On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 12:27 -0500, Temlakos wrote: > I don't know where to report this. BugZilla doesn't seem interested, > because it's not a Gnome project. > > The module kernel-module-madwifi for 2.6.14-1.1644 recently (November > 30, 2005) saw an upgrade. But the current build from livna.org fails to > load. This is version 0.0-0.lvn.11.20051130@686. > > Furthermore, kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.14-1.1653 version > 0.0-0.lvn.11.20051130@686 also fails to load. > > The last known good version is: > > kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.14-1.1644 version 0.0-0.lvn.7.20050917. > > The problem: > > During boot, Fedora tries to start networking. After several minutes, > the task "Determining IP information for ath0" fails. Thus I have no > wireless connection. > > When I fall back to the version I call "last known good," everything works. > > The machine involved is a Dell Inspiron 1200. > > Until I get a build of kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.14-1.1653 that will > actually load, I can't use the new kernel on that Dell Inspiron 1200. > > Fortunately, I have a Gateway Performance 1000XL which can use kernel > 2.6.14-1.1653 without a hitch. One thing I love about the new kernel: it > processes "removable media" preferences again, something that two > successive kernels failed to do. > > Temlakos > Your best bet would be to checkout the cvs version and compile it yourself. cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/madwifi co madwifi then cd to the madwifi directory make clean make make install Works for me on an old Panasonic CF47 with a Cisco Aironet (atheros based).
