Comments on: Atheros 5007EG with madwifi on i386 platform

By: greg

greg — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:59:33 +0000

hello i have a compaq persario cq50 with atherox 802.11 and im trying to get it to work on ubuntu 8.10 having lots of trouble. i have followed the instructions above and i diabled atherox for the last two commands. i can not get it to work can anyone help me please.

By: NumLock

NumLock — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:16:19 +0000

ok my bad i read more into the comments and got the update so now im passed that error.. now i have a new one when i run install…

numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604$ sudo make install
Checking requirements… ok.
Checking kernel configuration… ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-9-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic’
CC [M] /home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.o
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.c: In function ‘ath_hal_lookup_register_name’:
/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.c:451: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments
make[3]: *** [/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal/ah_os.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604/ath_hal] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/numlock/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-9-generic’
make: *** [modules] Error 2
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604$ sudo modprobe ath_pci
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604$ sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

By: NumLock

NumLock — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:53:13 +0000

im getting the same issue as a few other ppl… i keep geting this no matter how manytimes i reboot and retry..

numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo modprobe ath_pci
numlock@numlock-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

By: husunzi

husunzi — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:50:57 +0000

When I tar xvf madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz I’m getting “This does not look like a tar archive” - what’s up with that? (Likewise if I tar xfz madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz I get “gzip: stdin: not in gzip format”.) Apparently it downloaded fully because after downloading it says “`madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz’ saved [555/555]“.

I’m using an Atheros AR5007EG on a Toshiba Satellite L315 using Ubuntu 8.10

Thanks for your help!

By: Achelbia

Achelbia — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:28:23 +0000

Hi all,

I have a Compaq Presario C700 laptop (32 bits) and I have installed the ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS Desktop Edition, I have tried the two ways , I meen madwifi and ndigtk, but it doesn’t work. In fact I have a switch to activate or deactivate the Wireless network adapter, which is by default on off and I can’t turn it on.
I have seen that someone in the discussion have a C700, could you please help me on this.

Thanks.

By: Don Shelton

Don Shelton — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:43:20 +0000

When i add the “sudo make install” command, i get an error “make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.”

I am trying this on Kbuntu 8.l0

Thanks

By: drew

drew — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:53:27 +0000

Now it’s not working at home either. Lol. I wish I could edit comments sorry for hijacking thread.

By: Drew White

Drew White — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:56:39 +0000

Sorry I was at a party last night when I posted that… A Halloween party. Ok, so I got it working last night, but after reboot it stops. Posted my modules file above.

However, now that I’m trying at work it will not find the new network even after putting the code in manually again (2 lines at the end there). Still just shows the old network from home… but obviously doesn’t connect to it.

Any help, on either or both issues? Thanks so much this is the closest I’ve come to getting this working!

By: drew

drew — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:40:29 +0000

that is to say, in module… not sure where to go from here… modules looks like this:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with “#” are ignored.

fuse
lp
sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

By: drew

drew — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:37:57 +0000

adding the two lines of code do nothing, sup with that?

By: drew

drew — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:08:13 +0000

I can see the network, but no connection. What am i missing?

By: dan bucuresti

dan bucuresti — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:28:41 +0000

hi again guys!
can help me someone with two chipsets for acer aspire 5315?
the chipset are from “Display adapters”:
1.Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
2.Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family

By: dan bucuresti

dan bucuresti — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:22:33 +0000

i need some help guys…my laptop aceraspire5315 dont want to take realtek.What can i do?pls help me!

By: Felippe

Felippe — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:11:19 +0000

Hey!

You need update the link to download!
See the link above:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/1192

Thanks and congratulations!

By: Taranis

Taranis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:24:06 +0000

I did what you said but at “sudo make install” terminal tells me “taranis@taranis-laptop:~$ cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007
taranis@taranis-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for taranis:
make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.”

what do i do wrong?:S

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:58:19 +0000

Thanks Koendb,

I downloaded the file as you suggested and followed the above instructions. Now I have another problem. Keep in mind this is a new install. I have not added any c or c++ compilers. I do have MonoDevelop installed.

below is some of the errors I am receiving when I run ’sudo make install’.

Checking requirements… ok.
Checking kernel configuration… ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/student/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic’
HOSTCC /home/student/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903/ath_hal/uudecode
/home/student/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903/ath_hal/uudecode.c:26:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
/home/student/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903/ath_hal/uudecode.c:27:19: error: errno.h: No such file or directory

You will notice it is looking for stdio.h and errno.h plus many more.
Any suggestions?

By: koendb

koendb — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:02:02 +0000

you should use the latest version as i have indicated above madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6, the tar in the article is no longer working.

By: John

John — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:42:41 +0000

I am having problems with step six.

~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ sudo make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install’. Stop.

how do i correct this?

By: koendb

koendb — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:18:24 +0000

Have a look at http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ this contains the support for the ar5007eg.

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:58:06 +0000

i need driver for acer aspire 5570z which is atheros ar5007eg and i am unable to locate from where doi down load it