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marinosk_81
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 Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:18 am Post subject: problem loading ath9k module + kernel question |
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Hello,
gentoo noob here, just did a fresh install on my old 2006 macbook and can't get the wifi running. My card is a Qualcomm Atheros - I used to double check from the liveCD (where I do have wifi) that the appropriate driver is indeed ath9k. Then I recompiled the kernel making sure that I have selected all that is mentioned here https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k.
First thing to note is that I can only select cfg80211, mac80211 and ath9k as modules and as built-in into the kernel. First question is why?
Second thing is that there no module for ath9k is created.. | Code: | | find /lib/modules/4.9.0-kernel | grep ath9k |
results in nothing and the module fails to load with either modprobe or if put within /etc/conf.d/modules
I guess I'm doing something wrong when compiling the kernel but what? I simply did | Code: | | genkernel --menuconfig |
and made sure I selected all the above amongst my other configurations. I did that 2 times just to make sure I have indeed selected ath9k as a module but still nothing.. |
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:34 am Post subject: |
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What returns the command grep -i ath9k /usr/src/linux/.config?
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marinosk_81
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| can't paste the exact output as I don't have the computer near me, but what I get is commented out line, so no, the module is not there. why is that? I did select everything noted on the link above - how can it be that the configuration file does not reflect these changes? |
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fedeliallalinea
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You are sure that selected kernel is 4.9 (eselect kernel list)?
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Logicien
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| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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The good command to see if the ath9k module have been compiled for a kernel version or an other is
| Code: | | find /lib/modules -iname *ath9k* |
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khayyam
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| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:20 am Post subject: Re: problem loading ath9k module + kernel question |
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| marinosk_81 wrote: | | [...] just did a fresh install on my old 2006 macbook and can't get the wifi running. My card is a Qualcomm Atheros - I used 'lspci -k' to double check from the liveCD (where I do have wifi) that the appropriate driver is indeed ath9k. |
marinosk_81 ... I have a 2006 macbook (which is the macbook1,1) and this doesn't have ath9k, but ath5k.
| zgrep -E '(_ATH|WEXT|(MAC|CFG)80211)' /proc/config.gz: | # CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_ATH3K is not set
# CONFIG_BT_ATH3K is not set
CONFIG_WEXT_CORE=y
CONFIG_WEXT_PROC=y
CONFIG_CFG80211=m
# CONFIG_CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS is not set
# CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS=y
# CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB is not set
CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y
CONFIG_MAC80211=m
CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y
CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht"
# CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is not set
CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y
# CONFIG_MAC80211_MESSAGE_TRACING is not set
# CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ATHEROS is not set
# CONFIG_MAC80211_HWSIM is not set
CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m
CONFIG_ATH_CARDS=m
# CONFIG_ATH_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ATH5K=m
# CONFIG_ATH5K_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_ATH5K_PCI=y
# CONFIG_ATH9K is not set
# CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC is not set
# CONFIG_ATH6KL is not set
# CONFIG_ATH10K is not set |
best ... khay |
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