Re: where is ath9k?

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

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

Did the Compatibility page say that madwifi supported your card/adapter 
or not?

> > > > > 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
                                            ^^^^ note acer-
> > > > > device Back to square 1?
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Jonathan
> > > > Try    modprobe acer_wmi
                  ^^^ acer_   Not the same as above!

> > > 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
> Hi Wayne,
> What confused me was that I already did the modprobe acer_wmi (except that I
> used the verbose -v switch) and I reported the result before my arrggghh.
> I get FATAL: Error inserting acer_wmi
> (/lib/modules/2.6.25-2-686/kernel/drivers/misc/acer-wmi.ko): No such
> device.

Thats why we need to see the wireless output of lspci -vvv

> I tried that again and the same fatal error. I can do as you suggest and
> manually insert the acer_wmi into the /etc/modules file.

Do that when/if you get it to see the card

> BTW, in dmesg, the acer_wmi module is mentioned with the message that it
> cannot be loaded because there is no interface. ??????????
> This is not my machine so I can't verify anything at the moment but if you'd
> like more info I'll post it in a few minutes.
> Thanks again but not having fun yet,
> Jonathan

I asked you for the output of lspci -vvv a few messages back but never 
got a response, so if you could show us that output (only the wireless 
interface part) it would help.

I thought I had also asked what wireless adapter you are trying to get 
working. I still don't know so without that information I am not able to 
do much more.

WT