Wireless problem

[tom8195]

And here is what lsmod gave me:

Module Size Used by
i915 67844 2
drm 96424 3 i915
binfmt_misc 16776 1
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56212 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
joydev 18496 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 434100 3
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
uvcvideo 63368 0
pcmcia 44748 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
compat_ioctl32 9344 1 uvcvideo
sdhci_pci 15232 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
psmouse 61972 0
videodev 41600 1 uvcvideo
tifm_7xx1 13824 0
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
v4l1_compat 21764 2 uvcvideo,videodev
sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci
tifm_core 15900 1 tifm_7xx1
yenta_socket 32396 1
rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43540 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
pcspkr 10496 0
serio_raw 13444 0
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
snd 62756 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
ath_pci 99224 0
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
wlan 210544 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 198864 1 ath_pci
input_polldev 11912 0
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp
video 25360 0
output 11008 1 video
ohci1394 38576 0
ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394
r8169 40836 0
mii 13312 1 r8169
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit

[tom8195]

Hi Paul

Are you around to provide some of your expertise to my question?

Tom

[reed9]

Hi Tom8195. You snippet of dmesg you posted does not contain anything pertinent to your wireless. Use the script Paul recommended on the Wireless Sticky page, or otherwise post all of the info requested. Enclosed by code tags.)

I believe you do need to use the ath5k driver. Direction for that are in the link I first posted.

[tom8195]

Waterhead,

I found this code on the Toshiba japan website for Ubuntu 8.04 ***Kernel-2.6.24-16-Generic. My laptop is a satellite pro Q200.

By the way, a username like waterhead leads me to think you're not a water engineer like myself.

sudo modprobe -r iwl3945
cd /etc/modprobe.d/
touch iwl3945
gedit iwl3945
In the file enter the following
alias wlan0 iwl3945
options iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=1
modprobe iwl3945
ifconfig wlan0 up

[waterhead]

I am licensed as a water plant operator and water distribution system operator, in Wisconsin and (formerly) Florida. I currently work in the distribution system department at a local water utility. I used to work at the water treatment plant, but the 24/7/365 operation leads to some weird work schedules.

As for the commands that you tried, those are for a completely different wireless chip. They are useless in this case.

[waterhead]

Your system seems to have the madwifi driver activated. Since the wireless is not working, this driver is the wrong one to use.

To activate the ath5k/ath9k driver, open this program:

System-->Administration-->Hardware Divers

It will first run a check, then display available drivers. Look for one with a ath5k or ath9k name, and activate it. You may need to deactivate the madwifi driver too.

[tom8195]

I got the message below. I\m running a dual boot with SP, would this deactivate under XP as well, or would XP still be able to run wireless?

Your job sounds interesting. I've never run a WTP or dist system, only designed them. In my current job, we've provided a lot of support to urban water operators, mainly in Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi.

Alternate "madwifi" driver for Atheros wireless LAN cards.

Only activate this driver if you have problems with your wireless LAN connection.

The free "ath5k" driver should work with most Atheros cards nowadays, but on some computers this alternate (but proprietary) driver still works better, or at all.

[waterhead]

You say that the madwifi driver is not listed as being activated? Yet the madwifi driver modules are loading.

The madwifi driver must have been manually installed, and the ath5k driver blacklisted. You should question the person who installed this for you, because it looks as they did some customization.

Just to try something, temporarily remove the madwifi driver and load the ath5k driver.

sudo modprobe -r ath_pci

sudo modprobe ath5k

See if that causes any positive results.

[waterhead]

Here's the web site for the utility that I work for:

Oak Creek Water & Sewer Utility

It is a surface water plant, with the source being from Lake Michigan. Conventional treatment: rapid mix, flocculation, sedimentation and multi-media filter beds. We are currently doing a plant expansion. In the last expansion we installed plate settlers in the sed basins. This improved our settled water quality dramatically!

Ok, enough off-topic discussion.