Atheros AR5008/Gigabyte GN-WI06N-RH driver install problems, Dell Mini, Kubuntu 8.1

[NoobBiscUiT]

I recently Purchased the Gigabyte GN-WI06N-RH and was hoping to get it (drivers) installed and working on my dell mini. Hoping that someone here might be able to help me out

I am Have attempted to get this working in both Ubuntu 8.1 and Kubuntu 8.1

I attempted to install the madwifi-ng drivers by using this page:
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?....11b_g_n_cards

the first divider after all the code says that the AR5008 should be compliant, and that it is in "experimental mode" but still usable.

When i was following the steps on that page, i got errors saying "iwe_stream_add_event" then i followed what the page said and attempted to install the other way, which also didn't work.

i also blacklisted the ath5k.ko and the ath9k.ko in my /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist directory using nano.

I checked in my BIOS to see if the wireless was enabled also.

i removed both the madwifi directory in my folder, and the tar.gz i downloaded, then nothing worked after a reboot.

so..i found another page http://probing.wikidot.com/ubuntu-in...h9k-by-madwifi and i followed the instructions, and as of right now i get nothing.

my ifconfig tells me i have pan0, l0 (local), and eth0. nothing about ath0.

I can't seem to get it to work and i am rather confused, with my last laptop the madwifi install worked great.

any and all help no matter how small is greatly appreciated.
I can give command output if need be also
thanks everyone,


EDIT:

I have tried at least 7 different methods of getting the wireless card working on this laptop and i have had no luck.

whenever i finish compiling and all the steps required, and i reboot no wireless device was found.

I dont know if it's a motherboard issue or what...but i cannot get the wireless working in either ubuntu 8.1 or kubuntu 8.1


Guides I Have Followed
http://bbechdol.wordpress.com/2008/0...rdy-heron-804/


Edit 2
I contacted dell over the phone and it seems that it's just a weird incompatibility w/ the laptop.
Neither dell or Gigabyte know what to do, or i guess care to help that much :/

Moral of the story though this card will not work w/ the dell inspiron 910 mini,

hopefully this thread and information saves someone alot of time.

if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

[NoobBiscUiT]

please?

does anyone have any idea?

[2hot6ft2]

Ath9k supports that chipset (AR5418 chipset) which is what the AR5008 has as shown here http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k so first step would be to un-blacklist ath9k.

[2hot6ft2]

I would also try kernel 2.6.27-7 as mine is in that list and mine works with that kernel and ath9k. Mine is the AR5009 and has the AR928X chipset. But it drops the connection if I use kernel 2.6.27-9.

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic

Replace intrepid with hardy if you're on hardy

[2hot6ft2]

Besides if you're running Intrepid 8.10 you should have gone to this page.
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=mac80211
not this one that you link to in your first post.
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?....11b_g_n_cards

Since the new kernels support mac80211 as referenced in the first paragraph on the page you linked to.

This page only deals with the net80211 version of the madwifi-ng driver. For the mac80211 ath5k version see the mac80211 page. To understand the differences, see mac80211 versus ieee80211 stacks write-up.

[NoobBiscUiT]

that answers some questions, but also makes more.

Besides if you're running Intrepid 8.10 you should have gone to this page.
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=mac80211
not this one that you link to in your first post.
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?....11b_g_n_cards

Since the new kernels support mac80211 as referenced in the first paragraph on the page you linked to.

ok, ya i linked to that page because that is one of the sets of instructions that i followed.

additionally you said:

Replace intrepid with hardy if you're on hardy

so should i replace my kubuntu intrepid distro w/ hardy then?
i did your "sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic" command and nothing came up,
likely because im on intrepid?

afterword, i shouldn't blacklist anything then.

i should have ath5k, ath9k, mac80211 non-blacklisted.

[NoobBiscUiT]

also what should i do if i cannot find the wireless card at all?
like with lspci, or will it show up after i compile these drivers.

additionally what method should i use to build (install) the drivers since i don't have to blacklist anything.

[NoobBiscUiT]

i just tried everything on this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/Atheros and got no results, following the whole thing through

[kevdog]

Try this post if you need a working ath9k driver. For now just forget about madwifi. Go with ath9k.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...62&postcount=3

[NoobBiscUiT]

is the ath9k that i am going to compile from that link different from the one included in a fully updated version of kubuntu 8.1?

also, when i compile drivers from somewhere i should get a wireless device to show up in ifconfig?

i dont have one now.. even though the card is plugged into the laptop correctly w/ antennas and everything


so confused..

i have ath9k on my laptop right now, and ath5k because it is included in kubuntu 8.1.
maybe something will change after i finish these 220 updates?