Madwifi installation for Atheros card in Karmic koala

[drpjkurian]

drpjkurian, I've had the same problem as everyone else with 9.10. My wifi is rediculesly slow. 9.04 was excellent. I was just about to go back to 9.04 when I saw the link to this thread. This is the kind of C**P that makes me nervious but I had nothing to lose anyway so I tried it. My internet is noticably faster. I have not tried it away fron home yet but I see no reason that it would be different anywhere else. Thanks for the help. My wifi is near normal now. It still amazes me that 9.10 was released with such a blatent flaw! Internet is the root of using a computer! Whoever released 9.10 too early deserves a kick in the ***! Once again, Thanks.

Hi
That was a fine post I ever had in my thread

[bac522]

It still amazes me that 9.10 was released with such a blatent flaw! Internet is the root of using a computer! Whoever released 9.10 too early deserves a kick in the ***! Once again, Thanks.

Actually the problem has nothing to do with Ubuntu but the Linux kernel modules themselves, can't really blame the Ubuntu team on this.

I tried download the very latest drivers from Linux Wireless site http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Do...ng_the_tarball, compiled them and still had a problem with the ath9k module (although it did seem to be a little bit better then the one released with 9.10).

Still, for now, I'm going to go back to Madwifi module. Hopefully Atheros will fix the ath9k code since they are the ones who initially released the code for the ath9k module.

[Maxepr]

I stand corrected. I am still hoping for a fix soon. I prefer 9.10 over 9.04. I think it has a couple of new features that are worth the upgrade. I will continue to use the madwifi drivers. They are not perfect but they are still pretty good. Since I don't use this particular computer for gaming, I don't mind.

[bronxbomberz41]

After doing this, I can't even turn my wireless card on...

Same thing here. Dr Kurian please help! I can't even turn my wifi on now.

[bac522]

I stand corrected. I am still hoping for a fix soon. I prefer 9.10 over 9.04. I think it has a couple of new features that are worth the upgrade. I will continue to use the madwifi drivers. They are not perfect but they are still pretty good. Since I don't use this particular computer for gaming, I don't mind.

I know it is frustrating, but it's listed as a bug with the Linux Kernel Bug tracker. For those who are interested in seeing the problems you can look at http://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.c...cksearch=ath9k

Also more info can be found at Linux Wireless link http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/bugs

I'm actually finding the latest Compat-wireless drivers to work pretty good now, I seem to get almost 25 Mbps of throughput on my wireless G network and I don't seem to be dropping connection anymore!

[bronxbomberz41]

I don't know what I did but this doesn't work. I can't use the external button on my laptop to turn the wireless on. Is there a way i can at least undo what I did before?

[xtbt]

Actually the problem has nothing to do with Ubuntu but the Linux kernel modules themselves, can't really blame the Ubuntu team on this.

I tried download the very latest drivers from Linux Wireless site http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Do...ng_the_tarball, compiled them and still had a problem with the ath9k module (although it did seem to be a little bit better then the one released with 9.10).

Still, for now, I'm going to go back to Madwifi module. Hopefully Atheros will fix the ath9k code since they are the ones who initially released the code for the ath9k module.

Did Madwifi actually work for you ? Post your results so people can find solutions to the same problem.

Thanks,
X-TBT a.k.a. The Mentor.

[bac522]

I don't know what I did but this doesn't work. I can't use the external button on my laptop to turn the wireless on. Is there a way i can at least undo what I did before?

Well I'm not 100% sure about this, but I believe that following file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf might disable your madwifi driver. Make sure this that this file doesn't exist in your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf. If it does just do a

sudo mv /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf.bak

and reboot. See if that fixes the problem.

[bac522]

Did Madwifi actually work for you ? Post your results so people can find solutions to the same problem.

Thanks,
X-TBT a.k.a. The Mentor.

I'm using the the latest version of compact-wireless from http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Do...ng_the_tarball that I compiled.

After further use, I've had mixed success. Sometime they work great, sometimes they drop connection.

[bronxbomberz41]

Well I'm not 100% sure about this, but I believe that following file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf might disable your madwifi driver. Make sure this that this file doesn't exist in your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf. If it does just do a and reboot. See if that fixes the problem.

Um..I did this but nothing happened. Did you mean "sudo rm" instead of "sudo mv?"

I was able to open the backup file you mentioned and it says something stopping Madwifi from automatically loading by default using something called Jockey. I'm not sure what Jockey is.