On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>wrote: Ugh I clicked reply rather than reply-all on your message that was also sent directly to me. Back on the list we go. :) > On 03/14/2013 12:33 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>wrote: > >> >> On 03/13/2013 11:17 AM, SilverTip257 wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com >>> >wrote: >>> >>> I have a few oqo2 units that I use for testing, normally using the >>>> dongle for ethernet connection. Well supposedly they have atheros >>>> wifi. in dmseg I see: >>>> >>> OT: Looks like a pretty neat device. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt84OKzFQis > >>>> ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 >>>> ath5k 0000:03:04.0: registered as 'phy0' >>>> ath5k phy0: Couldn't identify radio revision. >>>> ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A disabled >>>> >>>> I press magic <fnc-?> per http://www.expansys.com/ft.aspx?k=119902 but >>>> NetworkManager is not adding wifi as a networking device. There is no >>>> file under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifc-* either. How can I get >>>> the wifi working? >>>> >>>> Does the Atheros device show up in the output of ifconfig? >>> ifconfig -a >>> >> >> Only eth0 and lo >> >> >> If it does, check the output of iwconfig. >>> >> >> And of course nothing here. >> >> If neither of those yield any success, dig into the output of lspci for >>> info on the Ath device. >>> lspci -v >>> lspci -v | grep -A10 -B2 thernet >>> >>> with verbosity turne up another notch if you want more info >>> lspci -vv | grep -A10 -B2 thernet >>> >> >> # lspci -vv | grep -A10 -B2 thernet >> Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel >> >> 03:04.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5413/AR5414 >> Wireless Network Adapter [AR5006X(S) 802.11abg] (rev 01) >> > > What version of CentOS? 6.4? > > > Still 6.3. I am going to rebuild on one of them tomorrow (or maybe > tonight) to 6.4. > > You might try an install of Fedora instead (as I suggest at the bottom of this message) and try a newer kernel. Maybe you'll end up using the CentOS base and need to build a newer kernel yourself to have the proper driver for that Atheros chip. Since that unit will probably not be an Internet-facing host, you can run a custom kernel without any drawbacks. Since CentOS 6.[34] is running a 2.6.32 kernel, I don't know that I place much belief in this information [0] (see post #4) helping. And this poster's Atheros is an AR5001. [0] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1350358&p=8475659 > > > By chance have you tried probing the driver by manually to test? > modprobe ath5k > lsmod | grep ath > > > ath5k 129334 0 > ath 14106 1 ath5k > mac80211 184028 1 ath5k > cfg80211 157313 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211 > > ifconfig -a > > > And still only eth0 and lo listed. > > I looked into messages and picked out the following: > > Mar 11 01:37:17 oqo2 kernel: ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 > (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > Mar 11 01:37:17 oqo2 kernel: ath5k 0000:03:04.0: registered as 'phy0' > Mar 11 01:37:17 oqo2 kernel: ath5k phy0: Couldn't identify radio revision. > Mar 11 01:37:17 oqo2 kernel: ath5k 0000:03:04.0: PCI INT A disabled > > Perhaps this is my problem? > > Yes. > > > You might also try the tips listed here: > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless > > > Nothing helpful there. ath5k should just work. > > Agreed. You may end up checking change logs for kernel versions. :-/ > > > Check modprobe's blacklist config for kicks. > > Being an Atheros card I'd expect it to be rather well supported. > > >> Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. EnGenius EMP-8602 (400mw) or >> Compex WLM54AG (SuperAG) >> Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- >> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- >> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- >> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- >> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 >> Region 0: Memory at c2100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] >> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 >> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA >> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) >> Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- >> Kernel modules: ath5k >> >> 03:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. >> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) >> Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 8139 >> Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- >> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- >> Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- >> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- >> Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max) >> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 >> Region 0: I/O ports at bc00 [size=256] >> Region 1: Memory at c2110000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] >> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 >> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA >> PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) >> Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- >> >> I checked in the bios that the card is enabled. The keyboard indicates >> that the function key function of the / key is to turn on the radio. >> >> >> So the hardware switch has the radio turned on? Is there an indicator? > > > No indicator. That is part of the problem. All I can do is press the fun > key (which is 'sticky' by default and has a little led to show it is > activated), then press the ? (that has the radio icon in the place where > the keys show what they do with the fun key), then the led goes off on the > fun key. For other such combinations, you get what the key shows. > > > Have you tested the hardware with any other OS or distro so we know it's > known good hardware? > > > No. I would have to dig out the base XP CD and install that. > > > You might also consider booting Fedora on it temporarily since you'll have a much newer kernel. -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //