How do I can get my wireless working?

[nadir]

edit: Roel63 already said it.
when adding a new kernel it gets automatically added to menu.lst, so if you boot you should at minimum see it in the boot-screen.
as grub sets the newest kernel (in the meaning of highest, not the latest one installed) to the top, you should automatically boot into it (if you didn't edit the line "default boot 0 " in menu.lst).
its odd you boot into the old kernel... try update-grub. or, if that doesn't work) edit it manually (you may just copy and paste the "old" entries but replace 2.6.26-2-686 with 2.6.32-bpo (or whatever it ist).
or, if that was too confusing, post your /boot/grub/menu.lst, and someone might help (running update-grub won't hurt).

[Heobmartin]

Hi ! Nadir and Roel63

Thanks! for the observation. I had assumed that the grub would boot with the newer kernel by default.
Now I am booting with the new kernel (2.6.32) but the problem persist. The wireless network is not detected.

I hope the menu of possible solutions is not exhausted. !!

Thanks!!

[Roel63]

Atheros not working on 2.6.32.... beats me.

What do

Code: Select all

iwconfig

and

Code: Select all

ifconfig

say? (you may have to run them as root)

And, what also may tell something, install lshw and run (as root)

Code: Select all

lshw -C network

[Bolle1961]

you can add the DebianEeePC repository. EeePC has also an Atheros wifi

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Repository


it's not the right way, but you can get ypur wifi working

[smallchange]

There is much good info in the Debian Wiki
I have no experience with this particular card but you now have a kernel that contains a correct module (driver) for your hardware. It is probably the ath9k module but I might be wrong. You need to load the module, which should happen by itself. Then you need to configure the device, probably using network-manager or wicd. The Wiki will help you figure out which driver you should use and how to configure it.
To see if the module loaded run

Code: Select all

lsmod | grep ath

If it is loaded you will see it. If you see nothing it is not loaded. To load a module you use modprobe, like

Code: Select all

modprobe ath9k

[sir fer]

To add to the above, you may need the appropriate firmware in /lib/firmware before you do the 'modprobe' bit

[stevepusser]

Nahh, the ath9k and ath5k drivers don't need any firmware. I wonder if there's an interface already... the kernel drivers almost always create a wlan0 interface for Atheros wifi, so how about running in a terminal

su -c 'iwconfig -a'

if no wlan interface, try

su -c 'modprobe ath5k'

and see if that creates an interface. If it does exist, it may come down to just using the right connection procedure, or even turning the wifi switch on. Atheros used to be a PITA, but with the new kernels, it should be automatic; I suspect something is not quite right here.

[Heobmartin]

Hi all!

Thanks all

Ok ! Let me try and I'll see what happen.

[sir fer]

Nahh, the ath9k and ath5k drivers don't need any firmware.

Ah that's good to know, having recently acquired a laptop that uses ath9k, I just assumed it would. I use mostly rt73usb and it does require firmware and modprobe'ing.

[Heobmartin]

Hello guys !!

The first time I installed the new kernel it simply did not work.

So taking into consideration that it could has been a "human factor" I decided to re-install the newer kernel (2.6.32).

After booting it immediately detected my wireless network !!

Thank you for all the suggestions you gave me, particularly those who suggested to try installing a new kernel. !!