Steve Scrimpshire Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 (edited) murphman. Even though it sounds like your make didn't finish cleanly, try this. In a terminal as root: cp ath_pci.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ cp ath_hal.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ cp wlan.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ the names may be *.o instead of *.ko....can't remember. I know they're not all in the same directory after you 'make' though, so you may have to look for them. After you do that, type: depmod -a Then try to modprobe them again. Also, they have to be modprobed in the right order, as the README suggests. Edited January 12, 2005 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 well, i installed 2.6.10 kernel, does that still mean i need the rpms? i didn't think i should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 murphman. Even though it sounds like your make didn't finish cleanly, try this. In a terminal as root: cp ath_pci.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ cp ath_hal.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ cp wlan.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ the names may be *.o instead of *.ko....can't remember. I know they're not all in the same directory after you 'make' though, so you may have to look for them. After you do that, type: depmod -a Then try to modprobe them again. Also, they have to be modprobed in the right order, as the README suggests. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> the only place i could find those files was /lib/modules/2.6.10-22murph/net but every time i try it it says cp: cannot stat `ath_pci.ko' : no such file or directory and the file is there and it is .ko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 the readme only suggest modprobe ath_pci when i do that i get the error Warning: Error inserting ath_hal (/lib/modules/2.6.10-22murph/net/ath_hal.ko): unknown symbol in module or unknown parameter (see dmesg) Fatal: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.10-22murph/net/ath_pci.ko): unknown symbol in module or unknown parameter (see dmesg) in dmesg it says ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. ath_hal: Uknown symbol ath_hal_wait ath_hal: Uknown symbol ath_hal_version ath_hal: Uknown symbol ath_hal_buildopts wlan:0.8.4.5 (Experimental) ath_rate_onoe: 1.0 ath_pci: Uknown symbol _ath_hal_attach ath_pci: Uknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime ath_pci: Uknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee ath_pci: Uknown symbol ath_hal_detach ath_pci: Uknown symbol ath_hal_probe ath_pci: Uknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels ath_pci: Uknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes ath_pci: Uknown symbol ath_hal_wait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 wow, i got it, i have no idea how, but i just found this site on the internet and it worked, maybe i did something wrong before, anyways. if anyone has any problems i paste what i found http://www.yoper.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=5443 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphman9 Posted January 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 (edited) Well first up you need to find what version of the kernel that you are running. For me it is 2.6.8.1-3. Go to ftp://www.yoper.com/yoper/version2/RPMS.os/ and download the kernel-2.6.8.1-3.i686.rpm or whatever version of the kernel that you are running from the website. Then download the MadWifi .bz2 file. Untar it into a directery. Then for me i did make Wait a long time...have you ever wonderd where we come from? You may not need to do the next step with the new one.. insmod net80211/wlan.ko insmod ath_hal/ath_hal.ko insmod ath/ath_pci.ko I had a warning but everything was ok. make install Or for the new one you may want to do this modprobe ath_pci Now you have drivers installed...yay! Now you need to set up the network. iwconfig Now the Terminal will print out some thing like this.... quote:lo no wireless extensions. dummy0 no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437GHz Access Point: 00:0F:3D:3F:76:A6 Bit Rate:0Mb/s Tx-Power:50 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0/94 Signal level:-95 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 That meas that your driver works properly... Now this is for me soo you will need to mod this My ESSID is TheHalls...so you will have to change it iwconfig ath0 ESSID "TheHalls" Ok once you have the ESSID set up you will be connected to the router this is very good. Now you need to run dhclient to get an Ip from the router dhclient And bada big bada booom you should be online and chatting! If you need any help just Email me E-man07@neo.rr.com Edited January 21, 2005 by murphman9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ptruog Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 I have the same problems with the madwifi drivers on my mandrake 10.1 box. I've downloaded a recent snapshot of the madwifi drivers (from 12jan05), compiled them successfully installed them successfully (i think) now when I run modprobe ath_pci i get the following errors: WARNING: Error inserting ath_hal (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/ath_hal.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting wlan (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/wlan.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_onoe (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/ath_rate_onoe.ko): Invalid module format FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/ath_pci.ko): Invalid module format anyone else run into this AND found a solution? Frustrated, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aristos32 Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 I Have the same problems. Initialy the make is looking for gcc, while i have gcc33. I renamed the compiler to gcc, so the make seems to run fine. Is this a legal thing to do? Now i do make, make install and it seems ok, no errors, just a few warnings. But when i try modprobe ath_pci i get: WARNING: Error inserting ath_hal (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/ath_hal.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting wlan (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/wlan.ko): Invalid module format WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_onoe (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/ath_rate_onoe.ko): Invalid module format FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdk/net/ath_pci.ko): Invalid module format what may be wrong? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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