Comments on Troy's Blog: Atheros AR5212 in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Thanks for the help! Worked the first time on my L...

2011-11-02T05:25:07.396+11:00

Thanks for the help! Worked the first time on my Lenovo R61 on Ubuntu 10.10.

Worked like charm on an antique FuSi (wifi: DWL-G6...

2010-12-17T22:22:24.671+11:00

Worked like charm on an antique FuSi (wifi: DWL-G650) running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS! Thanks a lot!

Works with Thinkpad T41 (no, not 61) and Atheros A...

2010-11-18T08:37:35.573+11:00

Works with Thinkpad T41 (no, not 61) and Atheros AR5212 and Ubuntu 10.10. Thank You!

Hey Troy. Thanks so much for your help. There were...

2010-11-11T16:16:31.025+11:00

Hey Troy.
Thanks so much for your help. There were a couple of minor glitches I ran into, and was trying to figure out how to sort them out, which took me a few days. It turned out that there were a few other things I needed to do-
1. In the modprobe.d folder, there was a file blacklisting ath_pci which needed to be hashed out.
2. I needed to run an update and an upgrade.
3. Importantly, as I found out from here-
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Atheros#KurianAlternative
Kernel 2.6.32.22 (and higher) have changed the default for the rfkill parameter of ath_pci from 0 to 1, which had the effect of killing the methods described above. You'll need to make sure that it's set back to 0 on system startup. To do that, edit (or create) the file /etc/modprobe.d/options.conf to include the line

options ath_pci rfkill=0

After a few evenings of frustration trying to sort this out, it's all finally working. Thanks again for the excellent guide!
Cheers, Mahesh

Hi Mahesh, My guess is the compile is looking for...

2010-11-05T10:28:46.176+11:00

Hi Mahesh,

My guess is the compile is looking for your Kernel headers and not finding them. Does the directory exist on your file system? If not you will need to download the headers for your Kernel:

$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Let me know how it goes for you.

Hi Troy. I have an Atheros 5212 on a Toshiba U-300...

2010-11-04T15:19:42.351+11:00

Hi Troy. I have an Atheros 5212 on a Toshiba U-300, and just upgraded to 10.04.

Tried using the fix, but when I try to make and install the driver (i.e. step 11), I get the following error-

cd: 1: can't cd to /lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/build
Makefile.inc:66: *** /lib/modules/2.6.32-25-generic/build is missing, please set KERNELPATH. Stop.

Any advice?
Thanks, Mahesh

Worked flawlessly on T61/AR5212. Thanks! -aw

2010-09-19T01:56:05.508+10:00

Worked flawlessly on T61/AR5212.
Thanks!

-aw

Worked for Ubuntu 10.10. Many thanks!

2010-09-16T03:38:38.755+10:00

Worked for Ubuntu 10.10.

Many thanks!

You are a f***ing genious! I've been pulling a...

2010-08-08T04:07:01.844+10:00

You are a f***ing genious! I've been pulling all my hair out since upgrading to 10.04 trying to get my wireless with my AR5212 working again with no success. I was beginning to despair having to reinstall everything yet again. You are a f***ing icon in the world of Linux. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

-Troy

super! solved it for my ubuntu 10.04 and atheros 5...

2010-07-21T01:33:22.235+10:00

super! solved it for my ubuntu 10.04 and atheros 5001X card, thx a bunch

Worked on my x40 with Atheros AR5001X+

2010-07-18T13:10:36.131+10:00

Worked on my x40 with Atheros AR5001X+

worked thanks a lot :)

2010-07-15T19:48:07.176+10:00

worked thanks a lot :)

@Charles. Your dmesg output shows the driver is b...

2010-07-11T17:51:51.228+10:00

@Charles. Your dmesg output shows the driver is being correctly loaded then no DHCP offers are being made.

The last message "unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12" looks like a bad return code being passed to MadWifi from the router (ieee80211_wireless.c).

Try temporarily configuring your router with a different SSID and no WEP to see if your able to connect.

got thru it, rebooted. I cannot connect to the ro...

2010-07-11T14:25:38.841+10:00

got thru it, rebooted. I cannot connect to the router, it asks for the wep key a few times and then disconnects for good. Here is dmesg | grep ath .. any signs here?
[ 0.502942] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.502946] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 12.690491] ath_pci 0000:13:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 12.690507] ath_pci 0000:13:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 13.544520] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching rfkill capability off.
[ 13.604848] ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xa7f00000, irq=19
[ 23.812024] ath0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 60.827703] ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12
[ 76.575998] ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12
[ 92.652134] ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12
[ 108.625915] ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12
[ 130.756046] ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12
[ 146.820909] ath0: unknown SIOCSIWAUTH flag 12

@ Charles the end part of the command was cut off....

2010-07-11T13:01:13.498+10:00

@ Charles the end part of the command was cut off.
Give libssl-dev a go:
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

I'm getting this on step 2 crberry@crberry-z60...

2010-07-11T08:49:55.279+10:00

I'm getting this on step 2
crberry@crberry-z60t:~$ sudo apt-get install subversion linux-kernel-headers build-essential libssl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting linux-libc-dev instead of linux-kernel-headers
Package libssl is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libssl has no installation candidate
crberry@crberry-z60t:~$

Good job ; thanks a lot it's ready for my Ath...

2010-07-06T22:58:46.023+10:00

Good job ; thanks a lot
it's ready for my Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter

This worked great for me also. Thanks a lot.

2010-06-26T22:32:37.099+10:00

This worked great for me also. Thanks a lot.

worked for me too! Thank you a million... Actuall...

2010-06-24T22:18:39.245+10:00

worked for me too! Thank you a million...

Actually at first it didn't work. The reason was that I use localized Ubuntu and "Desktop" was translated to my language (non-latin). So 'make' was giving me an error. I changed to home directory (which is my name in latin) created madwifi-src directory and tried again. Then the magic happened. Make worked and after restart I enabled the driver from the admin panel.

Million thanks again!
Chris

Worked like a charm! AR5001 and Ubuntu 10.04 Sam...

2010-06-21T17:33:33.629+10:00

Worked like a charm!

AR5001 and Ubuntu 10.04

Sam

@Claude did you get your wireless working in the e...

2010-06-20T17:08:06.727+10:00

@Claude did you get your wireless working in the end?

@xi Thanks for the correction I have rolled updated the post.

...before continue with nr. 10 change to madwifi d...

2010-06-10T06:07:55.804+10:00

...before continue with nr. 10 change to madwifi dir of course, so it worked for me too. thx a lot

This worked for me, including authenticating WPA. ...

2010-06-09T02:13:36.840+10:00

This worked for me, including authenticating WPA. It's a shame to have to install a wireless driver from source though, bug and security fixes won't come in automatically. Is there no better way?

No go for me, either. Can't authenticate WPA....

2010-05-21T19:05:58.708+10:00

No go for me, either. Can't authenticate WPA.

Well... it did not work.

2010-05-15T05:12:34.128+10:00

Well... it did not work.