On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Paul Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Federico, > > > Am Mittwoch, den 29.10.2008, 14:40 -0200 schrieb Federico Castagnini: >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Ben Armstrong >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:57:37 +0100 >> > "Sergio Blanco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I'm using wicd so using the interfaces file is useless for me. Even if I >> >> tried, the first problem to solve would be it's inability to scan for APs. >> >> If I have the interface up and running it doesn't matter if it knows where >> >> to connect, I should be able to search for networks, no? >> >> I have made almost the same tests and still have the same problem, can >> not scan or connect. >> >> With a usb dongle (mod rt73) i was able to scan and use that interface >> as expected, so the trouble is with the atheros wifi device... >> >> This problem came up with an upgrade i made last week, that upgrade >> the kernel (plus other things) from 2.6.26-4? to 2.6.26-8. >> >> I think this is something relevant. > > You can find out inspecting /var/log/dpkg.log. > > […] > >> > Let's start with logs. Post /var/log/syslog and we can start there. > > Please provide the information, Ben asked for. >
finaly, looking into syslog after enabling the wifi, found a line saying unable to load wlan_scan_sta and later google say: http://madwifi.org/ticket/1737#comment:2 now the Atheros wifi is working again. Thank you all who help us with this problem. Federico Castagnini Sergio, do you have some dongle like me? _______________________________________________ Debian-eeepc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel
