mactel-support team mailing list archive

[Joe Debian <joedebian@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd like to post an update. I upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04. Wireless worked
from kernel 2.6.24-12 up to -15, but not -16. I decided to do a clean
install when the hardy final release came out. The wireless on a clean
install, using kernel 2.6.24-16-generic, works well. So, it would seem
that this bug is only a problem upon upgrading from gusty to hardy.

-- 
Wireless broken in kernel 2.6.24-16-generic on 1st gen macbook
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218892
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mactel
Support, which is the registrant for Mactel Support.

Status in Mactel Support: Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
Description:	Ubuntu 8.04
Release:	8.04

apt-cache policy ? -- if someone could tell me which package is of relevance I'll repost, thanks.

Wireless works in 2.6.24-12  through -15, but is broken in 2.6.24-16. 
Network Monitor applet (for ath0):

"Please contact your system administrator to resolve the following problem: SIOCGIFFLAGS error: No such device"

Status: error

When I try to configure it in Network Settings:

"The interface does not exist
Check that it is correctly typed and that it is correctly supported by your system."

ifconfig doesn't list ath0 anymore, but lspci does still recognize it (02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Added to /etc/network/interfaces file, as was missing:
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp 
but didn't help.

modprobe ath_pci gives

FATAL: Error inserting ath_pci (/lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/madwifi/ath_pci.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg gives

[ 38.241092] intel_rng: FWH not detected
[ 38.367242] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 38.403664] ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach
[ 38.403808] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_process_noisefloor
[ 38.404292] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
[ 38.404709] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee
[ 38.404910] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_detach
[ 38.405629] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_probe
[ 38.406545] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels
[ 38.406876] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes