Re: nm madwifi and wpa_supplicant

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Diehl" <tdiehl rogueind com>
To: "Dan Williams" <dcbw redhat com>
Cc: <networkmanager-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: nm madwifi and wpa_supplicant


> Here you go.
>
> On Mon, 29 May 2006, Dan Williams wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 11:13 -0400, Darren Albers wrote:
> > > Based on this post by Dan Williams:
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2006-May/msg00230.html
> > > The workaround for madwifi was removed from the FC5 packages.  You
> > > should look into upgrading your Madwifi driver to a version that
> > > supports the latest WEXT or compiling NM by hand and adding back the
> > > patch.
> >
> > I think I left it in the FC5 packages though...  I only ripped it out
> > from the Rawhide ones.
> >
> > Tom: can you give the output of "/usr/bin/nm-tool" and also the output
> > of 'lshal' for the chunks that apply to your Atheros card?  For example,
> > do "lshal | less" and then search it for "ath0" or whatever, and copy
> > that chunk.  Mine looks like:
>
> (bullwinkle pts10) # /usr/bin/nm-tool
>
> NetworkManager Tool
>
> State: disconnected
>
> - Device: 
> eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
>  NM Path:           /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth0
>  Type:              Wired
>  Driver:            3c59x
>  Active:            no
>  HW Address:        00:08:74:E4:AA:B0
>
>  Capabilities:
>    Supported:       yes
>    Carrier Detect:  yes
>    Speed:           10 Mb/s
>
>  Wired Settings
>    Hardware Link:   no
>
> lshal
>
> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_20_a6_52_1e_f9_0'
>  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_20_a6_52_1e_f9_0' 
> (string)
>  linux.subsystem = 'net'  (string)
>  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
>  net.80211.mac_address = 140229353209  (0x20a6521ef9)  (uint64)
>  info.product = 'WLAN Interface'  (string)
>  net.interface_up = true  (bool)
>  net.arp_proto_hw_id = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>  net.linux.ifindex = 7  (0x7)  (int)
>  net.address = '00:20:a6:52:1e:f9'  (string)
>  net.interface = 'ath0'  (string)
>  net.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13' 
> (string)
>  info.capabilities = {'net', 'net.80211'} (string list)
>  info.category = 'net.80211'  (string)
>  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13'  (string)
>  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/class/net/ath0'  (string)
>
> > > On 5/29/06, Tom Diehl <tdiehl rogueind com> wrote:
> > >         Hi,
> > >
> > >         I have an FC5 laptop with a Proxim wireless card. I installed
> > >         the madwifi
> > >         0.9.0 drivers with wpa_supplicant version
> > >         wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-10.fc5.
> > >
> > >         My access point is using wpa encryption. If I configure
> > >         wpa_supplicant
> > >         manually everything works OK. The problem is that nm does not
> > >         see the wireless
> > >         card at all. As a result if I am on a wired network and try to
> > >         switch to
> > >         wireless things do not get setup properly. Routes etc. need to
> > >         be added by hand
> > >         or I need to reboot. As I am typing this I am on wireless but
> > >         the nm icon says
> > >         the network is disconnected.
> > >
> > >         (bullwinkle pts14) $ rpm -qa | grep -i networkmanager
> > >         NetworkManager-glib-0.6.2-2.fc5
> > >         NetworkManager-gnome-0.6.2-2.fc5
> > >         NetworkManager-0.6.2-2.fc5
> > >         (bullwinkle pts14) $
> > >
> > >         03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc.
> > >         AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
> > >                 Subsystem: PROXIM Inc Unknown device 0a40
> > >                 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
> > >         VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> > >                 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr-
> > >         DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> > >                 Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size
> > >         20
> > >                 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
> > >                 Region 0: Memory at 34000000 (32-bit,
> > >         non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
> > >                 Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
> > >                         Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
> > >         PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
> > >                         Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
> > >
> > >         What do I need to do to get nm to see my wireless card?
>
> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Diehl tdiehl rogueind com Spamtrap address mtd123 rogueind com
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