Some time ago I wrote the list about using Network Manager with atheros / madwifi driver and the signal strength reporting problem with the driver. Even though it is not supposed to make a difference, NM periodically drops connection and I have been told that others in this position have seen better results after patching.
Last time I posted, I was pointed to the patches posted here: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2006-January/msg00141.html Since I'm kind of a Noob, it took me a while to fine out what I'm supposed to do with a patch. I am using Network Manager on Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) with Atheros chipset. NM version is 0.6.3. At the point of applying the patch, i get the following output from the patch command: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/NetworkManager/network-manager-0.6.3$ patch -p0 < atheros.patch patching file src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 117 (offset -4 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 1152 (offset 134 lines). Hunk #3 succeeded at 1248 (offset 134 lines). Hunk #4 FAILED at 1308. Hunk #5 succeeded at 3309 with fuzz 1 (offset 114 lines). 1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c.rej ======================= And here is the contents of file src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c.rej *************** *** 1306,1312 **** #endif if (iw_get_stats (nm_dev_sock_get_fd (sk), iface, &stats, &range, has_range) == 0) { - percent = wireless_qual_to_percent (&stats.qual, (const iwqual *)(&self->priv->max_qual), (const iwqual *)(&self->priv->avg_qual)); } nm_dev_sock_close (sk); --- 1308,1314 ---- #endif if (iw_get_stats (nm_dev_sock_get_fd (sk), iface, &stats, &range, has_range) == 0) { + percent = wireless_qual_to_percent (NM_DEVICE (self), &stats.qual, (const iwqual *)(&self->priv->max_qual), (const iwqual *)(&self->priv->avg_qual)); } nm_dev_sock_close (sk); I stopped at this point. I really don't want to carry on building the code if the patch won't work. Any thoughts? Thanks for all thoughts, Patton _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
