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
>>>>>
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>>>> 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
>>>
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>   
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