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[Bug 221837] [NEW] madwifi not working on macbook core duo (Broadcom chip)

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 03:28:14 -0000
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After installing ubuntu 8.04 on my new macbook core duo, I installed
madwifi following the instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook

I obtained:
> wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-trunk-current.tar.gz
...
> tar -zxvf madwifi-trunk-current.tar.gz
...
> cd madwifi-trunk-r3573-20080425/
> make
...
> make install-modules
...
> echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n/sbin/iwpriv ath0 bgscan 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/acpi/resume.d/99-madwifi-bgscan.sh
...
> chmod 755 /etc/acpi/resume.d/99-madwifi-bgscan.sh
> modprobe ath_pci
> lsmod | grep ath
ath_pci               239928  0 
wlan                  236272  1 ath_pci
ath_hal               253920  1 ath_pci

> iwpriv ath0 bgscan 0
ath0      no private ioctls.

> ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1f:5b:f5:2e:f8  
          inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:5bff:fef5:2ef8/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3969 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2833 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:5558180 (5.3 MB)  TX bytes:248961 (243.1 KB)
          Interrupt:17 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:3020 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3020 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:151000 (147.4 KB)  TX bytes:151000 (147.4 KB)


...so the ath0 and wifi0 devices are not there. These are the last four lines of dmesg output:

[  233.654814] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[  233.657570] ath_hal: 0.9.30.13 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, RF2133)
[  233.679532] wlan: svn r3573
[  233.690538] ath_pci: svn r3573

Any help most welcome, a laptop without wireless is not much use!
Pierluigi Monaco

PS: 
> lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 8.04
Release:	8.04

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Incomplete

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madwifi not working on macbook core duo (Broadcom chip)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221837
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