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#1 2008-05-28 22:10:28

szajskerl
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Registered: 2008-03-23
Posts: 13

[solved] problems with wifi after actualization

I actualized my system and the result is not working wifi. I do not know whether the problem is connected with new kernel or new version of madwifi (both?). Naturally before actualization everything worked perfectly. The kernel is Arch stock.

root /home/filip  #  iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

irda0     Interface doesn't support scanning.

root /home/filip  #  ifconfig wlan0 up
root /home/filip  #  iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     No scan results

irda0     Interface doesn't support scanning.

Is there ath0 not missing? I compiled madwifi by myself (an elder version) but although I suceeded without errors or even warnings it did not change a thing. BTW I got an error while building the kernel - mayby this is the problem? (I did not receive that warning (error) by any previous kernel actualizations).

:: Begin build
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [autodetect]
:: Parsing hook [pata]
:: Parsing hook [scsi]
:: Parsing hook [sata]
:: Parsing hook [usb]
:: Parsing hook [pcmcia]
ERROR: module 'ide[-_]cd' not found
:: Parsing hook [usbinput]
:: Parsing hook [keymap]
:: Parsing hook [filesystems]
:: Generating module dependencies
:: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
==> SUCCESS
==> Building image "fallback"
==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.25-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
:: Begin build
:: Parsing hook [base]
:: Parsing hook [udev]
:: Parsing hook [pata]
:: Parsing hook [scsi]
:: Parsing hook [sata]
:: Parsing hook [usb]
:: Parsing hook [pcmcia]
ERROR: module 'ide[-_]cd' not found
:: Parsing hook [usbinput]
:: Parsing hook [keymap]
:: Parsing hook [filesystems]
:: Generating module dependencies
:: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
==> SUCCESS

Last edited by szajskerl (2008-05-29 19:51:45)

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#2 2008-05-28 23:02:44

tomk
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From: Ireland
Registered: 2004-07-21
Posts: 9,839

Re: [solved] problems with wifi after actualization

An educated guess: your system is loading the ath5k driver instead of the madwifi driver. ath5k is now provided by the kernel package. If you want to continue using madwifi, blacklist ath5k.

It's worth nothing that ath5k will eventually replace madwifi completely.

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#3 2008-05-29 19:52:05

szajskerl
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Registered: 2008-03-23
Posts: 13

Re: [solved] problems with wifi after actualization

You're a genius - many thanks

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