[gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[Robin Atwood]

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
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Robin Atwood.

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Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[Saphirus Sage]

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.

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[Robin Atwood]

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
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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
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Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[Saphirus Sage]

On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Robin Atwood  
<robin.atwood@attglobal.net> wrote:

> 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
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> Robin Atwood.
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> Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst"
>         from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling
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WEP password or WEP key? I seem to recall wicd being kinda weird about  
ascii. 

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[Robin Atwood]

On Wednesday 25 Feb 2009, Saphirus Sage wrote:
> On Feb 25, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Robin Atwood
>
> <robin.atwood@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > 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?
> >>
> >> 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.
>
> WEP password or WEP key? I seem to recall wicd being kinda weird about
> ascii.

It's a hex key. This all worked fine with the madwifi-ng drivers but I thought 
I would try and use the drivers available in the stock kernel. Not such a 
good idea, maybe?

-Robin
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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
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Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:01:20 +0700, 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?

Remove net.wlan0 from all runlevels but make sure wicd is in the default
runlevel. Wicd will take care o fstarting wlan0. As you are no longer
using madwifi, you can't use this driver with wpa_supplicant, use wext
instead


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Re: [gentoo-user] wicd and ath5k drivers

[Robin Atwood]

On Wednesday 25 Feb 2009, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:01:20 +0700, 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?
>
> As you are no longer
> using madwifi, you can't use this driver with wpa_supplicant, use wext
> instead

Thanks Neil, that's what I needed to know. I thought the issue was something 
like that but couldn't find the information. 

Cheers
-Robin
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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
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