Rob Clark ??: > Please assist me to install this Driver. > > I am running SXCE_snv101 on a Desktop with a D-Link DWA-552 it would be great > if the SXCE Installer would > figure out the appropriate driver, download and install it, and get > everything working by the first boot - It is > not as though I'm asking for the Installer Disk to actually have the Driver > on it (though there is plenty of room). > > In addition to having a wireless card I also have the 'on-board NIC' so I > simply strung a cable from that to one of > the four ports on the back of my Wireless Router. I figured after having SXCE > up and running for a few days I > would see if I could get the Wireless working. > > > I read http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ath/ > > > > # ifconfig -a > lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 > index 1 > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 > lo0:1: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 > index 1 > zone linux > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 > lo0:2: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 > index 1 > zone centos > inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 > nge0: flags=201004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 > index 2 > inet 192.168.2.2 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > ether 0:17:31:8c:e6:d9 > nge0:1: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 > index 2 > zone linux > inet 192.168.2.4 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > nge0:2: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 > index 2 > zone centos > inet 192.168.2.12 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 > lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 > index 1 > inet6 ::1/128 > nge0: flags=202004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6,CoS> mtu 1500 index 2 > inet6 fe80::217:31ff:fe8c:e6d9/10 > ether 0:17:31:8c:e6:d9 > > > # /usr/X11/bin/scanpci | grep Ether > pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x14 function 0x00: vendor 0x10de device 0x0269 > nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller > > # /usr/X11/bin/scanpci | grep Wireless > pci bus 0x0003 cardnum 0x0a function 0x00: vendor 0x168c device 0x0023 > Atheros Communications Inc. AR5416 802.11abgn Wireless PCI Adapter > > > > # wget > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/downloads/ath-0.7.3-pkg.tar.gz > # gunzip -c ath-0.7.3-pkg.tar.gz | tar xvf - > > # pkgadd -d ./SUNWatheros SUNWatheros > Processing package instance <SUNWatheros> from </export/home/user/SUNWatheros> > Atheros 802.11b/g Wireless NIC Driver(i386) 11.11,REV=2008.10.06.14.59 > ... > ## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed. > The following files are already installed on the system and are being > used by another package: > /kernel/drv/amd64/ath > /kernel/drv/ath > Do you want to install these conflicting files [y,n,?,q] y > ## Checking for setuid/setgid programs. > This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user > permission during the process of installing this package. > Do you want to continue with the installation of <SUNWatheros.2> [y,n,?] y > Installing Atheros 802.11b/g Wireless NIC Driver as <SUNWatheros.2> > ## Installing part 1 of 1. > /kernel/drv/amd64/ath > /kernel/drv/ath > [ verifying class <none> ] > ## Executing postinstall script. > Installation of <SUNWatheros.2> was successful. > > > Now the trouble starts: > > # ifconfig ath0 plumb > ifconfig: cannot open link "ath0": DLPI link does not exist > # ifconfig ath1 plumb > ifconfig: cannot open link "ath1": DLPI link does not exist > # ifconfig nge1 plumb > ifconfig: SIOCSLIFNAME for ip: nge1: Invalid argument > # > Please run " update_drv -a -i '"pci168c,23"' ath " firstly, and then plumb the interface, it should be ok.
-Lin > and typing "ifconfig -a" produces no different output that it did previously. > > > > The webpage at the URL given previously says: > > 3. Connect to a WLAN > > You should be able to plumb the interface right after installing this package > without having to reboot first: > > # ifconfig ath0 plumb > > If plumbing failed, your card may be not supported or just not getting > properly identified by the Solaris kernel. > Send us a note and we'll try to help. > > > Problems: > > 1. It would be great if the SXCE_snv101 Installer were able to use a > "generic" Wireless Driver so you could > wirelessly connect to your Router, download and install the correct Driver, > then continue the installation > wirelessly (instead of having to use an Ethernet cable during the > Installation, and afterward to get ath-0.7.3-pkg.tar.gz . > > 2. Following the instructions on that webpage (for the "Solaris 10 or > OpenSolaris" Operating System) does > not work for SXCE_snv101. > > 3. The webpage also says: "For Solaris 10 users, please use > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/downloads/ath-0.5-pkg.tar.gz " - > that gives me: > > # pkgadd -d ./SUNWatheros SUNWatheros > pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in > </export/home/user/ath-0.5/SUNWatheros> > # ls -l > total 3 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 6 Jul 25 2006 SUNWatheros > # ls -l SUNWatheros/ > total 10 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6 Jul 25 2006 install > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Jul 25 2006 pkginfo > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 420 Jul 25 2006 pkgmap > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 Jul 25 2006 reloc > > > I guess the ath-0.5-pkg.tar.gz is not in a format suitable for the pkgadd > command in SXCE (and thus, not > the correct driver to try using when installing ath-0.7.3-pkg.tar.gz does not > work). > > > Assistance would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Rob >
