal' cp ./../hal/linux/ah_osdep.c ah_osdep.c uudecode ./../hal/public/i386-elf.hal.o.uu cp ./../hal/public/i386-elf.opt_ah.h opt_ah.h make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal MODVERDIR=/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal/../symbols modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath_hal/ah_osdep.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath_hal/ath_hal.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /home/art/madwifi/ath_hal/ath_hal.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath_hal/ath_hal.ko make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe MODVERDIR=/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe/../../symbols modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe/onoe.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe/ath_rate_onoe.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe/ath_rate_onoe.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe/ath_rate_onoe.ko make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/net80211' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/home/art/madwifi/net80211 MODVERDIR=/home/art/madwifi/net80211/../symbols modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/if_media.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/rc4.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_input.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_node.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_output.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_proto.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_linux.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_none.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_acl.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_ccmp.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_tkip.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_wep.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/ieee80211_xauth.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_wep.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_tkip.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_ccmp.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_acl.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_xauth.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe/ath_rate_onoe.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe/ath_rate_onoe.ko CC /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan.ko CC /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_acl.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_acl.ko CC /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_ccmp.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_ccmp.ko CC /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_tkip.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_tkip.ko CC /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_wep.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_wep.ko CC /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_xauth.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/net80211/wlan_xauth.ko make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/net80211' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build SUBDIRS=/home/art/madwifi/ath MODVERDIR=/home/art/madwifi/ath/../symbols modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath/if_ath.o CC [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath/if_ath_pci.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath/ath_pci.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /home/art/madwifi/ath/ath_pci.mod.o LD [M] /home/art/madwifi/ath/ath_pci.ko make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath' [root(a)localhost madwifi]# make install for i in ./ath_hal ath_rate/onoe ./net80211 ./ath; do \ (cd $i; make install) || exit 1; \ done make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net strip -S ath_hal.ko cp ath_hal.ko //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net strip -S ath_rate_onoe.ko cp ath_rate_onoe.ko //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_rate/onoe' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/net80211' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net for i in wlan.o wlan_wep.o wlan_tkip.o wlan_ccmp.o wlan_acl.o wlan_xauth.o; do \ f=`basename $i .o`; \ strip -S $f.ko; \ cp $f.ko //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net; \ done make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/net80211' make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net strip -S ath_pci.ko cp ath_pci.ko //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath'
From: Dustin Surawicz on 11 Mar 2005 07:17 Hi Art! Am Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:27:57 +0000 schrieb Art Martz: > I've been following the instructions posted at > http://madwifiwiki.thewebhost.de/wiki/Mandrake100AndDLinkDWLG520 > to make and load drivers for my Netgear WG511T. I've done > cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous(a)cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/madwifi co madwifi > urpmi kernel-source > urpmi libiw wireless-tools > ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk/ /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdk/build > cd madwifi > make clean > make > make install > created /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ath0 and > echo "alias ath0 ath_pci" >> /etc/modules.conf > echo "alias ath0 ath_pci" >> /etc/modules > echo "alias ath0 ath_pci" >> /etc/modprobe.conf > depmod > > however, after all this, modprobe ath_pci returns > FATAL: Module ath_pci not found. > > Can anybody help get me back on track with this? Let's see. I've done this some time ago myself. Using the same card and it works nicely. [snip output make clean] [snip output make] > [root(a)localhost madwifi]# make install > for i in ./ath_hal ath_rate/onoe ./net80211 ./ath; do \ > (cd $i; make install) || exit 1; \ > done > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/art/madwifi/ath_hal' > test -d //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net || mkdir -p > //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net > strip -S ath_hal.ko > cp ath_hal.ko //lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net ^^^^^^^^^ Here it seems that you use a self-compiled kernel. What yields # uname -a ? Is it 2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom or 2.6.8.1-12mdk? If latter you might want to copy the modules to this kernel version as well, otherwise they are not found. Before doing that, try to insert the module typing # insmod /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net/ath_pci.ko If this does not return an error message it should work. [snip rest of output] Dustin ------------------------- Please reply to "news [DOT] 10 [DOT] dsurawicz [AT] spamgourmet [DOT] com"
From: Art Martz on 11 Mar 2005 11:25 Thanks so much for the help! Dustin Surawicz wrote: > Let's see. I've done this some time ago myself. Using the same card and it > works nicely. >(snip) > What yields # uname -a ? a uname -r returns 2.6.8.1-12mdk (snip) > # insmod /lib/modules/2.6.8.1-12mdkcustom/net/ath_pci.ko this is where it got interesting. This said that ath_pci.ko was already a file. Same results with ./madwifi/ath/ath_pci.ko. Still learning about things like modprobe and insmod, I did an "info rmmod", and sure enough. So I tried rmmod ath_pci.ko, and it executed without comment. Then I tried the insmod ./madwifi/ath/ath_pci.ko, and it executed without comment. An lsmod *finally* showed the ath_pci modules, and the lights on the card are finally blinking back and forth like it does with WinXP. I don't know if the problem was that I had tried the Mandrake madwifi drivers before I compiled my own, or what. Any thoughts? I'm not within range of a wireless router right now, but I was watching the boot-time messages as it configured ath0. What I got was: Determining IP information for ath0: /sbin/dhclient-script line 12 3 command not found failed I don't know if this is just what the dhcp process does when you are not within range of a router to do the dhcp function, or if I've still got another gremlin I've got to chase out. Comments? Thanks again, Art
From: Art Martz on 11 Mar 2005 14:24 Art Martz wrote: > I'm not within range of a wireless router right now, but I was watching > the boot-time messages as it configured ath0. What I got was: > > Determining IP information for ath0: > /sbin/dhclient-script line 12 3 command not found failed > Well, I took a little drive over lunch to a near-by hotel that I knew had wireless access, and *Success!*. It also turns out that the above error message is linux's way of saying "I can't find a wireless router." When within range, ath0 just configures, without any additional messages. One thing I can't figure: under the winxp netgear utility, it shows several access points available, of varying signal strengths. I think they have transmitters on each floor, and I can pick up more than one of them. With the netgear utility, I can see the signal strength of each, and pick one to use. What would be the linux equivalent to doing this? Each AP has a different SSID. I currently have "any" in the ssid field in the ifcfg-ath0 record. I suppose I could put a specific name in the ssid field, but what if you didn't know the available names? Is there anything like netstumbler for linux? Art
From: Dan C on 11 Mar 2005 15:38
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:24:45 +0000, Art Martz wrote: > Each AP has a different SSID. I currently have "any" in the ssid field > in the ifcfg-ath0 record. I suppose I could put a specific name in the > ssid field, but what if you didn't know the available names? Is there > anything like netstumbler for linux? I think there is a graphical application for this included with KDE, but I don't use KDE so can't recall the name... Using command line, you can try (as root): iwlist ath0 scanning and/or iwlist ath0 ap -- If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space. Linux Registered User #327951 |