[sf-lug] WiFi problem

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 06/14/2013 07:45 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 06/14/2013 01:14 PM, Samir Faci wrote:
>> Simple google search for y our card seems to point to install 
>> madwifi.  It
>> seems to be suggestions for a few of the same problems people are 
>> facing.
>>
>> Try installing madwifi, rebooting and seeing if that changes anything?
>>

 >        Well  I got everything i need to install it but due to my 
earlier intellectual activity I don't seem to have enough >left to 
finish the job today.  Earlier I was turning my wireless router back 
on.  Maybe I can get the MadWiFi installed >and running by Monday night.
   >  Thanks for your advice Samir.

 >   Bobbie Sellers


     I got some excellent advice from Jim Beard of the Usenet newsgroup 
alt.os.linux.pclinuxos
first to try this command (which gave me nothing) :lsmod |grep ath5k
      Then I tried modprobe ath5k which denied the possibility of the 
action even from root.

     So as I had been reminded by Jim I then did a re-install without 
formatting any partitions
and so I am now running (after some adjustments to certain matters) on 
wireless.
The command lsmod |grep ath5k now gives the following information.
ath5k                 139076  0
ath                    14573  1 ath5k
mac80211              233122  1 ath5k
cfg80211              170934  3 ath5k,ath,mac80211

     I don't know if other systems install disks can do this but 
Mandriva, Mageia and PCLOS
seem to have no problems with it.

     Bobbie
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Bobbie Sellers <
>> bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>
>>>          Hi LUGgers,
>>>                  Well I have an Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x/ 
>>> AR542x
>>> Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) and it works Ok with 
>>> the
>>> PCLOS ISO running in Live mode.
>>>          But of course I installed this to hard disk and now it tells
>>> me that it cannot create a Network interface to the driver, apparently
>>> ath5k.
>>>          Of course I could do a full re-install and hope that helps
>>> while I wait thru over a thousand updates from online.
>>>
>>>          But maybe someone has a better idea.
>>>
>>>          bliss
>>>
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