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Loko123
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I´ve got the same problem on my fresh ~amd64 install... 
The strange thing is, that the USB Adapter is working like a charm on SystemRescueCd-x86-2.3.1. As SystemRescueCd is also Gentoo based, I am sure that it is also working with the default Gentoo build. I think we forgot an USB driver module.
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Loko123
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:13 am Post subject: |
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I compiled every USB driver in my kernel (* prefix) - But it is still not working...
The stick is going to be initialized before mounting the root fs. After that, the system don't recognize the stick anymore. |
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Gusar
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| ath9k_htc devices require firmware. So install linux-firmware. Also, compile the driver as a module. |
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Loko123
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:03 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Gusar! Now it works like a charm!  |
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gentooP4
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Gusar wrote: | | gentooP4 wrote: | | Gusar, yes I am. |
But of course you are. Which makes it very, very obvious what the issue is. |
Well please enlighten me then
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gentooP4
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | everything except ifconfig says it works
| Quote: | | modprobe ath9k_htc returns, FATAL module not found |
does not fit with the lsmod result. modprobe for an already installed module should just return with no printed output.
reboot and as soon as up and post url
when convenient boot mint and compare dmesg
time for the drill or blow $20 on a not netgear not atheros not broadcom dongle. I'd send you my broadcom chip netgear packaged dongle ... but ... it has no linux driver ... not even one that doesn't work ... |
Please see below DONAHUE, thanks for you continued assistance!
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/500089/
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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@ Loko123 could you | Code: | dmesg | wgetpaste
lsmod | wgetpaste
wgetpaste /usr/src/linux/.config |
and post url's so gentooP4 could compare?
@ P4 the dmesg looks good also but ..
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Loko123
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | @ Loko123 could you | Code: | dmesg | wgetpaste
lsmod | wgetpaste
wgetpaste /usr/src/linux/.config |
and post url's so gentooP4 could compare?
@ P4 the dmesg looks good also but .. |
Sorry... :$ I forgot to mention, that it is also necessary to compile some modules. I'll attach it as code.
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[*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless
<*> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[*] enable powersave by default
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
[*] Wireless extensions sysfs files
<M> Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
[*] Minstrel
[*] Minstrel 802.11n support
Device Drivers --->
Generic Driver Options --->
[*] Prevent firmware from being built
-*- Userspace firmware loading support
[*] Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
<M> Atheros Wireless Cards --->
<M> Atheros HTC based wireless cards support
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After that I have emerged linux-firmware, made a reboot and suddenly the stick has worked like a charm.
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:33 am Post subject: |
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@ Loko123
| Code: | emerge wgetpaste
dmesg | wgetpaste
lsmod | wgetpaste
wgetpaste /usr/src/linux/.config |
and post the url's still might be helpful
@gusar | Quote: | | But of course you are. Which makes it very, very obvious what the issue is. |
Not that obvious. What is the issue you see?
| Quote: | [*] Minstrel
[*] Minstrel 802.11n support |
could be the magic bullet
| Quote: | | [*] Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary |
should not matter unless you told the kernel to build in some ath9k firmware in the line | Quote: | | ( ) External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary |
which would expose the line | Quote: | | (firmware) Firmware blobs root directory (NEW) |
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gentooP4
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Still no luck with this. I don't appear to have this option
| Code: | | [*] Minstrel 802.11n support |
it's more like
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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-*- Minstrel means other choices have automatically enabled it.
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gentooP4
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Getting closer! (I think?)
I think I'm getting the wpa_supplicant application to recognise my USB dongle, these are the instructions I followed ....
| Linux Sea wrote: | Using wpa_supplicant for WPA Encrypted Networks
The wpa_supplicant tool is a software component which controls the wireless connection between
your system and an access point. A major advantage of wpa_supplicant over the previously described
wireless tools is its support for WPA/WPA2.
Before you can use wpa_supplicant, you first need to install it:
| Code: | | # emerge -a wpa_supplicant |
Accessing a Wireless Network
You need to configure your wpa_supplicant to support the wireless network(s) you want to access.
