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[Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Tomás T. <tom...@gm...>]

Hi everybody,

I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since wireless 
works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi driver (trunk 
r3878) because of better performance and network detection. The problem is 
that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are found and I'm unable to 
connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the linux-generic package (at 
the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The wmaster0 and wlan0 interfaces are 
sucesfully created, but they don't work. No special dmesg messages are shown.
What can I do to recover wireless with ath9k?

Thank you very much for your help,

Tomas

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Justin P. M. <jus...@gm...>]

Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since wireless 
> works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi driver (trunk 
> r3878) because of better performance and network detection. The problem is 
> that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are found and I'm unable to 
> connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the linux-generic package (at 
> the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The wmaster0 and wlan0 interfaces are 
> sucesfully created, but they don't work. No special dmesg messages are shown.
> What can I do to recover wireless with ath9k?
>
> Thank you very much for your help,
>
> Tomas
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
> Mac...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>   
Hmm I experience the same issue,
i.g. wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iath0(or wlan0) -c /etc/*
seems to gives me nothing,
but if I use NetworkManager both modules
run fine.
maybe try an older version of wpa_supplicant,
or use NetworkManager, or wicd.

regards;

Justin P. Mattock

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Tomás T. <tom...@gm...>]

El Sunday 28 December 2008 19:55:19 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since
> > wireless works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi
> > driver (trunk r3878) because of better performance and network detection.
> > The problem is that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are found
> > and I'm unable to connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the
> > linux-generic package (at the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The wmaster0 and
> > wlan0 interfaces are sucesfully created, but they don't work. No special
> > dmesg messages are shown. What can I do to recover wireless with ath9k?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help,
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >-----
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mactel-linux-users mailing list
> > Mac...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>
> Hmm I experience the same issue,
> i.g. wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iath0(or wlan0) -c /etc/*
> seems to gives me nothing,
> but if I use NetworkManager both modules
> run fine.
> maybe try an older version of wpa_supplicant,
> or use NetworkManager, or wicd.
>
> regards;
>
> Justin P. Mattock


Thanks Justin,

But the problem is that the interfaces don't work properly. For example, if  I 
execute:
 iwlist wlan0 scan
No networks are found, although there is an AP with WEP encryption near the 
computer. Moreover, I'm using wicd as my network manager. On the other side, 
if I test a Kubuntu Intrepid live-CD, wifi works well with ath9k.

I think that the problem is that the madwifi installation has removed or 
replaced some key modules of ath9k, but is strange, because the problem 
remains after booting with different kernels.

Again, thank you very much for your help;

Tomas

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Justin P. M. <jus...@gm...>]

Well make sure you blacklist one
Of them, this way there's no confusion. Running ath9k here
Seems perfect.

Regards;

justin P. Mattock



On Dec 28, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Tomás Teijeiro <tom...@gm...>  
wrote:

> El Sunday 28 December 2008 19:55:19 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
>> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since
>>> wireless works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi
>>> driver (trunk r3878) because of better performance and network  
>>> detection.
>>> The problem is that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are  
>>> found
>>> and I'm unable to connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the
>>> linux-generic package (at the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The  
>>> wmaster0 and
>>> wlan0 interfaces are sucesfully created, but they don't work. No  
>>> special
>>> dmesg messages are shown. What can I do to recover wireless with  
>>> ath9k?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your help,
>>>
>>> Tomas
>>>
>>> --- 
>>> --- 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> --- 
>>> --- 
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -----
>>>
>>> --- 
>>> --- 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
>>> Mac...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>>
>> Hmm I experience the same issue,
>> i.g. wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iath0(or wlan0) -c /etc/*
>> seems to gives me nothing,
>> but if I use NetworkManager both modules
>> run fine.
>> maybe try an older version of wpa_supplicant,
>> or use NetworkManager, or wicd.
>>
>> regards;
>>
>> Justin P. Mattock
>
>
> Thanks Justin,
>
> But the problem is that the interfaces don't work properly. For  
> example, if  I
> execute:
> iwlist wlan0 scan
> No networks are found, although there is an AP with WEP encryption  
> near the
> computer. Moreover, I'm using wicd as my network manager. On the  
> other side,
> if I test a Kubuntu Intrepid live-CD, wifi works well with ath9k.
>
> I think that the problem is that the madwifi installation has  
> removed or
> replaced some key modules of ath9k, but is strange, because the  
> problem
> remains after booting with different kernels.
>
> Again, thank you very much for your help;
>
> Tomas
>
>
> --- 
> --- 
> --- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
> Mac...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Tomás T. <tom...@gm...>]

OK, I've blacklisted ath_pci and then on reboot ath9k has been loaded instead 
of madwifi. Sadly, the problem remains, and no networks are found in any way. 
It's totally incredible.

