Bugzilla – Bug 114778
acx_pci module not loading in beta4
Last modified: 2005-11-24 10:52:58 UTC
I am trying to get my atheros-based wifi card working in beta4, just as it did in 9.3. To do so, I copied the firmware files from 9.3 to beta4 (no YOU update available yet), and placed them in /lib/firmware/. 'ls /lib/firmware' shows: . .. FwRad16.bin <-- atheros driver FwRad17.bin <-- atheros driver digiface_firmware.bin digiface_firmware_rev11.bin ea isdn mixart multiface_firmware.bin multiface_firmware_rev11.bin pcxhr vx Then, I try to load the acx_pci module. First I rmmod it, then modprobe it ('modprobe acx_pci'). The kernel messages show the following: Sep 1 00:36:12 linux kernel: acx_pci: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. Sep 1 00:36:12 linux kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 169 Sep 1 00:36:12 linux kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:08.0 disabled Sep 1 00:36:12 linux kernel: acx_pci: probe of 0000:00:08.0 failed with error -5 Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? This worked in 9.3. I have already run YaST prior to this to configure the /etc/sysconfig/network/ files.
Atheros devices are driven by ath_pci, not acx_pci. The latter one is for Texas Instruments ACX100/111 devices. But it shouldn't be necessary to load drivers manually anyway. What kind of wireless hardware do you have? (Please attach 'hwinfo --netcard' output.
Althgough acx100/111 drivers do compile with latest kernel, are they actually compatible with it? Drivers load, but crash afterwards, when initialising radio (or so I believe). With previous kernel version worked fine.
comment #2 has nothing to do with this bug. The request for hwinfo was 2 months ago, no reaction since then, so we are closing this. Please reopen once you have the requested information, thanks.