Re: NM & ath0 trouble

[Sven Rinke <sr12 duke edu>]

> Message: 6
> From: Tim Niemueller <tim niemueller de>
> Subject: Re: NM & ath0 trouble
> Message-ID: <43BD1F0E 3060400 niemueller de>

> Note that the mentioned website is about the new madwifi-ng driver,
> which uses the new HAL from Atheros. The old madwifi driver can be
> checked out as madwifi-old branch
> (http://www.madwifi.org/browser/branches/madwifi-old) from svn and works
> just fine.
> 
> 	Tim

my October post was about NM and the old madwifi driver - it didn't work
for me as described there. and going back to an old madwifi driver now 
ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
wlan: 0.8.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ath_rate_sample: 1.2
ath_pci: 0.9.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:0a.0[A] -> Link [LNKH] -> GSI 11 (level,
low) -> IRQ 11
Build date: Oct 27 2005

still does not work:
NetworkManager: <information>   ath0: Device is fully-supported using
driver 'ath_pci'.
NetworkManager: <information>   nm_device_new(): waiting for device's
worker thread to start
NetworkManager: <information>   nm_device_new(): device's worker thread
started, continuing.
NetworkManager: <information>   Now managing wireless device 'ath0'.
NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device ath0.
NetworkManager: <information>   Updating allowed wireless network lists.
NetworkManager: <information>   FORCE: device
'/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/ath0', network 'default'
NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device ath0.
NetworkManager: <debug info>    [1136481046.955453]  (): Forcing AP
'default'
NetworkManager: <information>   Device ath0 activation scheduled...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) started...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) Stage 1 (Device
Prepare) scheduled...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) Stage 1 (Device
Prepare) started...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) Stage 2 (Device
Configure) scheduled...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) Stage 1 (Device
Prepare) complete.
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) Stage 2 (Device
Configure) starting...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0/wireless) Stage 2
(Device Configure) will connect to access point 'default'.
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0/wireless): access point
'default' is unencrypted, no key needed.
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0/wireless): using essid
'default', with no authentication.
NetworkManager: <debug info>    [1136481055.331714]  (): Activation
(ath0/wireless): no hardware link to 'default' in non-encrypted mode.
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) failure scheduled...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) failure scheduled...
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) Stage 2 (Device
Configure) complete.
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) failed for access
point (default)
NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device ath0.
NetworkManager: <information>   Activation (ath0) failed for access
point (default)
NetworkManager: <information>   Deactivating device ath0.

i don't understand why it should not work for me if it works for others.
any debugging suggestions?

Sven