[gentoo-user] Switched to UDEV and now I have lost wlan0 and hostapd won't work...
After the essentially forced upgrade, I'm now running kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 (udev) from 2.6.9 (devfs). I have a Senao Engenius 200 mW PCMCIA card in a PCMCIA/PCI adapter in my server -- this card is then the wireless AP for my network. I can't get my wlan0 to show up like it used to, therefore hostapd won't start. daevid# /etc/init.d/hostapd start * Starting wlan0 * Bringing up wlan0 * 10.10.10.1/24 wlan0 does not exist * ERROR: Problem starting needed services. * hostapd was not started. I used to do this after each kernel compile: emerge -v net-wireless/hostap-driver \ net-wireless/hostap-utils \ net-wireless/hostapd And previously I loaded the modules via /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 #hostap #hostap_crypt_wep #hostap_crypt_ccmp #hostap_crypt_tkip #hostap_cs The driver now mentions I should use the newer one in the 2.6.15 kernel. Therefore I've commented out the above, and did not use the net-wireless/hostap-driver. I compiled the driver directly into the kernel, NOT as a module this time either. This shows in dmesg, so it appears to be loaded: orinoco 0.15rc3 (David Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED], et al) orinoco_pci 0.15rc3 (Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean Tourrilhes [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2 hostap_plx: 0.4.4-kernel (Jouni Malinen [EMAIL PROTECTED]) hostap_pci: 0.4.4-kernel (Jouni Malinen [EMAIL PROTECTED]) /dev has 1490 entries, but none of them look useful here. I saw some folks mentioning /dev/wifi0 or /dev/eth* but I don't have either of them showing. daevid# iwconfig eth0 no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. lono wireless extensions. eth0 is my outside network (ie. Cable company) and eth1 is my inside LAN -- both of them are working fine. I saw this: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-laptop@lists.debian.org/msg46547.html But I don't know what to look for in /dev that would show upon plug/unplug. Do I really even need to program a script like this? I see there is net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng, but I'm pretty sure I don't need that, as that's what hostap does right? So, what am I missing or not doing right? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Switched to UDEV and now I have lost wlan0 and hostapd won't work...
So after dicking with this some more, I'm noticing this: daevid ~ # ls /sys/class/net/ eth0 eth1 lo shouldn't there be something else in there for my wifi card? And would it show up here or not? -Original Message- From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 7:40 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Switched to UDEV and now I have lost wlan0 and hostapd won't work... After the essentially forced upgrade, I'm now running kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 (udev) from 2.6.9 (devfs). I have a Senao Engenius 200 mW PCMCIA card in a PCMCIA/PCI adapter in my server -- this card is then the wireless AP for my network. I can't get my wlan0 to show up like it used to, therefore hostapd won't start. daevid# /etc/init.d/hostapd start * Starting wlan0 * Bringing up wlan0 * 10.10.10.1/24 wlan0 does not exist * ERROR: Problem starting needed services. * hostapd was not started. I used to do this after each kernel compile: emerge -v net-wireless/hostap-driver \ net-wireless/hostap-utils \ net-wireless/hostapd And previously I loaded the modules via /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 #hostap #hostap_crypt_wep #hostap_crypt_ccmp #hostap_crypt_tkip #hostap_cs The driver now mentions I should use the newer one in the 2.6.15 kernel. Therefore I've commented out the above, and did not use the net-wireless/hostap-driver. I compiled the driver directly into the kernel, NOT as a module this time either. This shows in dmesg, so it appears to be loaded: orinoco 0.15rc3 (David Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED], et al) orinoco_pci 0.15rc3 (Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean Tourrilhes [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2 hostap_plx: 0.4.4-kernel (Jouni Malinen [EMAIL PROTECTED]) hostap_pci: 0.4.4-kernel (Jouni Malinen [EMAIL PROTECTED]) /dev has 1490 entries, but none of them look useful here. I saw some folks mentioning /dev/wifi0 or /dev/eth* but I don't have either of them showing. daevid# iwconfig eth0 no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. lono wireless extensions. eth0 is my outside network (ie. Cable company) and eth1 is my inside LAN -- both of them are working fine. I saw this: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-laptop@lists.debian.org/msg 46547.html But I don't know what to look for in /dev that would show upon plug/unplug. Do I really even need to program a script like this? I see there is net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng, but I'm pretty sure I don't need that, as that's what hostap does right? So, what am I missing or not doing right? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Switched to UDEV and now I have lost wlan0 and hostapd won't work...
On 2/5/06, Daevid Vincent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So after dicking with this some more, I'm noticing this: daevid ~ # ls /sys/class/net/ eth0 eth1 lo shouldn't there be something else in there for my wifi card? And would it show up here or not? Yes, it would. Looks like whatever driver(s) you are loading are not recognizing the card. Can you provide the lspci -nv output for that card? -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Switched to UDEV and now I have lost wlan0 and hostapd won't work...
Your card is a 802.11b Prism card, right? The mention of orinoco prism54 in your `dmesg` is confusing me. Do you have hotplug / coldplug installed? I think you may need to install one of these to deal with PCMCIA (well, probably Cardbus, really) cards. I don't use hostapd - have you tried configuring the card in /etc/ conf.d/net ? Or does hostapd give additional facilities? I use: modules_eth2=( iwconfig ) mode_eth2=Master essid_eth2=WirelessNet channel_eth2=7 key_NedNet= Stroller. On 6 Feb 2006, at 04:04, Daevid Vincent wrote: So after dicking with this some more, I'm noticing this: daevid ~ # ls /sys/class/net/ eth0 eth1 lo shouldn't there be something else in there for my wifi card? And would it show up here or not? After the essentially forced upgrade, I'm now running kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 (udev) from 2.6.9 (devfs). I have a Senao Engenius 200 mW PCMCIA card in a PCMCIA/PCI adapter in my server -- this card is then the wireless AP for my network. ... orinoco 0.15rc3 (David Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED], et al) orinoco_pci 0.15rc3 (Pavel Roskin [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean Tourrilhes [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2 hostap_plx: 0.4.4-kernel (Jouni Malinen [EMAIL PROTECTED]) hostap_pci: 0.4.4-kernel (Jouni Malinen [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
