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adlaiff6
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 Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: Extremely new user--help with D-Link wireless network card |
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I've just started using Gentoo (literally--my friend helped me set it up yesterday), and once I thought I had it set up well enough, I brought it home, where instead of using the ethernet cable connection straight to the motherboard (eth0), I have to use the wireless card I had been using with XP. I can, of course, temporarily move it closer to my router and plug it in directly, but I'll eventually need the wireless card to work, so now would be a great time for that to happen. I couldn't find a solution on the forums that was simple enough for me to be able to adapt to my situation, so if you can help me out and assume I know nothing, that would be fantastic.
What I know is this, and let me know if there's anything I should run and copy here also:
lspci says the card's chip is an Atheros AR5005G, which, according to google, uses the madwifi drivers. IIRC, I've tried emerging madwifi-tools, sys-apps/baselayout-X.X.X, and linux-wlan-ng (I think it was called--something along those lines), but I don't really know what to do with them now that they're there. madwifi needed the documentation for sharutils, the version of which it was trying to get didn't exist on any mirrors at which I looked (I've been downloading tar.gz's on this computer and then moving them to /usr/portage/distfiles to get things to emerge right), so I only emerged the madwifi-tools part.
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wynn
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:38 am Post subject: |
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If you haven't got internet access, it's going to be a bit difficult.
It would probably be better to | Quote: | | temporarily move it closer to my router and plug it in directly |
so you can emerge the bits you need.
The information below includes setting up your ethernet connection â your friend may already have done this so, if something containg the string "eth0" (net.eth0, dhcpcd_eth0) conflicts with what you've got, ignore what appears here and stay with what you've got.
Here it is using an Open System  , yes, the only security is a list of allowed MAC addresses.
The card is a DLink DWL-G520. The wireless bits and pieces installed are
| Code: | * net-misc/dhcpcd 2.0.5
* net-wireless/madwifi-ng 0.0.1531.20060427
* net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools 0.0.1531.20060427
* net-wireless/wireless-tools 28
* app-arch/sharutils 4.2.1-r11
* sys-apps/baselayout 1.11.15-r3
* net-wireless/wpa_supplicant 0.4.9
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sharutils is needed to unpack the binary blob in madwifi-ng, baselayout-1.11.15-r3 (you may have the same one) supports wireless, wpa_supplicant allows you to set up WEP or WPA/PSK &c.
dhcpcd is used here, your friend may have set up one of the others, net-misc/dhcp, net-misc/udhcp or net-misc/pump.
No linux-wlan-ng so I can't tell you how to set it up.
In /etc/init.d you will have to make symbolic links
| Code: | cd /etc/init.d
ln -s net.lo net.eth0
ln -s net.lo net.ath0 |
In /etc/conf.d you will need a net file containing something like
| Code: | dhcpcd_eth0="-d"
wpa_supplicant_wifi0="-Dmadwifi" # For Atheros based cards
dhcpcd_ath0="-d"
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In /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 you will need the module for your ethernet card (your friend may have done this for you) but the kernel will load ath-pci for the Atheros wireless card automatically.
To check that you have got all the ingredients, you can either look in /var/lib/portage/world (easiest) or
| Code: | | emerge app-portage/gentoolkit |
and use (for example)
which will output something like
| Code: | [ Searching for package 'dhcp' in all categories among: ]
* installed packages
[I--] [ ] net-misc/dhcp-3.0.3-r9 (0)
[I--] [ ] net-misc/dhcpcd-2.0.5 (0)
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You will also, eventually, need a config file for wpa_supplicant but that seems to be enough to give a few error messages  . Please try it and report back with the results.
If you want to show the output from somthing that has (or might have) failed, please put it in <code> brackets: select the text and then click on the "Code" button in the BBCode list to the right of "Message Body".
P.S. There are some resources you might find helpful: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Wireless_Configuration_and_Startup
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4 "Wireless Networking"
and you may be lucky and find your laptop in http://gentoo-wiki.com/Index:Hardware |
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adlaiff6
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it's quite heavy, so I think I'll stick with my USB portaging for now, but thanks for all the help. I'll try it and come back if there are any problems.
