Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3437 mails)

["Larry Stotler" <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Joe Zien <jozien@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am starting a new post, the original post drifted off the subject.
> I tried # 1 and got "make not found"
> Network settings:
> Unable to configure the network card because the kernel device (eth0, wlan0)
> is not present.
> This is mostly caused by missing firmware (for wlan devices). See dmesg
> output for details.
>
> AR5212 802.11abg NIC (Not connected)
> ath5k_pci 0000:03:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
> Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason a1 on CPU 0.
> You have some hardware problem, likely on the PCI bus.
> Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
> ath5k phy0: failed to resume the MAC Chip
> ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.0 disabled
> ath5k_pci: probe of 0000:03:00.0 failed with error -5

Sounds like there is something else wrong.  That's a hardware error.

> From the above info, looks like madwifi and ath5k are installed.

No.  The ath5k driver is installed.  The madwifi driver is ath_pci

> Do I still have to make install madwifi?

The 5212 is fully supported by the newer ath5k driver.  I'm not sure
why you are having a problem.  In order to use madwifi, you have to
install the kernel sources.

1.  Start YaST.
2.  Select Software Management
3.  Do a search for "kernel"
4.  Select "kernel-sources" or similar.
5.  Install.  YaST will automatically install the compilers.

When finished, go to the madwifi source and do a make and then a make install.

You HAVE to have the kernel sources installed to make madwifi.  It
will not work otherwise.

Also keep in mind that if you update the kernel, you MAY have to
rebuild madwifi.  That's what sucks about compiling your own drivers.

I still don't know WHY you can't use the ath5k driver.  See the other
thread for my instructions on how to use it.  Maybe that will help.
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