Re: where is ath9k?

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> > Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> > > Wayne Topa wrote:
> > >
> > > > Jonathan Kaye wrote:

<--SNIP-->

> > > Hi Wayne,
> > > So the mystery continues. The chipset (according to lspci) is AR2413
> > > which according to Madwifi compatibility = AR5005G. The driver must be
> > > acer-wmi and NOT ath_pci which was what I tried. This is part of the
> > > 2.6.25 kernel so I'll modprobe that one and report back on the ifconfig
> > > output to see if it's more like yours.
> > > ...
> > > aaarrrggghhhh!
> > > This is not going to be easy, is it? When I try
> > > #modprobe -v acer-wmi
> > > I get FATAL: Error inserting acer_wmi
> > > (/lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/misc/acer-wmi.ko): No such
> > > device Back to square 1?
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jonathan
> > Try    modprobe acer_wmi
> >
> > wtopa@dj:~$ grep -i acer /boot/coacer_wmi
> > /boot/config-2.6.25-2-amd64:CONFIG_ACER_WMI=m
> >
> >
> > Wayne
> Thank you Wayne,
> I'll change that to /boot/config-2.6.25-2-686:CONFIG_ACER_WMI=m

Change what??  The last line was a hint as to find out if the module
was in the kernel or not.

Just use modprobe acer_wmi, better yet do
cat "acer_wmi"  >> /etc/modules
which will add that module to the end of the /etc/modules file.

Remember to use the >> 'not' > or you will wipe out the other modules in 
that file.

Have fun....

Wayne