On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 02:37 +0100, Philip Ashmore wrote: > Ben Hutchings wrote: > > [...] > > > > You're using the Atheros proprietary driver (aka madwifi), which we do > > not have source for and so cannot debug. I suspect that this may be > > responsible for at least some of the crashes. Please can you remove > > this and try using the ath5k driver instead? > > > I downloaded madwifi with > apt-get source madwifi > and then used module assistant to build it, so I'm not clear what you mean by > "which we do > not have source for".
The madwifi source package contains some source, but much of the important code in it is in a pre-compiled form (object files). > I would switch to ath5k if it worked for me - perhaps you would be so kind as > to share > a web URL that details the procedure for such a switch if you have it, > preferably from > someone who has an Atheros wifi adapter. It's included in the kernel package. You don't need to install anything extra. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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