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Atheros AR9300 ath9k - bug?

Posted: 10. Apr 2012, 02:26
by Ekimino
Atheros card not working at all, I'm wondering If I should fight this issue or just upgrade to a newer kernel version, anycase I'm posting because this is a fresh installation with no significant changes made to it, what I mean is that this driver isn't working out of the box. Here goes some data:
uname -a

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Sarah-Connor etc # uname -a
Linux Sarah-Connor 2.6.37.6 #3 SMP Sat Apr 9 22:49:32 CDT 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400S CPU @ 2.50GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
ifconfig wlan0 Check the MAC address.

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Sarah-Connor etc # ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 01:02:03:04:05:06  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

ifconfig wlan0 up

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Sarah-Connor etc # ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
lspci

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Sarah-Connor etc # lspci
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9300 Wireless LAN adaptor (rev 01)
lsmod | grep -i ath

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Sarah-Connor etc # lsmod | grep -i ath
ath9k                  84386  0 
mac80211              204017  1 ath9k
ath9k_common            1941  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              269347  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath                    13709  2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
cfg80211              142106  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
dmesg | grep -i ath

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Sarah-Connor etc # dmesg | grep -i ath
[    7.377543] md: multipath personality registered for level -4
[   11.222451] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[   11.222462] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   11.311695] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[   11.311697] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[   11.311698] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[   11.311700] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[   11.311701] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[   11.311702] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[   11.313907] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[   11.314026] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::radio
[   11.314040] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::assoc
[   11.314052] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::tx
[   11.314063] Registered led device: ath9k-phy0::rx
[   11.314066] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9300 Rev:3 mem=0xffffc9000a400000, irq=17
[195487.336505] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[195487.336526] ath9k: Driver unloaded
[195507.031894] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[195507.031907] ath9k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[195507.121261] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[195507.121262] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[195507.121264] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[195507.121265] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[195507.121266] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[195507.121267] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[195507.121906] ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'ath9k_rate_control'
[195507.122067] Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::radio
[195507.122090] Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::assoc
[195507.122109] Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::tx
[195507.122130] Registered led device: ath9k-phy1::rx
[195507.122133] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9300 Rev:3 mem=0xffffc9000b680000, irq=17
Needless to say interface is not showing up on wicd. Should i fight, or just upgrade kernel?

Re: Atheros AR9300 ath9k - bug?

Posted: 10. Apr 2012, 14:28
by thenktor
If you know how to compile a kernel: upgrade!