EDIT2: First question answered.
EDIT: Another thing, iwconfig is not recognized as a command by my machine. Is this a new change or a problem, should I be worried about it, and how would I fix it, depending on the previous two responses? |
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wynn
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | One question, in /etc/init.d, wouldn't
| Code: | ln -s net.lo net.eth0
ln -s net.lo net.ath0 |
destroy the first symlink, or do they not work the same way as pointers (more of a learning question than anything)? |
Sorry, I should have been clearer â if you already have the net.eth0 symlink as above then there is no need to do it again. In answer to your question, you will get
| Code: | # ls -l net.eth0
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2006-06-25 10:41 net.eth0 -> net.lo*
# ln -s net.lo net.etho
l# ls -l net.eth0
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2006-06-25 10:41 net.eth0 -> net.lo* |
that is, it doesn't do anything â silently
| Quote: | | Another thing, iwconfig is not recognized as a command by my machine. |
| Code: | # equery belongs /sbin/iwconfig
[ Searching for file(s) /sbin/iwconfig in *... ]
net-wireless/wireless-tools-28 (/sbin/iwconfig) |
If you want it, you will have to emerge wireless-tools. However, http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4 (I've just started reading it  ) says
| Quote: | 4.a. Introduction
Currently we support wireless setup either by wireless-tools or wpa_supplicant. The important thing to remember is that you configure for wireless networks on a global basis and not an interface basis.
wpa_supplicant is the best choice, but it does not support all drivers. For a list of supported drivers, read the wpa_supplicant site. Also, wpa_supplicant can currently only connect to SSID's that you have configured for.
wireless-tools supports nearly all cards and drivers, but it cannot connect to WPA only Access Points.
Warning: The linux-wlan-ng driver is not supported by baselayout at this time. This is because linux-wlan-ng have their own setup and configuration which is completely different to everyone else's. The linux-wlan-ng developers are rumoured to be changing their setup over to wireless-tools - when this happens you may use linux-wlan-ng with baselayout. |
wpa_supplicant does support Atheros cards.
So (a) you shouldn't need wireless tools, contrary to the list of ingredients (b) we now both know about linux-wlan-ng â not a good choice |
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adlaiff6
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again. So far, this is what I've done:
| Code: | # emerge net-misc/dhcpcd net-wireless/madwifi-ng net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools net-wireless/wireless-tools app-arch/sharutils sys-apps/baselayout net-wireless/wpa_supplicant
# ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.ath0 |
Edited /etc/conf.d/net to include
| Code: | dhcpcd_eth0="-d"
modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_ath0="-Dmadwifi" # For Atheros based cards
dhcpcd_ath0="-d" |
Upon running
| Code: | | # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start |
I get the following error:
| Code: | * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ]
* Starting ath0
* Bringing up ath0
* dhcp
* network interface ath0 does not exist
* Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver) [ !! ] |
Furthermore, in accordance with the advice of my friend, I tried and got the following:
| Code: | # modprobe ath-pci
FATAL: Module ath_pci not found. |
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wynn
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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I forgot something: after making the symlink
| Code: | | ln -s net.lo net.ath0 |
you should run
| Code: | | rc-update add net.ath0 default |
This doesn't solve your problem though.
Could you run
| Code: | depmod -a
grep ath_pci /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-rX/modules.dep |
I think you may be running a 2.6.16 kernel, you can find out by
and then replace "-rX" in the "grep" argument by the number in the uname output.
You should get something like
| Code: | | /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3/net/ath_pci.ko: /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3/net/ath_rate_sample.ko /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3/net/wlan.ko /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3/net/ath_hal.ko |
your kernel name will be different.
