Wayne Topa wrote: Output of lspci -vvv 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Unknown device 0418 Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 3 Region 0: Memory at e2010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: ath5k
Hmm. That's a little worrying. "disabled"? "access denied"? Here's what I found on the Madwifi compatibility page: Atheros AR5005G ΒΆ Chipset: AR5005G = (AR2413) Chip: AR2413 (802.11b+g) URL: http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5005G.htm Supports: IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g Working: not working with version 0.9.2, dmesg reports: "unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL status 13)" Notes: Several tickets indicate this; no response was ever given. However, some users have reported success, but could not confirm this. Notes: Works perfectly on Slackware 11 (kernel 2.6.18.3) and madwifi 0.9.2. Just modprobe ath_pci after compiling/installing. (this on an Acer 3102 wlmi) Notes: For Kernel 2.6.22.1 use trunk version (madwifi 0.9.3.1 release doesn't compile): svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi . That works perfectly (I'm running Slackware 12 on Acer 3102wlmi). Notes: SMC PCI card: OK for Slackware 12.1 (kernel 2.6.25.2), with madwifi-0.9.4 Notes: I can confirm that this chipset works great with the madwifi-ng drivers on Debian Testing. Also monitor mode. Notes: chipset is AR1423, as you can see through URL Notes: This chipset works on the Acer Aspire 5040 if you install the acer_acpi driver http://www.archernar.co.uk/acer_acpi/acer_acpi_main.html Notes: Works on the Acer Aspire 3053 if you reload the modules (see http://rik.rikva.nl/?q=node/10) and then run depmod -a (as root) Notes: Works on the Acer Aspire 5051 using madwifi source pulled 2006-12-18 (OpenSuSE 10.2/x86_64) Notes: Works on the Acer Aspire 5100 using madwifi source (Mandriva 2007.0/x86_64) Notes: Cheap Ativa card works ok in gentoo. /etc/init.d/net.athx start does not ifconfig athx up the device, so preferred wireless won't work Notes: Works out of the box with Ubuntu 7.10 and 6.06 This all seems quite confusing, as many answers as there are different notes. Acer calls this 802.11b/g Wireless LAN. I assume that is the wireless adapter. Is it something else. Sorry to be ignorant. I have never used wifi before as you can see. I hope this is all the information you requested. Sorry to be so thick about all this. Thanks for your patience, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]