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Hi guys,
I want to get my wirless NIC (PCI) to work on slackware 10.2. I upgraded to a 2.6.13 generic kernel, but it still doesn't work... #ifconfig gives me loopback interface only
However I have a SuSE 10 installation on same box and it works fine, the card uses the atheros chipset.
any advice is appreciated...
--thanks
Check the suse hardware compatibility database first. Then post the make and model of your nic and I'll help.
you might need to use ndiswrapper to get it running.
i to this day have never gotten wireless running in linux, any flavor.
il let someone else help you, im slightly drunk and tired and wont be awake long eough to help u
It is a SMC, model SMCWPCIT-G, it's not mentioned in suse HCL, but it works fine even with WEP.
Try modprobe ath_pci and read dmesg. If everything works ifconfig ath0.
modprobe outputs:
WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.13/net/ath_hal.ko': No such file or directory
WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.13/net/ath_rate_sample.ko': No such file or directory
FATAL: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.13/net/ath_pci.ko': No such file or directory
dmesg output attached
Sounds like there's no madwifi support..
Have a look here:
http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Slackware
Thanks, ill give it a shot...
Thanks for your help, it worked :)