Bug 402508

Summary: MADWIFI kernel conflict
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.0 Reporter: Luca Fattorini <cfn_luca>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Helmut Schaa <hschaa>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Critical    
Priority: P5 - None CC: meissner, pascal.bleser, U.Koehler
Version: Final   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: HP   
OS: openSUSE 11.0   
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Attachments: new RPMs

Description Luca Fattorini 2008-06-21 15:02:27 UTC
I wanted to install my Netgear WG511T on my new openSUSE 11.0 as I did before on openSUSE 10.3.

After adding the MADWIFI repository I selected:
1) madwifi
2) madwifi-kmp-pae

For the second package there is a critical problem:


#### YaST2 conflicts list - generated 2008-06-21 15:56:12 ####

nothing provides kernel(vmlinux) = 1f623d7fcfa1b112 needed by madwifi-kmp-pae-0.9.4_2.6.25_26-1.i586

    [ ] do not install madwifi-kmp-pae-0.9.4_2.6.25_26-1.i586


#### YaST2 conflicts list END ###

I choose pae because I have
Linux 2.6.25.5-1.1-pae i686
But it is also the same if choosing default or any other type of kernel.

So it is not possible to proceed!
What to do now?

Thank you
Comment 1 Uwe Köhler 2008-06-21 19:00:24 UTC
This does not work with the x86_64 default kernel, as well. Show stopper for me.
Comment 2 Marcus Meissner 2008-06-22 08:05:14 UTC
the rpms on madwifi.org/suse/ are not up to date with the 11.0 GA version yet.

btw, does the kernel built-in ath5k driver perhaps work for you already?
Comment 3 Luca Fattorini 2008-06-22 08:25:10 UTC
I see there is to wait until they put the up to date rpms on madwifi.
Will it take long?

I didn't understand the point about the kernel built-in ath5k driver.
*) Do you suggest to plug the wireless card and see if it works just like this? (on openSUSE 10.3 it didn't work like this). If it won't work I can still install later the madwifi rpms or the system will still use a wrong driver/kernel for the card?
*) Or do you suggest to install something else?
Comment 4 Marcus Meissner 2008-06-22 08:39:42 UTC
you could just try to plug it in and see if it works, yes. the 11.0 kernel has a atheros driver in, but its not complete yet, so it might not work for your card.
Comment 5 Luca Fattorini 2008-06-22 08:58:02 UTC
I have tried but it does not work. Leds do not blink as they should do and it is not able to connect to my access point, since it does not see it!
So, conclusion, there is to wait up to date rpms on madwifi?
Thank you.
Comment 6 Luca Fattorini 2008-06-23 11:31:50 UTC
Created attachment 223710 [details]
new RPMs

I have managed to compile myself the MADWIFI source.
You can find here the up to date RPMs.
Comment 7 Pascal Bleser 2008-06-25 21:39:28 UTC
I already filed a bug on madwifi.org yesterday:
http://madwifi.org/ticket/2011
Comment 8 Helmut Schaa 2008-06-30 09:03:26 UTC
Updated packages are available at madwifi.org. Closing as FIXED.