Could you add the line
| Code: | | PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage |
to /etc/make.conf and then | Code: | | mkdir /var/log/portage |
This will put a copy of the emerge output into this directory. The file names will look like
| Code: | | 3429-madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427.log |
Could you then rerun | Code: | | emerge net-wireless/madwifi-ng |
and post the output saved in the file? Two files are produced for every package emerged, one contains the results of the compilation, it's usually a long one, and the other just contains notices and is quite short â it may even be zero length.
It can't be working otherwise it would install ath_pci.ko where modprobe can find it. |
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adlaiff6
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Yup, I already did | Code: | | # rc-update add net.ath0 default |
but thanks.
Running | Code: | # depmod -a
# grep ath_pci /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3TROGDOR/modules.dep |
produces no output whatsoever. Yes, I appended TROGDOR to my kernel name. =D
EDIT: After the recompile, it produces:
| Code: | | /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo.r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/net/ath_pci.ko: /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo.r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/net/ath_rate_sample.ko /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo.r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/net/wlan.ko /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo.r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/net/ath_hal.ko |
The output into that file, from the last bit, is this:
net-wireless:madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427:20060718-125526.log
| Code: | [32;01m*[0m Determining the location of the kernel source code
[32;01m*[0m Found kernel source directory:
[32;01m*[0m /usr/src/linux
[32;01m*[0m Found sources for kernel version:
[32;01m*[0m 2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!
[32;01m*[0m Checking for suitable kernel configuration options...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work
[32;01m*[0m Converting madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
[32;01m*[0m Converting madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
[32;01m*[0m Converting madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
[32;01m*[0m Converting madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/amrr/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
[32;01m*[0m Converting madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/onoe/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
[32;01m*[0m Converting madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
>>> Source unpacked.
>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427 ...
The following settings will be used for compilation:
TARGET : x86_64-elf
OS : linux
ARCH : amd64
BUS : PCI
KERNELRELEASE: 2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!
KERNELPATH : /usr/src/linux
KERNELCONF : /usr/src/linux/.config
MODULEPATH : /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/net
KMODSUF : ko
if [ -d .svn ]; then \
ver=`svnversion -nc . | sed -e 's/^[^:]*://;s/[A-Za-z]//'`; \
elif [ -s SNAPSHOT ]; then \
ver=`sed -e '/^Revision: */!d;s///;q' SNAPSHOT`; \
else \
ver=`date +%F`; \
fi; \
echo "#define SVNVERSION \"$ver\"" > svnversion.h
[32;01m*[0m Preparing ath_hal module
/usr/bin/uudecode -o hal.obj ./../hal/public/x86_64-elf.hal.o.uu
cp -f ./../hal/public/x86_64-elf.opt_ah.h opt_ah.h
make -C /usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal MODVERDIR=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/../symbols modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/ah_osdep.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/hal.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/ath_hal.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/ath_hal.mod.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/ath_hal.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
cp -f hal.obj hal.o
rm -f ath_hal.o ath_hal.ko ath_hal.mod.c ath_hal.mod.o
make -C /usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal MODVERDIR=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/../symbols modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/ath_hal.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/ath_hal.mod.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_hal/ath_hal.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
[32;01m*[0m Preparing wlan module
make -C /usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211 MODVERDIR=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/../symbols modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/if_media.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_beacon.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_crypto.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_none.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_input.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_node.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_output.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_power.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_proto.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_scan.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_wireless.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_linux.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_monitor.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_acl.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_ccmp.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_tkip.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_crypto_wep.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/ieee80211_xauth.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_wep.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_tkip.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_ccmp.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_acl.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_xauth.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_scan_sta.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_scan_ap.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan.mod.o
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_acl.mod.o
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_ccmp.mod.o
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_scan_ap.mod.o
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_scan_sta.mod.o
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_tkip.mod.o
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_wep.mod.o
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_xauth.mod.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan.ko
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_acl.ko
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_ccmp.ko
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_scan_ap.ko
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_scan_sta.ko
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_tkip.ko
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_wep.ko
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/net80211/wlan_xauth.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
[32;01m*[0m Preparing ath_rate_sample module
make -C /usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample MODVERDIR=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/../../symbols modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/sample.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
WARNING: "ieee80211_iterate_nodes" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_hal_computetxtime" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ether_sprintf" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.ko] undefined!
