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["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Dupuy wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 16:57 -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > For those bitten by the same bug:
> >
> > (1) If not already installed, Yast install: kernel-syms-2.6.22.16-0.1
> >
> > (2) download madwifi-0.9.3.3-0.1.src.rpm from:
> >
> > http://madwifi.org/suse/10.3/src/madwifi-0.9.3.3-0.1.src.rpm
> >
> > (3) check current madwifi version if different, as root remove existing 
> > madwifi:
> >
> > rpm -e $(rpm -qa | grep madwifi)
> >
> > (4) as root, rpmbuild --rebuild madwifi-0.9.3.3-0.1.src.rpm
> >
> > (5) as root,
> >
> > modprobe ath_pci && depmod -A
> >
> > (6) rcnetwork restart (not really required, but never hurts)
> >
> > That will get you going.
> >
> > --
> > David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
> > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
> > 510 Ochiltree Street
> > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
> > Telephone: (936) 715-9333
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>
> David... I tried that but when I got to # 5, the result was that it
> couldn't find the module "ath_pci" :-(

(4)(a) I forgot to tell you you need to install madwifi after you build 
it. So look in /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i586/:

l /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i586/

-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root    46838 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-0.9.3.3-0.1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root  1942125 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-debuginfo-0.9.3.3-0.1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root    58683 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-devel-0.9.3.3-0.1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root   263354 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-kmp-bigsmp-0.9.3.3_2.6.22.16_0.1-0.1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root   268172 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-kmp-debug-0.9.3.3_2.6.22.16_0.1-0.1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root   263247 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-kmp-default-0.9.3.3_2.6.22.16_0.1-0.1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root   263845 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-kmp-xen-0.9.3.3_2.6.22.16_0.1-0.1.i586.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root  root   264343 2008-01-31 16:03 
madwifi-kmp-xenpae-0.9.3.3_2.6.22.16_0.1-0.1.i586.rpm

as root:

rpm -Uvh \
madwifi-0.9.3.3-0.1.i586.rpm \
madwifi-devel-0.9.3.3-0.1.i586.rpm \
madwifi-kmp-<Pick Your Kernel Module>

Sorry

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David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
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510 Ochiltree Street
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Telephone: (936) 715-9333
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www.rankinlawfirm.com
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