On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:06:17 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote: > >> > >> The drivers are included with kubuntu dapper. Try modprobe ath_pci > >> and see what happens. > >> > >> Otherwise tell us what lspci says about the card, with and without > >> the -n option. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# modprobe ath_pci > > FATAL: Module ath_pci not found. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lspci -n > > 0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:2560 (rev 03) > > 0000:00:02.0 0300: 8086:2562 (rev 03) > > 0000:00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 82) > > 0000:00:1f.0 0601: 8086:24c0 (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1f.1 0101: 8086:24cb (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:24c3 (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1f.5 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 02) > > 0000:00:1f.6 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 02) > > 0000:02:05.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10) > > 0000:02:09.0 0607: 1217:6972 > > 0000:03:00.0 0200: 168c:001a (rev 01) > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lspci | grep Ath > > 0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.: > > Unknown device 001a (rev 01) This means it has found an atheros device on the pci bus (vendor number 168C in the numerical output, Atheros Comunications Inc in the text output) but doesn't know what this particular device is (Device ID 001A / Unknown Device). However this isn't actually helpful as the PCI bus is not the PCMCIA bus. Odd though that there is an atheros device on the pci bus - are you sure wireless is not built in - the built in wireless in a notebook is generally mini-pci. Is the pcmcia service yurned on on your machine? /etc/init.d/pcmcia status does it beep when you pulg and unplug the pcmcia card? what do dmesg and syslog tell you about what happens when you plug and unplug? > > > So what does this tell me? Apart from the device being detected... Is > it that there is a module (or should I say driver?) available and I can > now proceed with configuring /etc/network/interfaces as Steve suggested, > or is there more that needs to be done? From the modprobe ath_pci I'm > guessing the latter. ath_pci is the driver for a pci card, not a pcmcia card so it is not surprising t did not work. > But at this point, it is no more than a guess. > > Also, if anyone could clarify what the difference is between a module > and a driver, that would be great as this is a point of confusion for me > generally. > > Cheers, > Roger > A driver is a part of the kernel that communicates with a device such as a network card. A module is that driver built so that it is not a permanenet part of the kernel, it can be inserted into the running kernel with modprobe. >
