trouble getting madwifi to work

[meerkat]

I'm back! after some time!
Had problems with the computer, and school really made it almost impossible to come in here..

so...

i already installed gentoo.. configured X, and have kde. My graphics card is working fine (I think) and the atheros drivers you recommended are emerged (both madwifi-drivers and madwifi-tools)

however.. i have absolutely no idea on what to do now! =P

any special command to start the bloody wireless card?

I want internet! argh!!!!11!!one!

[Tekara]

This is what I used to get going:
http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo

then after that look into running wpa_supplicant, it definately can make handling wireless connections a lot easier, there's a guide in the gentoo-wiki, but for now just get the wifi card working as per the newbie howto guide .
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[meerkat]

i'm having a problem with that Tekara..

i can't seem to have an iwconfig (command not found)

..

i just saw this wiki -> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Wireless_Configuration_and_Startup#Configuration_using_iwconfig

and it says:
"There are currently two ways to configure wireless networking in Gentoo. The first way is by using the options documented in /etc/conf.d/wireless.example to setup a full configuration, which uses iwconfig (located in the "wireless-tools" ebuild). The wireless.example file is well documented and should list everything you need to get started, including information on setting up WEP. Be sure to check this file for variable changes/additions/removals for new versions!

and can i enable an ebuild?

(totally n00b... i know...)

[Tekara]

Sounds like you missed an option in your kernel configuration (or you said M instead of Y):

Device Drivers -> Network Device Support -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)-> Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions

CONFIG_NET_RADIO:
Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio, but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting.
Saying Y here also enables the Wireless Extensions (creates /proc/net/wireless and enables iwconfig access)
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The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men, but that we will agree to meet them halfway. - Bernard Avishai
Computers are a lot like air conditioners - they both work great until you open windows.

[meerkat]

i was afraid to do it (first time I did it, somwthing went wrong), so I used genkernel...

can't believe this... : \

[meerkat]

i just configured the kernel through "make menuconfig"

i am absolutely positive that the option Tekara refered has a "*" on it..

i compiled it.. and think that the system is using this kernel and not the previous one because:

-> had to reconfigure grub, and it is working...

-> my screen resolution changed (to a bigger one)

-> x.org now is extremely slow (which is obviously not good... but means that something changed)

problem is.. the system still doesn't recognise "iwconfig"

getting desperate!

[meerkat]

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