Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3288 mails)

[James Gardner <jg189@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <mwmcmlln@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Dec 23, 2007 10:23 AM
> To: opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.
>
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