Hans Krueger schreef:
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Hans Krueger schreef:
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Ed Harrison schreef:
A. den Oudsten wrote:
Hans Krueger schreef: > A. den Oudsten wrote: >> David C. Rankin wrote: >> >>> A. den Oudsten wrote: >>> >>>> I have an Acer Aspire 5315 >>>> I was able to connect my Atheros AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless >>>> PCI Express Adapter to the Wifi source with the help of a >>>> driver net5211.inf I found on >>>> ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_4710/driver/Wireless_Atheros.zip. >>>> >>>> The Aspire 5351 went for repair of the DVD drive and when it >>>> came back there was the Atheros AR242x 802.11 abg Wireless >>>> PCI Express Adapter and what ever I tried with ndiswrapper >>>> and NDISGTK the driver net5211.inf was not accepted. >>>> Any suggestion where and how I can get a proper driver? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> André den Oudsten >>> >>> >>> Links 2,3 & 5 from google "Atheros AR242 linux": >>> >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756318 >>> >>> http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756318 >>> >>> http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756318&page=2 >>> >>> I haven't read them, but they look promising. I have also had >>> the best luck with madwifi drivers from: >>> >>> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/schmolle1980 >>> >>> >>> >> Thanks for the suggestions, but they did not bring me to a >> solution. >> >> Since then I tried to install with NDISGTK the following XP >> drivers from the Acer site: >> >> netathr.inf; Invalid driver >> >> netathrx.inf; Invalid driver >> >> netw4k32.inf; Hardware present: No >> >> netw4x32.inf; Invalid driver >> >> netw4x64.inf; Hardware present: No >> >> From 'hwinfo –netcard' I got: >> >> Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter" >> >> Driver Status: ath5k is active >> >> Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k" >> >> Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown >> >> Attached to: #19 (PCI bridge) >> >> >> From the madwifi site I learned that ath5k is the successor of >> madwifi. >> >> >> What else can I do? >> >> André den Oudsten >> > do what I did > http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar... > > > You'll need to compile and install it, as described in README and > INSTALL files in the source code. > > and uninstall the ath5k > good luck > I followed the instructions in First Time User HOWTO and after entering make I got as reply: bash: command not found
I was a little embarrassed!!
What can I do?
André
You need to install make and gcc. zypper -n in make gcc
Ed
I installed make and tried again. After make I got: Makefile.inc:91: *** KERNELCONF: /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-default/build/.config does not exist.. And indeed in /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-0.1-default/build/ I only found dumpfile.config and Module.symvers. I'm one step further but I must say this matter is rather resistant!!! Any suggestions? André is this your first time compiling ?
Years ago, in the times of opensuse 7? I did it once. André keep following the help from the list and you will get their
Thanks for your encouragement and for the instructions of Ed. I now have a connection. I have to connect to an AP with WPA, so I'm going to study the UserDocs for that. I'll inform the list when it's finished (or earlier!!!!) André -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org