Suppose that your home network is called "home" and is a secured (WPA) environment with key
"myHomeKey" and at your work there is a wireless network called "CompanyGuests", secured (WPA)
environment with key "myCompanyKey" and a third network at your local computer club called
"hobby", not secured, then the following wpa_supplicant.conf configuration could work:
| Code: | ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="home" ***I updated this of course***
psk="myHomeKey" ***and this one**
} |
You can copy/paste the resulting information in wpa_supplicant.conf and remove the
(commented) plain-text key information.
If your wireless card is found by Linux (and its powered on), then running the following command
will activate the wpa_supplicant on top of it (assume the wireless interface is called wlan0):
| Code: | | # wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf |
One interesting option is the -D option: with this you select the wireless driver to use. With -Dwext,
we use the Linux wireless extensions (which is quite generic). In certain cases you might need to use a
different driver - the Internet has many resources on how to configure your specific wireless network
card with Linux if the Linux wireless extensions don't work.
Of course, once the configuration file is finished, you can use Gentoo's networking scripts as well.
First, edit /etc/conf.d/net to use wpa_supplicant:
| Code: | modules="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" |
To have the wireless support active when you boot up your system, enable the net.wlan0 init script.
If /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 doesn't exist yet, first create it:
| Code: | # cd /etc/init.d
# ln -s net.lo net.wlan0 |
Next, add the net.wlan0 init script to the default runlevel:
| Code: | | # rc-update add net.wlan0 default |
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The light is now flashing intermittently but the application doesn't manage to connect.
It did find other wireless networks (neighbours) which I thought was a good sign!
Also during boot I get a message along the lines of "wlan0 found but not active" or words to that effect.
Many thanks
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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that should mean that running ifconfig -a and ifconfig shows wlan0, major progress if so.
if you have USE="qt4" in /etc/make.conf or net-wireless/wpa_supplicant qt4 in /etc/portage/package.use and you | Code: | | emerge wpa_supplicant |
you will have a GUI interface, wpa_gui, to manage network connections with.
hide passphrase but post results of
| Code: | cat /etc/conf.d/net
ls /etc/init.d/net*
rc-update show
cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
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gentooP4
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hello DONAHUE,
Please see below outputs:
| Code: | hayden@sidcup ~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/net
# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
modules="wpa_supplicant"
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext" |
| Code: | hayden@sidcup ~ $ ls /etc/init.d/net*
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 /etc/init.d/network
/etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/netmount |
| Code: | hayden@sidcup ~ $ sudo rc-update show
alsasound | boot
bootmisc | boot
consolefont | boot
consolekit | default
dbus | default
devfs | sysinit
device-mapper | boot
dmesg | sysinit
fsck | boot
hostname | boot
hwclock | boot
keymaps | boot
killprocs | shutdown
local | default nonetwork
localmount | boot
modules | boot
mount-ro | shutdown
mtab | boot
net.eth0 | default
net.lo | boot
net.wlan0 | default
netmount | default
procfs | boot
root | boot
savecache | shutdown
swap | boot
sysctl | boot
syslog-ng | default
termencoding | boot
udev | sysinit
udev-postmount | default
urandom | boot
vixie-cron | default
xdm | default |
No quite in the same directory, does this matter?
| Code: | hayden@sidcup ~ $ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
network={
ssid="BThub3-4RGK"
proto=WPA2
psk="my password goes here"
}
#network={
#ssid="CompanyGuests"
#psk="myCompanyKey"
#}
#network={
#ssid="hobby"
#key_mgmt=NONE
#} |
Many thanks!
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Not quite in the same directory, does this matter? |
It is the wrong place. | Code: | mv /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
edit to add | Quote: | update_config=1
ap_scan=1 |
after ctrl_interface_group=wheel
then | Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart |
my current network entry fabricated by wpa_gui is: | Quote: | network={
ssid="myssid"
psk="my psk"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP
auth_alg=OPEN
} |
You might try matching it or using wpa_gui if your performance is still problematic.
Were you able to tell what finally caused the driver to start driving your interface?
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gentooP4
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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It's working!! 
Thanks a million for your assistance again DONAHUE!
And no, I didn't quite figure out the kernel config exactly. It was mostly trial and error around the settings you suggested until a reboot eventually lighted up the stick.
Very happy!
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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god speed
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:35 am Post subject: |
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| +1 to this thread. It helped me get my driver working. From there it was easy |
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