I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble. Thank you very much


El Sunday 28 December 2008 23:21:21 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
> Well make sure you blacklist one
> Of them, this way there's no confusion. Running ath9k here
> Seems perfect.
>
> Regards;
>
> justin P. Mattock
>
>
>
> On Dec 28, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Tomás Teijeiro <tom...@gm...>
>
> wrote:
> > El Sunday 28 December 2008 19:55:19 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
> >> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
> >>> Hi everybody,
> >>>
> >>> I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since
> >>> wireless works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi
> >>> driver (trunk r3878) because of better performance and network
> >>> detection.
> >>> The problem is that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are
> >>> found
> >>> and I'm unable to connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the
> >>> linux-generic package (at the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The
> >>> wmaster0 and
> >>> wlan0 interfaces are sucesfully created, but they don't work. No
> >>> special
> >>> dmesg messages are shown. What can I do to recover wireless with
> >>> ath9k?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you very much for your help,
> >>>
> >>> Tomas
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> -----
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
> >>> Mac...@li...
> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
> >>
> >> Hmm I experience the same issue,
> >> i.g. wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iath0(or wlan0) -c /etc/*
> >> seems to gives me nothing,
> >> but if I use NetworkManager both modules
> >> run fine.
> >> maybe try an older version of wpa_supplicant,
> >> or use NetworkManager, or wicd.
> >>
> >> regards;
> >>
> >> Justin P. Mattock
> >
> > Thanks Justin,
> >
> > But the problem is that the interfaces don't work properly. For
> > example, if  I
> > execute:
> > iwlist wlan0 scan
> > No networks are found, although there is an AP with WEP encryption
> > near the
> > computer. Moreover, I'm using wicd as my network manager. On the
> > other side,
> > if I test a Kubuntu Intrepid live-CD, wifi works well with ath9k.
> >
> > I think that the problem is that the madwifi installation has
> > removed or
> > replaced some key modules of ath9k, but is strange, because the
> > problem
> > remains after booting with different kernels.
> >
> > Again, thank you very much for your help;
> >
> > Tomas
> >
> >
> > ---
> > ---
> > ---
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mactel-linux-users mailing list
> > Mac...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Justin P. M. <jus...@gm...>]

Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
> OK, I've blacklisted ath_pci and then on reboot ath9k has been loaded instead 
> of madwifi. Sadly, the problem remains, and no networks are found in any way. 
> It's totally incredible.
>
> I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble. Thank you very much
>
>
> El Sunday 28 December 2008 23:21:21 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
>   
>> Well make sure you blacklist one
>> Of them, this way there's no confusion. Running ath9k here
>> Seems perfect.
>>
>> Regards;
>>
>> justin P. Mattock
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 28, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Tomás Teijeiro <tom...@gm...>
>>
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> El Sunday 28 December 2008 19:55:19 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
>>>       
>>>> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since
>>>>> wireless works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi
>>>>> driver (trunk r3878) because of better performance and network
>>>>> detection.
>>>>> The problem is that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are
>>>>> found
>>>>> and I'm unable to connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the
>>>>> linux-generic package (at the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The
>>>>> wmaster0 and
>>>>> wlan0 interfaces are sucesfully created, but they don't work. No
>>>>> special
>>>>> dmesg messages are shown. What can I do to recover wireless with
>>>>> ath9k?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much for your help,
>>>>>
>>>>> Tomas
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ---
>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> -----
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
>>>>> Mac...@li...
>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>>>>>           
>>>> Hmm I experience the same issue,
>>>> i.g. wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iath0(or wlan0) -c /etc/*
>>>> seems to gives me nothing,
>>>> but if I use NetworkManager both modules
>>>> run fine.
>>>> maybe try an older version of wpa_supplicant,
>>>> or use NetworkManager, or wicd.
>>>>
>>>> regards;
>>>>
>>>> Justin P. Mattock
>>>>         
>>> Thanks Justin,
>>>
>>> But the problem is that the interfaces don't work properly. For
>>> example, if  I
>>> execute:
>>> iwlist wlan0 scan
>>> No networks are found, although there is an AP with WEP encryption
>>> near the
>>> computer. Moreover, I'm using wicd as my network manager. On the
>>> other side,
>>> if I test a Kubuntu Intrepid live-CD, wifi works well with ath9k.
>>>
>>> I think that the problem is that the madwifi installation has
>>> removed or
>>> replaced some key modules of ath9k, but is strange, because the
>>> problem
>>> remains after booting with different kernels.
>>>
>>> Again, thank you very much for your help;
>>>
>>> Tomas
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> ---
>>> ---
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
>>> Mac...@li...
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>>>       
>
>   
No no problem at all.
when you do a iwconfig, do
you see only "lo", or do you see
"lo", "wmaster0", etc..
I can't remember  what macbook you
have, but maybe you need the bcmxx
module instead.

