[Madwifi-users] Problem inserting module on Ubuntu/6.06
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[Madwifi-users] Problem inserting module on Ubuntu/6.06
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From: Matt F. <mat...@gm...> - 2007-03-17 07:09:12
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Hello madwifi folks. I'm having sudden trouble getting madwifi to run on my box. I've combed google and your FAQ and the mailing list archives and the irc logs, and all of that. I've found two problems that sound similar to mine: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17/+bug/71635 http://madwifi.org/ticket/847 But no luck in solving it. It's worth noting that I had been using madwifi 0.9.2 well as an AP for 6 months or so on the same box, with the same OS, with the same hardware configuration. It's possible that I did update ubuntu kernel packages (security etc only) right after a wifi-related crash... I honestly can't remember, but it certainly shouldn't have been anything controversial (no weird non-stock kernel or things like that). At any rate, I have successfully compiled and installed madwifi 0.9.2.1, but when I try to load the module, here's what I get in my dmesg: [17182996.620000] ath_hal: 0.9.17.2 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) [17182996.628000] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.2.1) [17182996.636000] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.2.1) [17182996.636000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193 [17182997.220000] wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps [17182997.220000] wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps [17182997.220000] wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps [17182997.224000] wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP [17182997.224000] wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 [17182997.224000] wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic [17182997.224000] wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic [17182997.224000] wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic [17182997.224000] wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic [17182997.224000] wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic [17182997.224000] wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons [17182997.224000] wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0xe8900000, irq=193 [17182997.648000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:0b.0 disabled [17182997.648000] ath_pci: driver unloaded [17182997.656000] ath_rate_sample: unloaded [17182997.660000] ath_hal: driver unloaded In one of the links above, one of the madwifi fellows suggests that it must be an Ubuntu problem... something magic happening that is unloading the driver. I'm prepared to believe this person, but wouldn't know where to look to see what's happening when I try to modprobe. Any clues or leads would be greatly appreciated. FYI, I am running kernel 2.6.15-28-k7 on Ubuntu/Dapper/6.06 the "server" edition. I've poked around in my /etc/modules, /etc/modprobe.d and such. Nothing looks odd there. I do NOT have the "restricted" modules installed from Ubuntu, so there is no pollution from other compiled madwifi modules: /lib/modules/2.6.15-28-k7# find . -name "ath*" ./net/ath_pci.ko ./net/ath_hal.ko ./net/ath_rate_sample.ko I did notice that my /proc/interrupts shows that another network card, eth1 has also chosen irq 193. Could that be a clue? CPU0 0: 900209 IO-APIC-edge timer 7: 0 IO-APIC-edge parport0 8: 3 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 1 IO-APIC-level acpi 14: 15954 IO-APIC-edge ide0 15: 106 IO-APIC-edge ide1 177: 96 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb1 185: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb2 193: 43863 IO-APIC-level eth1 201: 18841 IO-APIC-level ohci1394, eth0 NMI: 0 LOC: 899982 ERR: 0 MIS: 119 Here's my pci bus: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 740 Host (rev 01) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961 [MuTIOL Media IO] 0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0Controller (rev 07) 0000:00:02.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0Controller (rev 07) 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) 0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 0000:00:10.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 04) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter Thanks for your good work! Until very recently it has been very reliable for me. -- Matt |