linux-restricted-modules-common

Froylan Lapid froy02 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 21 06:24:18 UTC 2007


Start synaptics package manager then click on search.   Type "wlan" in    the search box then click "search".  The list  would most probably show the driver you're looking for by reading the descriptions on the packages.
   

Bill Moseley <moseley at hank.org> wrote: Can someone explain (or point me to an explanation) of how these
modules are loaded?

I see there's an init.d script and also /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
to specify which modules should not be loaded.

They sees to get copied to:

    $ ls  /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile/
    ath_hal.ko  fcdslslusb.ko  fcpci.ko     fxusb.ko
    fcdsl2.ko   fcdslusb2.ko   fcusb.ko     nvidia.ko
    fcdsl.ko    fcdslusba.ko   fglrx.ko     nvidia_legacy.ko
    fcdslsl.ko  fcdslusb.ko    fwlanusb.ko  nvidia_new.ko

I have in /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common

    DISABLED_MODULES=""


The problem is that since the Gutsy update there's no mention of my
wifi hardware on boot in dmesg and ath_pci modules are not loaded.

If I boot the 2.6.20 kernel from Feisty wireless works.

    $ locate ath_pci.ko
    /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/net/ath_pci.ko
    /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/madwifi/ath_pci.ko

If I manually load the module they install, but still no wireless
extensions:

    $ sudo modprobe -v ath_pci
    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile/ath_hal.ko 
    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/madwifi/wlan.ko 
    insmod /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/madwifi/ath_pci.ko 



    $ lsmod | grep ath_
    ath_pci                98336  0 
    wlan                  206660  1 ath_pci
    ath_hal               192720  1 ath_pci



    $ iwconfig
    lo        no wireless extensions.

    eth0      no wireless extensions.

    irda0     no wireless extensions.



    $ lspci | grep Ath
    03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)


Any suggestions where to look next?



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Bill Moseley
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Thanks,
  Froy Lapid
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