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.mod.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath_rate/sample/ath_rate_sample.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
[32;01m*[0m Preparing ath_pci module
make -C /usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath MODVERDIR=/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/../symbols modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/if_ath.o
CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/if_ath_pci.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
WARNING: "ath_hal_getwirelessmodes" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_setupxtxdesc" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_newstate" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_find_txnode" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_getrssi" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_chan2mode" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_crypto_encap" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_dturbo_switch" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_hal_init_channels" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_findrate" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_node_init" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_state_name" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_chan2ieee" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_mark_dfs" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_announce" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_vap_detach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_start_running" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_media_status" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_input_all" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_wme_acnames" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_create_vap" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_detach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_send_qosnulldata" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_node_cleanup" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_hal_probe" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_ibss_merge" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_vap_attach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_iterate_nodes" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_getcfframe" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_beacon_alloc" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_beacon_miss" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_media_change" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_crypto_delkey" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_note" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_cipher_none" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_hal_detach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_stop_running" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_hal_mhz2ieee" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_dfs_test_return" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_ioctl_create_vap" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_dump_pkt" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_crypto_setkey" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_crypto_newkey" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_hal_computetxtime" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_newassoc" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_input_monitor" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_free_node" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_ifdetach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_vap_setup" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ether_sprintf" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_attach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_find_rxnode" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_find_channel" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_beacon_update" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "_ath_hal_attach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_ifattach" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_input" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_encap" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ath_rate_tx_complete" [/var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko] undefined!
CC /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.mod.o
LD [M] /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427/ath/ath_pci.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3'
>>> Source compiled.
>>> Test phase [not enabled]: net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427
>>> Install madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427 into /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/image/ category net-wireless
[32;01m*[0m Installing ath_hal module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan_acl module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan_ccmp module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan_tkip module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan_wep module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan_xauth module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan_scan_sta module
[32;01m*[0m Installing wlan_scan_ap module
[32;01m*[0m Installing ath_rate_sample module
[32;01m*[0m Installing ath_pci module
[32;01m*[0m Preparing file for modules.d ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
>>> Completed installing madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427 into /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427/image/
man:
strip: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-strip --strip-unneeded
[32;01m*[0m Removing old ath_rate modules
[32;01m*[0m Updating module dependencies for 2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!! ...
[A[72C [34;01m[ [32;01mok[34;01m ][0m
[32;01m*[0m Adding module to moduledb.
[32;01m*[0m
[32;01m*[0m Interfaces (athX) are now automatically created upon loading the ath_pci
[32;01m*[0m module.
[32;01m*[0m
[32;01m*[0m The type of the created interface can be controlled through the 'autocreate'
[32;01m*[0m module parameter.
[32;01m*[0m
[32;01m*[0m If you use net-wireless/wpa_supplicant or net-wireless/hostapd with madwifi
[32;01m*[0m you should remerge them now.
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net-wireless:madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427:20060718-125543.log
| Code: | [32;01m*[0m Removing net-wireless/madwifi-ng-0.0.1531.20060427 from moduledb.
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EDIT: Also, after making a few changes to my kernel, I recompiled it and rebooted. Now, this happens:
| Code: | # /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
* Starting ath0
* Starting wpa_supplicant on ath0 ...
* configuration file /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf not found! [ !! ] |
So it would seem that in my rechecking of configuration files, something went right and ath0 works now, but I need help configuring wpa_supplicant. I also somehow don't have /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.example, as http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Wireless_Configuration_and_Startup seems to think I should.
EDIT2: Looking at the wpa_supplicant -h output, I ran and got:
| Code: | # wpa_supplicant -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Unsupported driver 'madwifi'.
