rendered paste bodyroot@hans:~# dmesg | grep ath
[ 61.217037] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 61.219822] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 61.386990] ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.2)
[ 62.467268] ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.2)
[ 81.461323] ath0: no IPv6 routers present
[12168.900942] ath0: no IPv6 routers present
[13035.286552] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[13035.290160] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ath0: link becomes ready
[13035.714184] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[13198.471488] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[13198.475483] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): ath0: link becomes ready
[13198.777152] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[13532.954192] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[13586.918312] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[13587.184782] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[13588.922832] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
[14487.358258] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): ath0: link is not ready
root@hans:~# lspci -vvv
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
Subsystem: PROXIM Inc Unknown device 0a40
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 128 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (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 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
root@hans:~# lsmod | grep ath
ath_rate_sample 14208 1
ath_pci 98336 0
wlan 206660 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 192720 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
root@hans:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-86 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:474960 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
root@hans:~# iwlist ath0 sca
ath0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:18:84:10:6D:79
ESSID:"FON_tarvid"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=30/70 Signal level=-65 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:wme_ie=dd180050f2020101850002a3400027a4000042435e0062322f00
Extra:ath_ie=dd0900037f01010020ff7f
Cell 02 - Address: 00:0C:E5:4F:89:ED
ESSID:"dd-wrt"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=68/70 Signal level=-27 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Cell 03 - Address: 00:16:01:ED:0C:5A
ESSID:"dd-wrt"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=73/70 Signal level=-22 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
http://madwifi.org/ticket/870
Problem solved, Thanks for the help of RANGER@CISS at linuxforums.org. This guy is a GEEK!. What I did was edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add this line "pci=assign-busses" without the "" next to "splash=verbose showopts" .
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/hda1 splash=verbose showopts pci=assign-busses
Rebooted, and insert the Pcmcia card, and its now recognized. Finally![BR]
#lspci -v
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01) Subsystem: PROXIM Inc Unknown device 0a40 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 185 Memory at 32000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
#lshal
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13'
info.bus = 'pci' (string)
info.linux.driver = 'ath_pci' (string)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_104c_ac56' (string)
info.product = 'AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor' (string)
info.subsystem = 'pci' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_13' (string)
info.vendor = 'Atheros Communications, Inc.' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'pci' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/0000:03:00.0' (string)
pci.device_class = 2 (0x2) (int)
pci.device_protocol = 0 (0x0) (int)
pci.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) (int)
pci.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:04.0/0000:03:00.0' (string)
pci.product = 'AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor' (string)
pci.product_id = 19 (0x13) (int)
pci.subsys_product_id = 2624 (0xa40) (int)
pci.subsys_vendor = 'PROXIM Inc' (string)
pci.subsys_vendor_id = 5303 (0x14b7) (int)
pci.vendor = 'Atheros Communications, Inc.' (string)
pci.vendor_id = 5772 (0x168c) (int)