From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LcISH-0006mP-G1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:01:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BE66E04CF; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:01:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kcout02.prserv.net (kcout02.prserv.net [12.154.55.32]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C856E04CF for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:01:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from opal.binro.org (adsl-dynamic-58-136-48-210.csloxinfo.net[58.136.48.210]) by prserv.net (kcout02) with ESMTP id <2009022512013220200gqljle> (Authid: gbinet.atwoodr); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:01:33 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [58.136.48.210] Received: from opal.binro.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n1PC1LPb027941 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:01:21 +0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n1PC1Lus027934 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:01:21 +0700 From: Robin Atwood To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:01:20 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 X-Face: /Bm#Rf"Wt\%rfp|[wzT9P_2/6'JhtmzsD{l]pQmpS|%~I$/L|cF}gvz%I({,a)=?utf-8?q?=7BQtrsE*b=0A=09=5CflE8do=3A=2E0zdnO3lq=60+2rr=5Fmv/faNpra?= =?utf-8?q?=5D=2EeH+=23sG-9GL/dPC=2Ex?="9x]+y5\k^8h(" =?utf-8?q?sp=2Eu*z=0A=09=3FSbc=3AWZo=25ycAGh=5F/NBuC=60?=@9EdNnWH_~<" =?utf-8?q?=60=23zq=3A!K5Wpc=3FG=2Ey=26SxfiRpfFU9=25c=23uD=7D=3Bc+?= =?utf-8?q?D=3F=0A=09?=,|u`9frBEQzC)~Y~%z6tO>!5\8*$:t,ol)N_S}~^h>2)3*UL;g\W-ptU, =?utf-8?q?R=23=60HW=23y=25tGh*=2E=0A=096pO=26vnofmf=5Dzt=271=5BF1v=7B=25N=2E?= =?utf-8?q?Qg2KI=3Dd=3B?=,ZbOc6u>@FD8/sQ}XCCtV`yPwnlMm|iY~dxfY? Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200902251901.20580.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> X-Archives-Salt: 53ab5a7c-8bfa-4209-bbf1-7d69ab99ffb4 X-Archives-Hash: c6efd65ba4e54f6d3ddcb09a336edee9 I have just upgraded my laptop to kernel 2.2.28-r2 and have enabled the ath5k drivers for its Aetheros PC wireless card. Using the scripts to activate net.wlan0 works fine and the wicd client can see the interface correctly. But when I try to activate wlan0 with wicd it repeatedly fails. I still have madwifi selected as the wpa-supplicant driver. Are there any hints on tuning this, I can't find any by searching? TIA -Robin -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling ----------------------------------------------------------------------