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wynn
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You will probably find it at
| Code: | | /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant-0.4.9/wpa_supplicant.conf.example.gz |
Something else I forgot: in order to configure your router won't you need an ethernet connection to it? I have read warnings about trying to configure a wireless router or access point over the wireless link.
To get wpa_supplicant working, you will need to set up your router for WPA with a pre-shared key.
| Code: | # wpa_supplicant -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Unsupported driver 'madwifi'. |
Thanks! I hadn't got that far in the book myself
Running here gives (edited)
| Code: | wpa_supplicant v0.4.9
Copyright (c) 2003-2006, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline@cc.hut.fi> and contributors
...
drivers:
hostap = Host AP driver (Intersil Prism2/2.5/3)
prism54 = Prism54.org driver (Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo)
madwifi = MADWIFI 802.11 support (Atheros, etc.)
atmel = ATMEL AT76C5XXx (USB, PCMCIA)
wext = Linux wireless extensions (generic)
ndiswrapper = Linux ndiswrapper
ipw = Intel ipw2100/2200 driver
wired = wpa_supplicant wired Ethernet driver |
so madwifi support is in this version.
I have cobbled together a wpa_supplicant.conf from the example, run your command and got
| Code: | # wpa_supplicant -Dmadwifi -iath0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Line 487: unknown EAP method 'SIM'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 487: failed to parse eap 'SIM'.
Line 490: failed to parse network block.
Line 533: unknown EAP method 'FAST'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 533: failed to parse eap 'FAST'.
Line 539: failed to parse network block.
Line 544: unknown EAP method 'FAST'
You may need to add support for this EAP method during wpa_supplicant
build time configuration.
See README for more information.
Line 544: failed to parse eap 'FAST'.
Line 550: failed to parse network block.
Failed to read read or parse configuration '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'. |
Taking out all the EAP network blocks it is now running happily timing out in block after block as the access point hasn't been set up.
The above (all of it) is just to say that it doesn't give your error: the version here is 0.4.9, what version do you have? |
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adlaiff6
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Well, according to http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_wg511t (see Temporary Warning), I need a different version of wpa_supplicant (0.4.5). Right now, I have 0.5.4. I accidentally did 'emerge -C' on madwifi-ng instead of wpa_supplicant to get the other version (D'oh!) and now I've got a new problem, which is that I get:
| Code: | # emerge net-wireless/madwifi-ng net-wireless madwifi-ng-tools
...
...
!!! ERROR: net-wireless/madwifi-ng-tools-0.0.1531.20060427 failed.
Call stack:
ebuild.sh, line 1545: Called dyn_compile
ebuild.sh, line 940: Called src_compile
madwifi-ng-tools-0.0.1531.20060427.ebuild, line 39: Called die
!!! emake tools failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. |
I did go after wpa_supplicant though, and got, from the instructions of the site I linked to above:
| Code: | # emerge =net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.4.5
Calculating dependencies
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "=net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-0.4.5".
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Seems like that would be the end of my troubles, once I get madwifi-ng back, and the different version of wpa_supplicant, aside from configuring it, which shouldn't be terribly hard. This is the wpa_supplicant.conf file I'm going off of. What I need is to be able to connect to the network I've already got, which is as follows:
SSID: default
Channel: 6
Authentication: Open System
WEP: Enabled
WEP Encryption: 128Bit
Key Type: HEX
Key 1: <you don't get to see this, but it's 26 characters long if that's important>
My biggest concern is how to use WEP encryption, because I don't want to have to fix all the other network connections in the house after changing to a WPA encryption. I know wpa_supplicant should be able to do this, but which sample configuration should I use? |
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wynn
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0.5.4 is masked as unstable, I think the wiki is out of date. The earliest version of wpa_supplicant in portage here (emerge --sync every morning) is
| Code: | * net-wireless/wpa_supplicant
Available versions: 0.4.7 0.4.8 0.4.9 ~0.5.4
Installed: 0.4.9 |
0.4.7 â I think you should go for 0.4.9 if 0.5.4 is causing you grief.
