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subatomic

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

latest upgrade wiped out my wireless [solved]

just did -Syu before going to work this morning (kernel26, udev, pcmciautils, sysfsutils) and tonight I boot and get a message like

error for wireless request set0
SET failed on ath0 no device

as wireless my only network connection is I'm left high and dry!

polarrr

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Registered: 2004-09-12

Posts: 110

Re: latest upgrade wiped out my wireless [solved]

It's really really simple. Madwifi package in repo was built against 2.6.15 kernel, so it puts modules into 2.6.15-ARCH directory while in fact you want it to be in 2.6.16-ARCH. To fix that, you can ABS it to rebuild the package. In PKGBUILD, you have to change the _kernver=2.6.15-ARCH to _kernver=2.6.16-ARCH, rebuild it, pacman it, and you should be good.

subatomic

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

Re: latest upgrade wiped out my wireless [solved]

removed madwifi which was the only thing left in 2.6.15-ARCH dir.
tried to rebuild (didn't change PKGBULD) but get a build error - too few arguments

polarrr

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Registered: 2004-09-12

Posts: 110

Re: latest upgrade wiped out my wireless [solved]

You have to change PKGBUILD to have madwifi build against 2.6.16. It's as simple as changing one number (from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16).

As for error, I don't know what's causing it. If you could post error message plus few lines prior to the error, it would be helpful.

subatomic

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

Re: latest upgrade wiped out my wireless [solved]

I can change numbers. the pkgbuild I had from AUR didn't have the _kernver line
got a madwifi-ng src and pkgbuild from the repo and now it's up

polarrr

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Registered: 2004-09-12

Posts: 110

Re: latest upgrade wiped out my wireless [solved]

Wow, madwifi's in AUR? I didn't know that. I thought you had the PKGBUILD from unstable. Glad it worked out in the end though.