Re: [Madwifi-users] Modules installed, no wifi0

[Pavel R. <pr...@gn...>]

On Sat, 2009-07-25 at 01:30 +0000, Dave wrote:
> Pavel Roskin <proski <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > 
> > Quoting Dave <dave_909_evad <at> yahoo.co.uk>:
> > 
> > > ifconfig -a returns eth0, lo and pan0
> > 
> > It means that ath_pci could not find a compatible PCI device or could  
> > not work with it.  Use lspci to see which devices you have.  Use dmesg  
> > to see if the driver refused to work with some device.
> 
> Thanks Pavel,
> 
> lspci:
> 
> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5210 802.11a NIC
> (rev 01)
> (although the box says its a TP-Link TL-WN651G which should have an AR5212!)

802.11a cards by Atheros are old and rare.  I don't think you have such
card.

It means that the card cannot communicate its ID, which is a problem
independent of the drivers.  That can account for problems with all
drivers.  Maybe the card is not inserted well, or maybe the PCI slot is
defective.  I've seen it with my hardware.

> [   12.021608] ath5k_pci 0000:01:08.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 17 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 17

"8" is an unusually large number for a discrete PCI device.  Maybe you
put that card into a "multimedia slot"?  Please try another slot.  It
may be less dusty :-)

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin