Madwifi on FC6

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Thu Oct 26 14:23:10 UTC 2006


Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:43:31AM -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
>   
>> Timo Hirt wrote:
>>     
>>> hey Steve,
>>>
>>> i had the same errors yesterday. For me installing the kernel.i686 solved the problem. Look at the the Fedora Bugzilla.
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>> Datum: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:23:17 -0500
>>> Von: Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com>
>>> An: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>> Betreff: Madwifi on FC6
>>>
>>>       
>>>> (cross-posting on Fedora and MadWifi lists)
>>>>
>>>> I just upgraded from FC5 to FC6. Updated to the latest SVN (1782), but I
>>>> can't get madwifi to work.  Looking for suggestions, as I had to move my
>>>> computer into the basement to connect via wire.  I get the same sorts of
>>>> errors if I use the builds from freshrpms or livna.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> # modprobe ath_pci
>>>> WARNING: Error inserting ath_hal
>>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath_hal.ko):
>>>> Invalid module format
>>>> WARNING: Error inserting wlan
>>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/wlan.ko):
>>>> Invalid module format
>>>> WARNING: Error inserting ath_rate_sample
>>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath_rate_sample.ko):
>>>> Invalid module format
>>>> FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci
>>>> (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath_pci.ko):
>>>> Invalid module format
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- Steve
>>>>
>>>>         
>> I can't find a bugzilla entry on this. Do you have the number?  As far
>> as I can tell, I'm running the i686 kernel:
>>
>> Linux sds-desk.sterndata.com 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 #1 SMP Mon Oct 16
>> 14:54:20 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> # rpm -qa |grep kernel
>> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>> kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>> kernel-headers-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>>
>> # ll /usr/src/kernels
>> total 4
>> drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Oct 26 00:01 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i686
>>
>> I did not compile the kernel myself, but I am compiling madwifi from source.
>>     
>
> Try the packages at http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/madwifi/
>   
Been there. Done that. Didn't work. Same errors.

I'm now wondering if I should do a clean install, although I don't see 
what would be creating problems for kernel modules compiled against the 
new kernel following an upgrade.




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