Atheros ar9285 Driver

[mixit]

I'm trying to get wireless capabilities going on my new laptop in backtrack and I'm having some problems. I have googled around a bit and I ended up installing the ath9k drivers. I successfully installed it and recompiled the kernel with the Ath9k module. I can verify this was successfuly by producing no errors with the command: modprobe ath9k.

When I do iwconfig however, I still see no wireless device. Does anyone have any information on how to get my wireless card working in backtrack? I used this tutorial to install this:

How to install the development version of atk9k - ThinkWiki

Thanks in advance for any helpful info. I'd really like to get my wireless up and running

EDIT***

***I actually have the AR9287 wireless card. Could one of the mods change the title of this post to reflect that? Thank you.***



PROBLEM SOLVED:

Turns out it wasn't that difficult. Just needed the newer compat wireless driver from here

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/comp...2.6.33.tar.bz2

Then, follow the instructions of dusty boner. I skipped the make unload step because I forgot and my internet was working. Didn't want to mess with it anymore. Anyways, here are the commands I used:

tar -xf /root/compat-wireless-2.6.33.tar.bz2
cd compat-wireless-2.6.33
make
make install
shutdown now -r
Once rebooted

start-network

Then, Wicd Manager=>Preferences=>Wireless Interface: wlan0

Refresh and you should see some wireless networks. Hope this works for everyone else.

[dustyboner]

Download compat-wireless-2.6.32.3.tar.bz2

Open a terminal and run:

tar -xf /root/compat-wireless-2.6.32.3.tar.bz2
cd compat-wireless-2.6.32.3
make
make install
make unload
reboot

*If you get a "No such file or directory" error when you run make, run this command:

ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/2.6.30.9/build

[mixit]

Thanks for the advice, but no success. I installed that no problem and still no wireless devices found with iwconfig. If I run lspci | grep Atheros, it finds the hardware at least. Also, I realized that my card is an ar9287. Probably the same set of drivers, but I thought I would mention it. Does anyone else have any ideas on how to get my wireless up and running?

[dustyboner]

try

~# /root/compat-wireless-2.6.32.3/scripts/athenable

[mixit]

Thanks for the response, but iwconfig still shows no wireless devices. Here was the output of that command:

Module ath_pci not detected -- this is fine

That was the full extent of the response. I'm not sure if there's a way to make it more verbose.


**EDIT

Here is the portion of the dmesg log that seem to be of relevance...duh

11 21:41:46 PST 2010
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /class/input/input7
ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ath9k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
ath: Regpair used: 0x65
    (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
    (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
    (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
ath9k 0000:02:00.0: Failed to initialize device
ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
ath9k: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -17
lp: driver loaded but no devices found

I also tried using insmod to insert the ath_pci.ko module myself, but to no avail. Here was dmesg from that attempt.

ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_check_mic
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_encap
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_input
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ifattach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_beacon_update
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_process_noisefloor
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_find_rxnode
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_skb_track
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dev_kfree_skb_list
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ref_node
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_vap_setup
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ifdetach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_input_monitor
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dev_kfree_skb
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_unref_node
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypto_newkey
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypto_setkey
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dump_pkt
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ioctl_create_vap
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dev_alloc_skb
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_stop_running
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_cipher_none
ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_detach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypto_delkey
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_debug_global
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_skb_untrack
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_media_change
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_beacon_miss
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_beacon_alloc
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_iterate_nodes
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_vap_attach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wme_updateparams
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_ibss_merge
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_mhz2ieee
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rate_attach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_print_decoded_register
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rate_detach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_send_qosnulldata
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_create_vap
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wme_acnames
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_input_all
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_media_status
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_start_running
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_vap_detach
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_announce
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_mark_dfs
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_chan2ieee
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_state_name
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_dturbo_switch
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypto_encap
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_chan2mode
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_getrssi
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_find_txnode
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ieee80211_cancel_scan
ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes
ath_pci: version magic '2.6.30.5 SMP mod_unload 686 ' should be '2.6.30.9 SMP mod_unload 686 '

So it looks like the ath9k kernel module isnt recognizing the device and I'm unable to insert the ath_pci module due to an unknown symbol error. Not sure where to go from here...

[dustyboner]

You did install compat-wireless-2.6.32.3, right? or did you install a newer version. If you installed a newer version, its the reason your getting:

ath9k 0000:02:00.0: Failed to initialize device
ath9k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
ath9k: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -17

[mixit]

Yes, I believe so. I installed directly from the download link you provided using make, make install, make unload. Did you notice in my OP, I edited to say I have the AR9287 card? Do I need to install the newest version because of that perhaps?

[dotrooster]

I have the same card and would really appreciate some help getting it to work. If you need me to test anything on my computer I would be glad to.

Be warned, im a bit of a linux noob so you may need to give me explicit instructions.

Once you figure out how to get it working, I would also appreciate some instructions because I'm a bit lost.


Thank you

[mixit]

I'll be looking into this more tonight. I've been busy and kind of stopped trying for a bit. I'll let you know if i come up with anything dotrooster.

[mixit]

PROBLEM SOLVED:

Turns out it wasn't that difficult. Just needed the newer compat wireless driver from here

http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/comp...2.6.33.tar.bz2

Then, follow the instructions of dusty boner. I skipped the make unload step because I forgot and my internet was working. Didn't want to mess with it anymore. Anyways, here are the commands I used:

tar -xf /root/compat-wireless-2.6.33.tar.bz2
cd compat-wireless-2.6.33
make
make install
shutdown now -r

Once rebooted

start-network

Then, Wicd Manager=>Preferences=>Wireless Interface: wlan0

Refresh and you should see some wireless networks. Hope this works for everyone else.