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Re: [PLUG] Kubuntu and a Belkin 54g wireless card with an Atheros chipset
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K.S. Bhaskar (bhaskar@bhaskars.com) had this to say on 08/03/06 at 15:48:
> On 8/3/06, Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
> >K.S. Bhaskar (bhaskar@bhaskars.com) had this to say on 08/03/06 at 15:31:
> >> Atheros is supported via the Madwifi drivers (http://madwifi.org/).
> >
> >Yeah, I found that out. I'm trying to avoid having to download a separate
> >driver and compile, and then (possibly) re-compile a kernel, etc.
> >Especially
> >when new versions of the driver come out. I'm hoping to find an apt source
> >that will make my life easier, so I don't have to fight too much to get
> >this
> >to work.
>
> [KSB] Recompiling and installing Madwifi is relatively painless and
> does not need a kernel recompile. Install kernel-headers for your
> version and CPU (e.g, kernel-headers-686) and you will only need to
> rebuild the madwifi modules.
Good; I used to have to do the kernel recompile with an older LinkSys card,
and that gets really old, really fast.
> But I think Madwifi comes bundled with Kubuntu, which is why I hope
> that the iwconfig output will be useful. Here's hoping it's something
> simple such as your having the radio turned off!
Seems like the default would be make sure it's on. :-)
> sh-3.1$ find /lib/modules/2.6.15-26-686/ -iname \*madwifi\*
> /lib/modules/2.6.15-26-686/madwifi
> /lib/modules/2.6.15-26-686/madwifi-ng
> sh-3.1$ apt-cache search madwifi
> linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-686 - Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules
> on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
Installed those last night. Easiest kernel upgrade I ever did. :-)
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