Wi Fi on my laptop

[Karl Larsen]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Mike McMullin wrote:
>
>   
>> On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 05:45 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>     
>>> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I gather the kernel driver for this device is un-availium on
>>>>> Linux.
>>>>>     
>>>>>           
>>>> Why?  A simple google for "linux AR242x ubuntu" says it is
>>>> available, though perhaps not yet in a deb.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>         
>>>     It's available from a web page as a tar ball. Not for apt-get
>>>     yet.
>>>       
>>  
>>   Which is odd, openSuSE 11.0 shipped with the ath5k, a good 6 months
>> ago.
>>     
>
> $ dlocate ath5k.ko
> linux-image-2.6.26-5-generic: /lib/modules/2.6.26-5-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/ath5k.ko
>
> The odd thing here is that I'm running the 2.6.26 kernel I ran with 
> Hardy because my e100 driver doesn't always reset properly after 
> hibernate in 2.6.27.  But my 2.6.27 kernel _doesn't_ contain ath5k.ko
>   
    But my laptop 2.6.27 now has a module ath5k.ko which I compiled for it.

Karl


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