Mike et al: So you'll know, ubuntu didn't work for this card either. I think it is an issue with support for the atheros 5006 chipset. I understand some older atheros chips work, but this one has ben driving me nuts.
Regarding my wish for more than just the usual advice from internet docs, I promise that I have read them all, and tried them all, many times. I didn't come here as a newby, who is too lazy to research, trying to get someone to read the docs for me. I've been battling this problem for three weeks. I really already did RTFM. Many times. I'm not a wireless expert, but I'm not a novice either (I'm writing this from a suse wireless laptop, but it has an intel chipset). So rather than a lot of people sending me the same docs I've seen, and then me just responding with "I've tried that" over and over. I was really hoping to find someone who has been through what I've been through and found a way to make it work. Or maybe someone who knows of a distribution that works. I prefer suse, but I need wireless more than I need suse. I think I'm in a situation now where, after all this time of trying, it is too late to return the PC. So I need to do something. So, that's where I'm coming from. And I really do appreciate the responses so far. Regards, James -----Original Message----- >From: Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 23, 2007 10:23 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [opensuse] will pay for wireless help > >On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 01:48 -0600, Rajko M. wrote: >> On Sunday 23 December 2007 01:06:05 am Jerry Houston wrote: >> > Rajko M. wrote: >> > > On Saturday 22 December 2007 05:36:03 pm Steve Reilly wrote: >> > > ... >> > > >> > >> you need to install both the kernel >> > > >> > > Do you mean kernel sources, and compile package? >> > >> > The directions tell you to install (or update) madwifi, then figure out >> > the "flavor" of your kernel, and install the module to match it. Mine's >> > "bigsmp," for example. >> > >> > It didn't work for me, at any rate. When I was done installing (and >> > rebooting), modprobe ath_pci didn't show any results, and I couldn't get >> > the card to connect at all. Since I have the PCMCIA wireless card >> > working fine, it doesn't matter much to me, but I'd be interested in >> > finding how how it goes for James. >> > >> > Perhaps there's some non-obvious step that's needed, beyond what the >> > opensuse.org web site tells us. >> >> I have some experience with Broadcom, but not at all with Atheros. >> The broadcom requires firmware that will be loaded in wireless adapter. >> Two years ago there was no way to get that and wireless didn't worked, now >> there is and laptop works fine. I'm wondering if that is the same problem >> with atheros. > > I have the Atheros chipset (I don't remember which one), on my laptop. >IIRC I required two .rpm's and to use the atheros drive when setting up >the wireless networking in YaST. If his card is like mine, he will not >need to upload any firmware. > >> It would be good if James would accept some type of 'blind shots' and report >> results. That method gives ideas, helps not to run in circles as many eyes >> see more. > > It would be good for those of us who have Atheros' cards to post up >what we did to get our cards working. Ubuntu 6.10 when I installed it, >picked up the card and configured it, SuSE10.3 (which is on it now), did >not have the drivers for it and I had to go get them and go through a >good bit of trial and error. > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