If you haven't got madwifi-ng back, try emerging it alone. I don't know what the -tools are for, I've never used them, everything has worked without tweaking.
In your candidate wpa_supplicant.conf, you have uncommented the OpenSC stuff. Unless you are using Smart Cards, I don't think you'll need it.
What I would suggest for your wpa_supplicant.conf (after having looked at the one at the URl you gave) is:
| Code: | ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
# Shared WEP key connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X)
network={
ssid="default"
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_key0=0123456789abcdef0123456789a
wep_tx_keyidx=0
}
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You probably don't need eapol_version but it isn't doing any harm (I think). |
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adlaiff6
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Location: new york
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Well, it seems I need madwifi-ng-tools, emerge says so when I package.mask it and emerge madwifi-ng or wpa_supplicant.
I think I might have found where emerge fails:
| Code: | # emerge madwifi-ng wpa_supplicant
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>>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/madwifi-ng-tools-0.0.1531.20060427/work/madwifi-ng-r1531-20060427 ...
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/build: No such file or directory
Makefile.inc:95: *** /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/build is missing, please set KERNELPATH. Stop.
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(and then the error message I already posted) |
To me, it seems like a much bigger problem that would effect pretty much any emerge, and it seems to have happened when I recompiled the kernel. What I did was this:
| Code: | # cd /usr/src/linux/
# make menuconfig
(made changes)
# make
# make modules_install
# mount /boot
# cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3-new |
and then edited /boot/grub/grub.conf to include a new entry for the new kernel.
After seeing that error, I went to try to fix it, and after mucking about with ln for a while and learning how to actually use it, I got
| Code: | # cd /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGFOR_THE_BURNINATOR\!\!\!\!/
# ls -l
total 48
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Jul 18 11:23 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3-new/
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jul 18 11:10 source -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3 |
To me, it looks like I still didn't get the link right, since the build points to a grey directory with a slash after it, and the one that I didn't change, that was right all along pointed to a blue directory with no slash, and it's not r3-new. Help...? |
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adlaiff6
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Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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Well, I restarted into the original kernel, and it let me install wpa_supplicant (along with madwifi-ng and madwifi-ng-tools, which are apparently prerequisites of wpa_supplicant), and then when I restarted into the new kernel, everything worked fine, including both the network and emerge. Hmm.
Whatever. Thanks for all your help. |
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wynn
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Location: UK
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| Quote: | | Code: | /bin/sh: line 0: cd: /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/build: No such file or directory
Makefile.inc:95: *** /lib/modules/2.6.17-gentoo-r3-TROGDOR_THE_BURNINATOR!!!!/build is missing, please set KERNELPATH. Stop. |
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The only time I've come across this "build" symlink is with the RedHat/Fedora distro:
| Code: | # ls -alFs /mnt/fc-root/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5smp/
total 1176
8 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2006-05-20 15:41 ./
8 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-06-23 19:57 ../
4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 2006-05-20 15:40 build -> ../../../usr/src/kernels/2.6.16-1.2111_FC5-smp-i686
8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-05-05 02:47 extra/
8 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2006-05-20 15:40 kernel/
244 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 239351 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.alias
8 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 69 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.ccwmap
252 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 249512 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.dep
8 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 813 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.ieee1394map
8 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 206 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.inputmap
16 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 11851 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.isapnpmap
188 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 182281 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.pcimap
8 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 799 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.seriomap
112 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 104213 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.symbols
284 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 279653 2006-05-20 15:41 modules.usbmap
4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2006-05-20 15:40 source -> build
8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-05-05 02:47 updates/
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where, as you can see, it points to the kernel source.
In | Code: | # cd /usr/src/linux/
# make menuconfig
(made changes)
# make
# make modules_install
# mount /boot
# cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r3-new |
you should probably also have
| Code: | | cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.17-gentoo-r3-new |
it seems that the kernel can manage without its list of symbols and their addresses but anything (?) creating a kernel module appears to need it. |
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