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 1LcLGu-0001Uy-6s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:02:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8906FE072E; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kcout01.prserv.net (kcout01.prserv.net [12.154.55.31]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 716EFE072E for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:02:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from opal.binro.org (adsl-dynamic-58-136-48-210.csloxinfo.net[58.136.48.210]) by prserv.net (kcout01) with ESMTP id <2009022515015920100hv35be> (Authid: gbinet.atwoodr); Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:02:00 +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 n1PF1p3o007770 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:01:51 +0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by opal.binro.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n1PF1omx007457 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:01:50 +0700 From: Robin Atwood To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:01:48 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200902251901.20580.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> <49A54E07.4050403@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49A54E07.4050403@gmail.com> 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="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200902252201.50226.robin.atwood@attglobal.net> X-Archives-Salt: de5f8832-8ac3-4a3e-9625-61614d815fc7 X-Archives-Hash: cf7b8aff2e351ca9afb81893b25a81d3 On Wednesday 25 Feb 2009, Saphirus Sage wrote: > Robin Atwood wrote: > > 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 > > I've actually always had trouble with the ath5k driver, but it seems to > come in spells where several restarts will get around the problem. Check > what dmesg has to say. Feb 25 21:51:02 agate wlan0: authenticate with AP xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Feb 25 21:51:02 agate wlan0: privacy configuration mismatch and mixed-cell disabled$ Feb 25 21:51:02 agate wlan0: authenticated Feb 25 21:51:02 agate wlan0: associate with AP xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Feb 25 21:51:02 agate wlan0: mismatch in privacy configuration and mixed-cell disab$ Feb 25 21:51:02 agate wlan0: privacy configuration mismatch and mixed-cell disabled$ You get quite a few hits on this but no explanations. It's not the WEP password, that is correct. HTH -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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------