Madwifi-hal for Atheros 5k cards under Linux

[Prometheum]

Originally Posted by Draven

Hey guys new to this but i ran into a problem in the steps prometheum listed on the previous page. when I run the command { sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist } in terminal my terminal does nothing not even an error? any ideas on this.

thanx for all help...

That's because the full command is

echo 'blacklist ath5k' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Though running just what you did and typing "blacklist ath5k<enter><control-D>" would also work.

[Draven]

Thanks Pro I am trying it now update u in a sec..

[Draven]

Okay well I got a new error as follows:

draven@Dravens-RIG:~$ ls
aircrack-ng Desktop Firefox_wallpaper.png Music Templates
airpwn-1.3 Documents GrabIt Downloads Pictures Videos
airpwn-1.3.tar Examples madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 Public
draven@Dravens-RIG:~$
draven@Dravens-RIG:~$ cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ /scripts/madwifi-unload
bash: /scripts/madwifi-unload: No such file or directory
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ sudo /scripts/madwifi-unload
[sudo] password for draven:
sudo: /scripts/madwifi-unload: command not found
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ sudo /madwifi-unload
sudo: /madwifi-unload: command not found
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ /madwifi-unload
bash: /madwifi-unload: No such file or directory
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ ls
ath hal Makefile.kernel README THANKS
ath_hal include Module.markers README.dfs tools
ath_rate INSTALL modules.order regression
BuildCaps.inc kernelversion.c Module.symvers release.h
contrib Makefile net80211 scripts
COPYRIGHT Makefile.inc patch-kernel svnversion.h
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ sudo madwifi-unload
Unloading "ath_pci"
Unloading "wlan_wep"
Unloading "wlan_scan_sta"
Unloading "ath_rate_sample"
Unloading "wlan"
Unloading "ath_hal"
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ echo 'blacklist ath5k' | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
blacklist ath5k
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ sudo depmod -ae && sudo modprobe -r ath_pci
WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist line 47: ignoring bad line starting with 'sudo'
draven@Dravens-RIG:~/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$

[Prometheum]

That command works perfectly for me. Maybe you should just open that file in a text editor (make sure to be root) and remove the offending line.

[Draven]

Line 47 reads as the las command
sudo depmod -ae && sudo modprobe -r ath_pci

if I removewont it cause probs plus it reads

"
# low-quality, just noise when being used for sound playback, causes
# hangs at desktop session start (Ubuntu: #246969)
blacklist snd_pcsp

sudo depmod -ae && sudo modprobe -r ath_pci <----line 47
blacklist ath5k
blacklist ath5k
blacklist ath5k
"

should I remove the 2 of the black list ath5k's?
and the sudo?

[Prometheum]

Yes, you should do that.

[Draven]

okay removed and redid commands but now its saying depmod is the problem can you look at the code make sure I am inserting it right? Like maybe the spelled wrong?


I really appreciate all your help

[Draven]

oh and I cant seem to locate the command depmod

[Prometheum]

That is a very odd thing, because depmod is most assuredly on any Ubuntu system. Or any other system, for that matter, as far as I know.

[coroner]

Nonsense. Ubuntu doesn't have depmod, just like it doesn't have LVM in the installer.