Re: Debian Sarge + madwifi : cannot bring up interface ath0

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Dominique Orban <dominique.orban@gmail.com> writes:

> % ifup ath0
> Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
>     SET failed on device ath0 ; No such device.

Is ath0 defined in /etc/modules.conf? If not, don't edit this file
;-).

Instead, add a file called local (you can call it whatever you want)
in /etc/modutils or use a local file you've already started. Add the
following line:

  alias ath0              ath_pci

Then run update-modules (which adds the content of /etc/modutils/* to
/etc/modules.conf.

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