[plug] Atheros Madwifi Kubuntu

[caston at arach.net.au]

Hello,   
   
   
I'm running kubuntu on a Twinhead Durabook 14k   
I initially had the 2.6.12 voltage pcmcia issue so upgraded to 2.6.15-1-k7   
from sid.    
   
I'm using a TP-LINK 108mb pcmcia card with the Atheros chipset.   
  
I downloaded the mad wifi drivers using subversion and the following  
instructions:  
  
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=105437&highlight=madwifi+ng  
  
dmesg now gives me:  
  
pccard: card ejected from slot 0  
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:00.0 disabled  
pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0  
yenta EnE: chaning testregister 0xC9, 04 -> 04  
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)  
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 169  
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps  
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps  
36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps  
wifi0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps  
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP  
wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6  
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic  
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic  
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic  
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic  
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic  
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons  
  
/var/log/messages  
 
eb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES 
AES_CCM TKIP 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons 
Feb 19 21:26:03 localhost kernel: wifi0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x22000000, irq=169 
Feb 19 21:26:04 localhost pci.agent[8061]:      ath_pci: already loaded 
 
 
 
 
iwconfig  
  
lo        no wireless extensions. 
 
eth0      no wireless extensions. 
 
sit0      no wireless extensions. 
 
wifi0     no wireless extensions. 
 
Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 19 
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 18. 
Some things may be broken... 
 
ath0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"" 
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:50 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3 
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off 
          Power Management:off 
          Link Quality=0/94  Signal level=-95 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm 
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0 
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0 
 
 
Despite this I cannot find any available wireless networks under kwifimanager. 
 
Am I perhaps missing something? 
 
regards, 
 
Chris Caston