[Madwifi-users] wlanconfig syntax error ")" unexpected

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hi,

I am  a newbie to madwifi. I have a machine running ubuntu 8.0 (hardy
heron). I uninstalled the madwifi stuff that came with ubuntu because I
need to recompile a fresh copy of madwifi. I downloaded a fresh copy of
Madwifi, went through the installation steps diligently and when I used
wlanconfig it gave me an error

> sudo wlanconfig  ath0 destroy
> /usr/local/bin/wlanconfig: 2: Syntax erro: ")" unexpected

This is a very weird error because then I ran vanilla wlanconfig and
it gives the same error

> sudo wlanconfig
> /user/local/bin/wlanconfig: 2: Syntax erro: ")" unexpected

do I have to recompile the wireless extensions suite?

I get the feeling I have to install "wlanconfig" afresh.

Any ideas?


Thanks a bunch!