How To Determine If A Driver Is Installed In The Kernel Aka Nonfunctional USB Gigabit

Hi guys,

I'm new to the forum and the first problem appeared, hope u guys can help me out!


Just changed my system from Windows to Linux and have some issues to get my Wifi Stick
Fritz! WLAN USB N v 2 working.

1. I downloaded the newest drivers for Win64-Bit from the AVM Homepage.
2. Started ndiswrapper Selected the fwlan64.inf -> Clicked on install.
3. Error Message appears :
modprobe: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found
4. Uninstalled ndiswrapper (thought probably and older version could fix this was reading on some Ubuntu Forum cause i couldnt find anything for Ziron)

Any help appreciated!

Thank you so much!

Edit: Some more info

System Log:

Quote:
stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2085.487551] usb 2-1.6: USB disconnect, device number 13
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.452762] usb 2-1.6: new high-speed USB device number 14 using ehci-pci
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.549669] usb 2-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=057c, idProduct=8501
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.549674] usb 2-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.549677] usb 2-1.6: Product: FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N v2
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.549680] usb 2-1.6: Manufacturer: AVM Berlin
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.549682] usb 2-1.6: SerialNumber: 246511430F18
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.624607] usb 2-1.6: reset high-speed USB device number 14 using ehci-pci
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.719007] ieee80211 phy4: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5592, rev 0222 detected
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.756314] ieee80211 phy4: rt2x00usb_vendor_request: Error - Vendor Request 0x09 failed for offset 0x0000 with error -32
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.756320] ieee80211 phy4: rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name kernel: [ 2086.756349] rt2800usb: probe of 2-1.6:1.0 failed with error -32
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 14: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.6"
Feb 12 16:34:23 stani-System-Product-Name mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 14 was not an MTP device
Feb 12 16:34:24 stani-System-Product-Name usb_modeswitch: switched to 057c:ffffffff on 002/013
uname -a

Quote:
Linux stani-System-Product-Name 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
stani@stani-System-Product-Name:~$
lsusb
Quote:
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0b05:179c ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 014: ID 057c:8501 AVM GmbH
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 1ea7:1005
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c326 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 05e3:0727 Genesys Logic, Inc. microSD Reader/Writer
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I'm having some problems changing the EEPROM regulatory domain for my wireless card (ar9580 locked to US 0x0). I can't operate on the frequencies that I'm allowed to use. I've tried changing db.txt with no luck. It adds a couple of extra channels, but not the full channel list that im allowed to use.

I want to try to modify my ath9k driver so that it overrides the EEPROM, but im not really sure how to. I've found some patches to help modify the driver (Openwrt) but I dont know how to add them.
So my question is:
- Do I have to recompile my kernel (3.18.0-kali1-amd64) to add the patches from openwrt), or do I have to download the openwrt image to be able to use the patches? Or have i got it totally wrong and there's another way to do this?


Any help is very much appreciated.
Regards Mak - Makservice@icloud.com

Hi,
i'm new in kali linux.
i have an issue with the wifi connections.
installing the newwst version of kali from the official website on virtual box.
plug the USB wireless adapter (TP-LINK).
also, i noticed wlan0 on #ifconfig command.
on the network setting configure NAT (also tried with NAT bridged)

my problem is that - i cannot see any wireless networks.
i followed few guides from youtube and here but with no luck.
it show me that i'm wired connected.
i attached screenshot bellow.
please kindly assist me.


additional information:
#airmon-ng start wlan0
when i type #ifconfig, i saw that wlan0 changed to wlan0mon
and with#airodump-ng command on wlan0mon i didn't see any wireless network as well


iwconfig
Quote:
root@kali:~# iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff

lo no wireless extensions.
lsmod
Quote:
root@kali:~# lsmod | grep rt
rt2800usb 26222 0
rt2x00usb 17642 1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib 81543 1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib 46315 3 rt2x00usb,rt2800lib,rt2800usb
mac80211 511777 3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800lib
cfg80211 425751 2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
crc_ccitt 12347 1 rt2800lib
parport_pc 26287 0
parport 35699 1 parport_pc
usbcore 199549 7 rt2x00usb,ohci_hcd,ohci_pci,rt2800usb,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid
lsusb
Quote:
root@kali:~# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
ifconfig

Quote:
root@kali:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:dc:d0:01
inet addr:192.168.1.22 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fedc:d001/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:68 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7485 (7.3 KiB) TX bytes:4163 (4.0 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:f6:52:10:0f:d2
UP 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)
iw wlan0 info
Quote:
root@kali:~# iw wlan0 info
Interface wlan0
ifindex 4
type managed
wiphy 1
iwlist scan
Quote:
root@kali:~# iwlist scan
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
uname -a
Quote:
root@kali:~# uname -a
Linux kali 3.18.0-kali3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.18.6-1~kali2 (2015-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux
cat /etc/network/interfaces
Quote:
root@kali:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
thanks

I'm having some problems changing the EEPROM regulatory domain for my wireless card (ar9580 locked to US 0x0). I can't operate on the frequencies that I'm allowed to use. I've tried changing db.txt with no luck. It adds a couple of extra channels, but not the full channel list that im allowed to use.

