I previously downloaded madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6. I have already seen the instructions at the link you gave, but I found the English so poor that I could not understand the instructions. For instance, "1) First purge any presence or activity of any form of ndiswrapper" -- what does that mean in English? "After reboot the Hardware drivers ...must have a red light aside" - not particularly informative. These instructions also specify "5) Enable back both drivers", and these drivers are already enabled after the madwifi installation. However, I was able to find another web page with clear instructions, http://brunoabinader.blogspot.com/2008/05/atheros-ar5bxb63-on-ubuntu-hardy-heron.html .
Notes:I teach a unix fundamentals and unix shell scripting course several times a year in Toronto, but my area of expertise is Oracle, not unix systems administration. I am a vi expert, so I don't need gedit or nano. Also note that I have disabled the touchpad on my laptop (fn+F7), and I use a USB mouse. As well, linux is installed in partition 3 (with swap in partition 4). Windows Vista (which came with the laptop) is installed in the first two partitions. Also note that I think I am using the 32-bit version, but I don't know how to confirm that. I printed out the README and INSTALL documents from the madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 directory. I started ubuntu in recovery mode, selected root mode, commented out ath_pci from /etc/modules (added as part of the madwifi install), exited from the terminal session and selected normal boot. There were no madwifi entries. The normal boot encountered a kernel panic (not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!). I rebooted 2.6.24-22 in recovery mode, entered root mode, navigated into the madwife-hal-0.10.5.6 directory, issued a "make clean" and a "make" (I omitted the "make install" this time since it not specified in the INSTALL instructions). Then I exited from the root terminal session and did a normal boot, which came up. The instructions in the web page you sent said to enable both drivers, so I accessed the hardware drivers window and enabled the "Atheros HAL" entry, which was disabled. When I checked the box to enable the "Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards" module, Linux locked up with a kernel panic (blinking caps lock). I think it is time to give up on 2.6.24-22. I taught file structures and processing part-time at a university for 24 years, and I always told my students "don't keep doing what doesn't work". What I would like to do instead is to work on the Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit version, to see if I can get that to work. I tried it once, and that's why I went back to 8.04. I do not need the wireless to work to access the internet. I can connect the laptop to a wired ethernet port, if necessary. The worst part of starting over is that if it fails, I have to go back to 8.04, and then there are 250+ updates to do, and that takes 12+ hours to download and apply. I also have to restore all my Documents files from my backup DVD. I have 20 pages of instructions, so I can do it the same way each time, and not repeat the mistakes I may have made earlier. On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Claudio Moretti <flyingsta...@gmail.com>wrote: > Well, let's try another way. > Boot Ubuntu in recovery mode (2.6.24-22), when prompted, go to a root > shell. > You will need to edit /etd/modules and disabling madwifi from boot; the > simplest editor is nano, so give "nano /etc/modules", find all occurrences > with "madwifi" inside and comment them by adding a # at the beginning of the > line; save (Ctrl + O - Enter) and exit (Ctrl + X); then reboot in "normal" > mode; it should not crash. If you want some details while booting, when > usplash (the black and orange screen with the progress bar) appears, press > Ctrl + Alt + F1 and you'll see boot details; > When booted, follow the instructions you find at > http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5703118&postcount=3 > (download files before starting editing or you won't have an active > internet connection =) ) > I don't know if you have found this guide before, and if you download the > updated version of madwifi-hal every time, but it seems to work; sorry if I > can't help more :( > > -- > 8.04 blinking caps lock on bootup > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309311 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Problem occurs when booting "Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-22-generic" (line > copied from /boot/grub/menu.lst) on an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. After > initial install the boot went ok. I have a configuration document I follow > to perform a fresh install of Ubuntu, and I was nearing the completion of > the install. As the final series of steps, I installed wine and > network-manager-pptp, configured wine, and installed a Windows program under > wine. VPN requires a reboot to enable VPN, and the problem occurs during > the reboot. Based on previous experience, the problem will recur on every > single reboot. The work-around is to boot from "Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel > 2.6.24-16-generic" instead. I suspect the problem is caused by VPN, and next > time I do a fresh install, I will reboot after each of my install steps, to > confirm the machine will still boot. I am not using Ubuntu 8.10 because I > haven't been able to get wireless to work under 8.10. > -- 8.04 blinking caps lock on bootup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
