Installing madwifi driver

Madwifi driver is a kernel module was developed by Madwifi-project which is a team of volunteers working on linux kernel drivers for WLAN devices with Atheros chipsets.


Other drivers they provide are ath5k & ath9k .

Installation :

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These steps are done using Ethernet

FIRST YOU HAVE TO :

Disable Ubuntu's Atheros HAL Driver

System>Administration>Hardware driver , then deactivate the support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards.

Then Reboot .

All other steps are done in the Terminal .

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Open terminal :
Applications >Accessories > Terminal

1 - Get the Ubuntu built essentials package and type this command in terminal

sudo apt-get install build-essential

if this is a new install of 8.10 you MUST do “sudo apt-get update” (without quotes) to update your repositories

2 - Download the madwifi snapshot:

wget http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz

3 - Unzip the downloaded file:

tar xvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz

4- Go into the created directory

cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3879-20081204

if it shows "No such file or directory " this means that the file's name was changed ,so just type " cd madwifi "(Without quotes ) then press the TAP key for auto complete .

5- compile the package:

make

6 - install the package:

sudo make install

7- Then load the created module:

sudo modprobe ath_pci

8 - Reboot

9 - then you must add it to the kernel boot modules list

open Terminal and type :

sudo gedit /etc/modules

it will open a window , add ( ath_pci ) to the bottom of the list .

Click Save and

Welcome to Wireless World

Important Notes :

1. If you found that problem resumed after installing any updates , these updates may have made a conflict with the Madwifi driver

You just have to install it again using the steps mentioned earlier .

2. A comment from someone who tried to install it :

he/she said that after doing all steps , nothing happened so :

"I went to sys-admin-hardware drivers and activated "alternate atheros "madwifi" driver

and now I can see wireless connection available!"

Actually I'm writing this post from Ubuntu after installing madwifi driver , and all problems mentioned happened to me but I knew what to do with it after installing ubuntu by nearly 2 Months !!

Paraskavedekatriaphobia (again.)

Why Friday and why 13 ??

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Let's start with 13 :

At any hotel there is no. 13 room or a 13 floor .
some people refuses to stay at the 14 floor if they knew there is no 13 one.
13 was known to be unlucky number because of the number 12 .
Number 12 was considered to be the number of completeness , 12 Months , 12 hours a day, 12 signs of zodiac .
So, the number 13 was considered to be irregular , transgressing completeness.

Friday:

Friday was considered to be unlucky day as it's believed that Jesus was crucified on Friday.

And to combine the two unlucky things together :

The actual origin of the superstition, though, appears also to be a tale in Norse mythology. Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch. It was believed that every Friday, the spiteful goddess convened a meeting with eleven other witches, plus the devil - a gathering of thirteen - and plotted ill turns of fate for the coming week. For many centuries in Scandinavia, Friday was known as "Witches' Sabbath."

Every Friday 13 , American companies loses about 750 million dollars because people don't fly or do what ever they normally do every day.

Now , after hearing the whole Para...(whatever) thing , I will tell what I think..
There is no such unlucky day , every days are equal .
If you considered that a catastrophe will happen to you every Friday 13 it will happen to you , but only because you are waiting for it.
If I told you now to stop for a moment and try to find 10 bad things in the place where you are sitting , you will name things you didn't even notice it before , that's what happens when you
stop for a whole day and wait for something bad to happen to you.

I have lots of things to add , And I also have A ton of sheets to be delivered , so I'll go now and edit this post another time :)

Reference : Wikipedia Friday 13

Paraskavedekatriaphobia

No, hold on I'm not superstitious !.
The story that I intended to create this Blog last Friday 13-03-2009
and because I'm not a superstitious I decided to make Paraskavedekatriaphobia the first thing to talk about.
But ,I got busy on Friday and Saturday also , and that wasn't because of Friday 13 , it was because I'm a student in CSD :D !
I've got to go to college now .
What is Paraskavedekatriaphobia ?
Next post if Allah wishes !
you see , I'm always busy , it's not because of the day!