I want to try to modify my ath9k driver so that it overrides the EEPROM, but im not really sure how to. I've found some patches to help modify the driver (Openwrt) but I dont know how to add them.
So my question is:
- Do I have to recompile my kernel (3.18.0-kali1-amd64) to add the patches from openwrt), or do I have to download the openwrt image to be able to use the patches? Or have i got it totally wrong and there's another way to do this?


Any help is very much appreciated.
Regards Mak - Makservice@icloud.com

I am totally new to Linux. However, considering the many advantages of the operationg comparing to other OS, i have decided to go ahead with using MINT Rebacca which is the latest version. Initially for some time i did not have any issues in getting my internet connecton. However, for the last one week I am unable to connect through. The results of various terminal commands i applied is given below with a sincere trust somebody would be there to help me out.
----- anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ iwconfig eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff Power Managementn anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $

anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr f8:a9:63:90:62:b1 UP 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)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:149 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:149 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:10689 (10.6 KB) TX bytes:10689 (10.6 KB)
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr f8:a9:63:90:62:b1 UP 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)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:149 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:149 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:10689 (10.6 KB) TX bytes:10689 (10.6 KB)
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ lshw -C network WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 07 serial: f8:a9:63:90:62:b1 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl8106e-1_0.0.1 06/29/12 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:57 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:b5600000-b5600fff memory:b5400000-b5403fff *-network DISABLED description: Wireless interface product: RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: Ralink corp. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:0a:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 00 serial: 9c:ad:97:5b:16:45 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt2800pci driverversion=3.13.0-37-generic firmware=0.37 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:16 memory:b5510000-b551ffff WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user. anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ lshw -C Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.16 usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...] lshw -version
-version print program version (B.02.16)
format can be -html output hardware tree as HTML -xml output hardware tree as XML -short output hardware paths -businfo output bus information options can be -class CLASS only show a certain class of hardware -C CLASS same as '-class CLASS' -c CLASS same as '-class CLASS' -disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. ) -enable TEST enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. ) -quiet don't display status -sanitize sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.) -numeric output numeric IDs (for PCI, USB, etc.)
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ rfkill list 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes 1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no 2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:5776 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 004: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard Bus 002 Device 002: ID 24ae:2000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $
anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo lsusb [sudo] password for anil: Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:5776 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 004: ID 12d1:1505 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E398 LTE/UMTS/GSM Modem/Networkcard Bus 002 Device 002: ID 24ae:2000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub anil@anil-HP-15-Notebook-PC ~ $
Wth regards Anil Kumar

Hello

I have linux mint 17.1 cinnamon installed on my computer, but the surround sound is not working (I only get stereo from two speakers)

When I run lspci I can see that my card is called

C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio (rev 10)

there is another embeded card that came with my computer called

[AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller

but I have my speakers hooked up to the first one and I have selected this card in the "output device" option on the lower right hand side of the screen, and I have selected the sound setting "analgog 4.0 surround".

My surround sound used to work when I had windows xp and xubuntu installed on an older computer with the same surround sound card attached. So I can't understand why it is not working now.

Can anyone help me with this?

when I run

aplay -l

I get:

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 0: CMI8738 [C-Media PCI DAC/ADC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 1: CMI8738 [C-Media PCI 2nd DAC]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: CMI8738 [C-Media CMI8738], device 2: CMI8738 [C-Media PCI IEC958]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

inxi -Fzx
System: Host: rene-linuxmint Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
Machine: System: Gigabyte product: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: F2A58M-DS2H version: x.x Bios: American Megatrends version: F1 date: 04/28/2014
CPU: Dual core AMD A4-4000 APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 11977.2
Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7480D] bus-ID: 00:01.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1600x900@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD ARUBA GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
Card-2: C-Media CMI8738/CMI8768 PCI Audio driver: snd_cmipci port: d000 bus-ID: 03:06.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-37-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 820.2GB (35.7% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200AVCS size: 320.1GB
2: USB id: /dev/sdc model: MQ01ABD050 size: 500.1GB
Partition: ID: / size: 290G used: 21G (8%) fs: ext4
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 0.4C mobo: N/A gpu: -3.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 169 Uptime: 4:07 Memory: 1209.9/3068.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4


aplay -L
default
Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=HDMI,DEV=3
HDA ATI HDMI, HDMI 0
Hardware device with all software conversions
sysdefault:CARD=CMI8738
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
Front speakers
rear:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC
Rear speakers
surround40:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
iec958:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
dmix:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=1
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=2
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI IEC958
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=1
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=2
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI IEC958
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=1
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=2
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI IEC958
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=0
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI DAC/ADC
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=1
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI 2nd DAC
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=CMI8738,DEV=2
C-Media CMI8738, C-Media PCI IEC958
Hardware device with all software conversions

