[Debian-eeepc-devel] Problems with Linux 2.6.26 and Madwifi (and Lenny?)

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Damyan,


thanks for your answer.


Am Freitag, den 05.09.2008, 13:29 +0300 schrieb Damyan Ivanov:
> -=| Paul Menzel, Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 09:21:01AM +0200 |=-
> 
> This:
> > > >         + echo 1
> > > >         + modprobe ath_pci
> > > >         + sleep 1
> > > >         + ifconfig ath0 up
> > > >         ath0: ERROR while getting interface flags: Kein passendes Gerät gefunden (translation: No suitable device found.)
> 
> and this:
> > [   87.759957] MadWifi: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware didn't 
> > respond as expected' (HAL status 3)
> 
> ring some bells from the past. You probably use an old version of 
> madwifi sources, that does not work with the atheros chip in the eee.  
> We used to distribute a patched package (madwifi-eeepc-source), but 
> this is no longer necesary.
> 
> Get fresh madwifi-source package from Sid, build and install the 
> -modules package from it using module-assistant, unload/reload the 
> module and all should be fine.

I thought I compared the versions on A and B and they were the same.

Anyway I will do as you wrote on Monday.


Thanks,

Paul
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