regards;

Justin P. Mattock

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Tomás T. <tom...@gm...>]

Yes, I Can see "wmaster0", "wlan0" and a strange "pam0" interfaces. The 
strange thing is that with a clean installation or with a live-CD, wlan0 shows 
the available networks and can connect to them, but after having installed 
madwifi, and then uninstalled it (or blacklisted the ath_pci module), the wlan0 
interface find any network. And yes, all the interfaces are up (thank you very 
much, k11stan).

My macbook version is (2,1), and I have never used the bcmxx module, no 
broadcom chips are present in this version.

Thank you very much


El Wednesday 31 December 2008 18:45:02 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
> > OK, I've blacklisted ath_pci and then on reboot ath9k has been loaded
> > instead of madwifi. Sadly, the problem remains, and no networks are found
> > in any way. It's totally incredible.
> >
> > I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble. Thank you very much
> >
> > El Sunday 28 December 2008 23:21:21 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
> >> Well make sure you blacklist one
> >> Of them, this way there's no confusion. Running ath9k here
> >> Seems perfect.
> >>
> >> Regards;
> >>
> >> justin P. Mattock
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 28, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Tomás Teijeiro <tom...@gm...>
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >>> El Sunday 28 December 2008 19:55:19 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
> >>>> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
> >>>>> Hi everybody,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since
> >>>>> wireless works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi
> >>>>> driver (trunk r3878) because of better performance and network
> >>>>> detection.
> >>>>> The problem is that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are
> >>>>> found
> >>>>> and I'm unable to connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the
> >>>>> linux-generic package (at the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The
> >>>>> wmaster0 and
> >>>>> wlan0 interfaces are sucesfully created, but they don't work. No
> >>>>> special
> >>>>> dmesg messages are shown. What can I do to recover wireless with
> >>>>> ath9k?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thank you very much for your help,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tomas
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>> -----
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
> >>>>> Mac...@li...
> >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
> >>>>
> >>>> Hmm I experience the same issue,
> >>>> i.g. wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iath0(or wlan0) -c /etc/*
> >>>> seems to gives me nothing,
> >>>> but if I use NetworkManager both modules
> >>>> run fine.
> >>>> maybe try an older version of wpa_supplicant,
> >>>> or use NetworkManager, or wicd.
> >>>>
> >>>> regards;
> >>>>
> >>>> Justin P. Mattock
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Justin,
> >>>
> >>> But the problem is that the interfaces don't work properly. For
> >>> example, if  I
> >>> execute:
> >>> iwlist wlan0 scan
> >>> No networks are found, although there is an AP with WEP encryption
> >>> near the
> >>> computer. Moreover, I'm using wicd as my network manager. On the
> >>> other side,
> >>> if I test a Kubuntu Intrepid live-CD, wifi works well with ath9k.
> >>>
> >>> I think that the problem is that the madwifi installation has
> >>> removed or
> >>> replaced some key modules of ath9k, but is strange, because the
> >>> problem
> >>> remains after booting with different kernels.
> >>>
> >>> Again, thank you very much for your help;
> >>>
> >>> Tomas
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>> ---
> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
> >>> Mac...@li...
> >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>
> No no problem at all.
> when you do a iwconfig, do
> you see only "lo", or do you see
> "lo", "wmaster0", etc..
> I can't remember  what macbook you
> have, but maybe you need the bcmxx
> module instead.
>
> regards;
>
> Justin P. Mattock

