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clera

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Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 5

kernel26tp_plus on X61- madwifi problems

I had been running the stock kernel with no real problems, wireless or otherwise, on a new lenovo thinkpad x61. 

Then, recently tried kernel26tp_plus package from the AUR to try to get suspend to work.  Everything seems to work except that I've now lost my wireless (the ath_hal & ath_pci modules aren't found).  Actually haven't tried suspending yet -soon as I booted the new kenel realized that I had no wireless.

Tried installing the madwifi-aircrack package for think pads but it fails to build.

Haven't really had time to try much else, and since I'm pretty inexperienced with running anything other than the stock kernel, I thought I'd see if anybody could give me any general pointers.  If this short description isn't enough, I can post whatever further info would be helpful.

Thanks...

vogets

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Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 31

Re: kernel26tp_plus on X61- madwifi problems

I am not sure if this is helpful for you, but suspend (and hibernate) have never been a problem on my x61s, using pm-utils and the stock kernel:

pm-suspend --quirk-s3-bios

As for madwifi I only could suggest to download the PKGBUILD for it using ABS, and change the "_kernver" variable for your custom kernel and recompile (My x61s uses a ipw3945).

sacamano_m82

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Registered: 2007-05-29

Posts: 167

Re: kernel26tp_plus on X61- madwifi problems

Maybe this will help ?
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14747

clera

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Registered: 2007-10-19

Posts: 5

Re: kernel26tp_plus on X61- madwifi problems

Thank you both for your replies.   I'll try using using pm-utils and the stock kernel.  I tried to go the tuxonice route pretty much arbitrarily.

If anybody comes across this post and maybe had a similar experience or other ideas, I'd like to hear it. 

For the record, I did try

- the madwifi-aircrack-tp_plus package
- modifying the PKGBUILD and recompiling

neither of which worked for me - but at this point can't remember exactly what went wrong or where....

Thanks again.