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Hi All, |
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Until gentoo-sources-2.6.29-r5 came out I was able to use my ath5 card |
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with wpa_supplicant. My /etc/conf.d/net contained: |
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modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) |
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wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi" |
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All went swimmingly well until I tried to re-emerge wpa_supplicant |
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after I compiled my new kernel - an error message warned that |
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CONFIG_KMOD was missing ... |
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* Found sources for kernel version: |
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* 2.6.29-gentoo-r5 |
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* Checking for suitable kernel configuration options... |
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* requires CONFIG_KMOD to be set to y or m |
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* Please check to make sure these options are set correctly. |
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* Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems. |
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* Once you have satisfied these options, please try merging |
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* this package again. |
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I searched for KMOD in vane - couldn't find it in the new kernel |
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.config. So I concluded that it may be curtains for wpa_supplicant. |
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I enabled ath5k in the kernel as a module, commented out all the |
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wpa_supplicant entries in my /etc/conf.d/net and rebooted. When I |
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plugged in my ath5 cardbus it seems that the device is recognised, the |
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module loaded, but it cannot associate: |
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* Found 00:1D:A2:86:D1:00 (managed, encrypted) |
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* Found 00:1D:A2:86:D1:80 (managed, encrypted) |
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* Found 00:1D:A2:86:D4:C0 (managed, encrypted) |
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* Found "blah-blah" at 00:1D:A2:86:CF:01 (managed) |
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* Found 00:1D:A2:86:CF:00 (managed, encrypted) |
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* Connecting to "blah-blah" in managed mode (WEP Disabled) ... |
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[ !! ] |
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* Couldn't associate with any access points on wlan1 |
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* Failed to configure wireless for wlan1 [ !! ] |
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However, running the following commands manually gets me online |
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without any problems: |
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# modprobe -v ath5k |
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insmod /lib/modules/2.6.29-gentoo-r5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko |
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# ip link set wlan1 up |
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# iwconfig wlan1 essid any |
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# dhcpcd wlan1 up |
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wlan1: dhcpcd 4.0.13 starting |
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wlan1: broadcasting for a lease |
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wlan1: offered 10.211.38.232 from 1.1.1.1 |
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wlan1: acknowledged 10.211.38.232 from 1.1.1.1 |
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wlan1: checking 10.211.38.232 is available on attached networks |
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wlan1: leased 10.211.38.232 for 86400 seconds |
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I am a bit rusty will all this as I did not have to configure it for |
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years. If I am not doing anything wrong, any idea what I should enter |
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in my /etc/conf.d/net to allow the device to come up automatically |
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when plugged in? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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