Re: [Mactel-linux-users] How to uninstall madwifi driver

[Justin P. M. <jus...@gm...>]

Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
> Yes, I Can see "wmaster0", "wlan0" and a strange "pam0" interfaces. The 
> strange thing is that with a clean installation or with a live-CD, wlan0 shows 
> the available networks and can connect to them, but after having installed 
> madwifi, and then uninstalled it (or blacklisted the ath_pci module), the wlan0 
> interface find any network. And yes, all the interfaces are up (thank you very 
> much, k11stan).
>
> My macbook version is (2,1), and I have never used the bcmxx module, no 
> broadcom chips are present in this version.
>
> Thank you very much
>
>
> El Wednesday 31 December 2008 18:45:02 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
>   
>> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
>>     
>>> OK, I've blacklisted ath_pci and then on reboot ath9k has been loaded
>>> instead of madwifi. Sadly, the problem remains, and no networks are found
>>> in any way. It's totally incredible.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry to cause you so much trouble. Thank you very much
>>>
>>> El Sunday 28 December 2008 23:21:21 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
>>>       
>>>> Well make sure you blacklist one
>>>> Of them, this way there's no confusion. Running ath9k here
>>>> Seems perfect.
>>>>
>>>> Regards;
>>>>
>>>> justin P. Mattock
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 28, 2008, at 2:06 PM, Tomás Teijeiro <tom...@gm...>
>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> El Sunday 28 December 2008 19:55:19 Justin P. Mattock escribió:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Tomás Teijeiro wrote:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a macbook (2,1) with Kubuntu Intrepid x86_64 installed. Since
>>>>>>> wireless works out of the box with ath9k, I've installed the madwifi
>>>>>>> driver (trunk r3878) because of better performance and network
>>>>>>> detection.
>>>>>>> The problem is that if I want to go back to ath9k, no networks are
>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>> and I'm unable to connect to anyone. What I did is to reinstall the
>>>>>>> linux-generic package (at the moment 2.6.27-11-generic). The
>>>>>>> wmaster0 and
>>>>>>> wlan0 interfaces are sucesfully created, but they don't work. No
>>>>>>> special
>>>>>>> dmesg messages are shown. What can I do to recover wireless with
>>>>>>> ath9k?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you very much for your help,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tomas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>> -----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
>>>>>>> Mac...@li...
>>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> Hmm I experience the same issue,
>>>>>> i.g. wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iath0(or wlan0) -c /etc/*
>>>>>> seems to gives me nothing,
>>>>>> but if I use NetworkManager both modules
>>>>>> run fine.
>>>>>> maybe try an older version of wpa_supplicant,
>>>>>> or use NetworkManager, or wicd.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Justin P. Mattock
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Thanks Justin,
>>>>>
>>>>> But the problem is that the interfaces don't work properly. For
>>>>> example, if  I
>>>>> execute:
>>>>> iwlist wlan0 scan
>>>>> No networks are found, although there is an AP with WEP encryption
>>>>> near the
>>>>> computer. Moreover, I'm using wicd as my network manager. On the
>>>>> other side,
>>>>> if I test a Kubuntu Intrepid live-CD, wifi works well with ath9k.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that the problem is that the madwifi installation has
>>>>> removed or
>>>>> replaced some key modules of ath9k, but is strange, because the
>>>>> problem
>>>>> remains after booting with different kernels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Again, thank you very much for your help;
>>>>>
>>>>> Tomas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ---
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Mactel-linux-users mailing list
>>>>> Mac...@li...
>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
>>>>>           
>> No no problem at all.
>> when you do a iwconfig, do
>> you see only "lo", or do you see
>> "lo", "wmaster0", etc..
>> I can't remember  what macbook you
>> have, but maybe you need the bcmxx
>> module instead.
>>
>> regards;
>>
>> Justin P. Mattock
>>     
>
>   
Well; luckily you have an interface(wlan0);
which tells me that the module is correct.
I think you were loading both modules
at the same time(causing confusion);

regards;

Justin P. Mattock