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Xywa Veteran
Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 1631 Location: /mnt/Gentoo/Europe
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:33 am Post subject: [SOLVED] ath9k & new kernel 3 |
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Hi,
After changing kernel from 2.6 into 3 (3.0.6-gentoo x86_64) I have problems with wifi on my laptop.
As usually I did module-rebuild populate & module-rebuild rebuild, but...
(1) I tested this few times and module ath9k is ALWAYS loaded automatically with kernel 2.6 after starting the system, but with kernel 3 this module is loaded automatically ONLY when in file etc/conf.d/modules is added a line -> modules="ath9k". Without this after starting the system (with kernel 3) I have to add module manually by typing modprobe eth9k.
(2) With kernel 2.6 after starting the system I have an interference wlan0 and I can use my wifi by WiCd, but with kernel 3 I have an error (either after loading module automatically or manually)
Code: | # ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found |
...and I can't use wifi
What should I do?
Why, even if I have module ath9k, I can't use wifi?
Code: | # lsmod
Module Size Used by
ath9k 68260 0
ath9k_common 2360 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 274717 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
nvidia 11897659 43 |
Ifconfig -a for kernel 2.6
Code: | # ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:54:69:26:1b
inet addr:192.168.0.6 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::223:54ff:fe69:261b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:864 (864.0 B) TX bytes:1992 (1.9 KiB)
Interrupt:41 Base address:0x4000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1912 (1.8 KiB) TX bytes:1912 (1.8 KiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:43:1c:6d:eb
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) |
Ifconfig -a for kernel 3
Code: | # ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:54:69:26:1b
inet addr:192.168.0.6 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::223:54ff:fe69:261b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:123 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:143 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:38651 (37.7 KiB) TX bytes:23737 (23.1 KiB)
Interrupt:41 Base address:0xc000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1408 (1.3 KiB) TX bytes:1408 (1.3 KiB)
sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) |
Last edited by Xywa on Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 1631 Location: /mnt/Gentoo/Europe
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Many THX! This perfectly solved my problem.
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John R. Graham Administrator
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Moved from Kernel & Hardware to Duplicate Threads in favor of the thread marc_alec identified.
- John _________________ I can confirm that I have received between 0 and 499 National Security Letters. |
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