HI, this is melvin, new in linux, and keep learning in here.

we just have a project need to disable the 5GHz channel in the AR9462 due to the Approval issue.
We use "iw" to do the checking and found out the current EEPROM setting is 0x6c which enabled the 5GHz channel in passive and beacon scanning mode and caused the problem in the test lab for project~.
By the way, Is there anyone could help to advise how we could disable the 5GHz channel in the ath9k? we only need 2.4GHz only but chosen this dual band card for the project, so can't be changing.
Please help.
Thanks
Melvin

My atheros wireless cards (ar9580) regdomain is 0x0 (us) which doesn't match my current location, so I can't see the frequencies that I'm actually allowed to see. I've tried changing the eeprom regdomain with no luck (http://blog.asiantuntijakaveri.fi/20...cie-cards.html). Is there another way that I can change it? Or should I modify the ath9k driver?

Any help is very much appreciated.

Hi.
This is the first time I need to do this. New to Linux... :-)

I need to have two Ethernet connections in my laptop working. Its Ethernet RJ-45 jack works fine. I had to get a new Trendnet USB/Ethernet adapter for the second connection. After I connected it for the first time to my laptop having Fedora 15, I get:

[root@Brcm-AP brcmapac]# tail -f /var/log/messages
Mar 17 05:31:57 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
Mar 17 05:36:58 Brcm-AP kernel: [11429.615508] TCP lp registered
Mar 17 05:42:35 Brcm-AP kernel: [11766.773200] composite sync not supported
Mar 17 05:46:17 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Activating service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper)
Mar 17 05:46:17 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint'
Mar 17 05:46:48 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
Mar 17 05:46:48 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'
Mar 17 06:04:07 Brcm-AP kernel: [13058.324180] composite sync not supported
Mar 17 06:04:49 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Activating service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' (using servicehelper)
Mar 17 06:04:49 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Successfully activated service 'net.reactivated.Fprint'
Mar 17 06:06:07 Brcm-AP kernel: [13177.798536] usb 1-5: USB disconnect, address 4
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP kernel: [13181.511109] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP kernel: [13181.630296] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0b95, idProduct=1790
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP kernel: [13181.630304] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP kernel: [13181.630311] usb 1-5: Product: AX88179
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP kernel: [13181.630316] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: ASIX Elec. Corp.
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP kernel: [13181.630320] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 0000000000103C
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 5: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5"
Mar 17 06:06:10 Brcm-AP mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 5 was not an MTP device
Mar 17 06:09:07 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PackageKit' (using servicehelper)
Mar 17 06:09:07 Brcm-AP dbus: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit'

the output does detect the new USB adapter "Product: AX88179, Manufacturer: ASIX Elec Corp.".

The list of interfaces seen:

[root@Brcm-AP brcmapac]# ifconfig
em1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8B:B6:97:4D
inet addr:10.10.138.24 Bcast:10.10.139.255 Mask:255.255.254.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:feb6:974d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:32846 errors:0 dropped:12285 overruns:0 frame:12
TX packets:15532 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:5185 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:35819763 (34.1 MiB) TX bytes:1346684 (1.2 MiB)
Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1008 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1008 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:78668 (76.8 KiB) TX bytes:78668 (76.8 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1A:92:9FA:A3
UP 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)


The first connection is em1 and working fine, but I never see a second ethx interface. I figured I'm missing the driver for it. So, I went to the read me file from the cd, where these files a
- asix.h
- ax88179_178a.c
- Makefile
- readme

The readme instructions for Linux say: you need the kernel sources installed on the machine. Make sure the version of the running kernel must match the installed kernel sources.

1. What are kernel sources and how I can download them for this installation? Please, keep in mind I do not know Linux. This is my first time doing more than just the very basics.
The instructions are called "ASIX AX88179_178A USB 3.0/2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Network Adapter Driver Compilation & Configuration on Linux."

My kernel is 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.i686.PAE

I have no idea how to start.
Thank you!!!

Hi everyone (i hope this is the right section)

Im trying to install the RT patch preempt_rt 3.18.9 im running Ubuntu 14.04 with kernel v 3.16

i installed the rt patch "patch-3.18.9-rt5.patch" and also a new kernel "3.18.9" i patched the patch file with

patch -p1 < patch-3.18.9.patch

but there is somthing i don't know about linking folders of old kernel and new kernel, i searched about it and found

rm -rf linux && ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.18.9 linux && cd /usr/src/linux

then

make oldconfig

then

make menuconfig

i selected Full preemptive kernel then

make

then this error

cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[2]: * [kernel/locking/locktorture.o] Error 1 make[1]: * [kernel/locking] Error 2 make: *** [kernel] Error 2


So..... Any help?? can someone walk me through this

or any other real time patch, Thanx.. plzzzzzz