On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Sebastian Beßler <sebast...@darkmetatron.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a wireless card that works most of the time perfect with the > ath9k kernel module but not on first boot after a few hours long shutdown. > > * Bringing up interface wlan0 > * ERROR: interface wlan0 does not exist > * Ensure that you have loaded the correct kernel module for your hardware > * ERROR: net.wlan0 failed to start > > A reboot fixes the problem. > The kernel module loads without error in both cases. > > # uname -r > 3.1.0-gentoo > > # lspci -v > 03:07.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 002d (rev 01) > Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 0300 > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 176, IRQ 21 > Memory at fdce0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2 > Kernel driver in use: ath9k > Kernel modules: ath9k > > Greetings
Does the wireless card needs a firmware? Do you use an initramfs? I ask since my iwlagn wireless car does, and if I boot using an initramfs, I need to include the firmware file on it for the card to work. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
