#498: Madwifi does not work with D-Link G-520 on FC5
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: critical | Milestone:
Component: madwifi: driver | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Patch_attached: 0 |
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Comment (by [EMAIL PROTECTED]):
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 01:09, Roger Ignazio, III wrote:
> I am using NetworkManager, but how do I fix that wpa_supplicant issue?
>
> And does that matter if I am not using WPA?
NetworkManager _always_ uses wpa_supplicant for madwifi interfaces, even
if
the connection is WEP encrypted or not encrypted at all.
The wpa_supplicant delivered by Redhat uses the wrong madwifi header
files.
You'll need to get the src rpm, replace the header files and rebuild the
rpm
yourself. This is how:
- install the madwifi-devel RPM from livna
- make a tarball named "madwifi-headers.tar.bz2" from inside
the /usr/include/madwifi directory
- download and install the src rpm of Redhat's wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-5
- replace the madwifi-headers.tar.bz2 file with the tarball you made
yourself
(I believe you should put it under /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES, but my
rpmbuild
setup is customised, so I'm not sure)
- run "rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/wpa_supplicant.spec"
- install the wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-5.i386.rpm in the
/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
directory using "rpm -Uvh --force"
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Good luck!
Dennis
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/498>
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