Getting an AR5418 to work on an MBP with Hardy Heron

[GeneralSunTzu]

Hello, am trying, after a fresh CD installation of release 8.04 HH on my MacBook Pro 2nd generation (2,2), to get the wireless to work, at home, where I have only wireless...

First off, neither ifconfig nor iwconfig signal recognition of the card, though lspci will show it clearly, correctly identified.
I therefore believe there is a first fundamental problem there that I am not seeing. Of course the NM applet does not show anything wireless.

After some research, I found a madwifi trunk that should work with the Atheros AR5418 (equivalent to the AR 5008), as the snapshot which worked on FF 7.10 is no longer available on the madwifi site...
I tried to compile it, but it fails miserably on billions of errors (see at tbe end of the post), probably incorrect declarations in ath_hal because of the kernel changes.

My questions to competent gurus would therefore be:
1. how to get the card recognised?
2. how to compile correctly?

-Compilation results-

$ sudo make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
HOSTCC /home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:26:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:27:19: error: errno.h: No such file or directory
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:28:20: error: getopt.h: No such file or directory
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:29:20: error: string.h: No such file or directory
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:30:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:32:23: error: sys/fcntl.h: No such file or directory
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:33:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c: In function 'uudecode_usage':
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:37: warning: implicit declaration of function 'printf'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:37: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'printf'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c: At top level:
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:40: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:70: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c: In function 'main':
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: 'FILE' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: 'src_stream' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:122: error: 'dst_stream' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:122: error: 'NULL' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:130: warning: implicit declaration of function 'getopt'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:134: error: 'optarg' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:138: warning: implicit declaration of function 'exit'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:138: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:141: error: 'optind' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:142: error: 'stdin' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:144: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fopen'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:146: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fprintf'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:146: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:146: error: 'stderr' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:147: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strerror'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:147: error: 'errno' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:147: warning: format '%s' expects type 'char *', but argument 4 has type 'int'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:148: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:152: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:156: warning: implicit declaration of function 'get_line_from_file'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:156: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:157: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strncmp'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:164: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:165: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:168: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strtoul'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:170: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strchr'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:170: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'strchr'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:172: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:173: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:178: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strcmp'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:179: error: 'stdout' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:182: error: 'O_WRONLY' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:182: error: 'O_CREAT' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:182: error: 'O_TRUNC' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:186: error: 'O_EXCL' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:188: warning: implicit declaration of function 'open'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:189: error: 'S_IRWXU' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:189: error: 'S_IRWXG' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:189: error: 'S_IRWXO' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:191: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fdopen'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:193: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:194: warning: format '%s' expects type 'char *', but argument 4 has type 'int'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:195: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:199: warning: implicit declaration of function 'read_stduu'
/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode.c:201: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fclose'
make[3]: *** [/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal/uudecode] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407/ath_hal] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/muaddib/Desktop/madwifi-ng-r3456-20080407] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

[cyberdork33]

Are you following direction here? You need to make sure the build-essential package is installed first.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ma...557d4439a30927

[GeneralSunTzu]

Are you following direction here? You need to make sure the build-essential package is installed first.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ma...557d4439a30927

Thank you, oops - I thought it was installed by default.
Now, as I have only WiFi at home, either the build-essential package is on the alternate installation CD and then I can install it from there else I will have to wait to get to work, where I have cabled Ethernet.

The first question is still outstanding, though.
Why doesn't even see the Airport Extreme card?

[Rog-Mahal]

The card will be recognized once you install the driver. I have the same card and using the instructions in the link by cyberdork helped, the daily snapshot worked just fine. Once you get it to correctly install, you can manually insert the module into your kernel (i.e. get your card to work without rebooting) by running

sudo modprobe ath_pci

in terminal.

Good luck

[GeneralSunTzu]

The card will be recognized once you install the driver. I have the same card and using the instructions in the link by cyberdork helped, the daily snapshot worked just fine. Once you get it to correctly install, you can manually insert the module into your kernel (i.e. get your card to work without rebooting) by running

sudo modprobe ath_pci

in terminal.

Good luck

Thank you buddy.
I believe I will have to try at work (where I have cabled Ethernet) then, because getting the uninstalled libraries via MacOS X (where WiFi works) and then moving them over to Ubuntu appears nearly impossible, because of the dependencies.
I had found a debian package on the CD called build-essential, but it seems just a list of files, not them real files, unfortunately.

[cyberdork33]

if you startup ubuntu, and insert your install cd, it will detect that there are packages. you can install several packages from the cd rom, but you have to add it as a source for your system

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

there should be one or two lines at the top that are commented out for the cdrom. uncomment them, save, then do a 'sudo apt-get update' and you should then be able to install packages off the cd.