Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1015849
[SOLVED] Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet does not work on 64 bit fc19, no fix/workaround/documentation/anything available
Last modified: 2013-10-06 04:28:24 EDT
Description of problem: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet adaptor does not work and no documentation avavilable on how to fix Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): This is on current 64 bit Fedora i.e. Linux 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: consistent Steps to Reproduce: 1. install ethernet card 2. connect ethernet to computer 3. try to connect to internet Actual results: device does not appear in network manager Expected results: can create internet connection using network manager Additional info: have tried to install alx driver from somewhere called backports or compat drivers, but build fails with missing directory error. I have installed kernel headers and kernel devel but this does not seem to work.
Specifically, when I try to build the driver, I get a build error like: $ make make -C /lib/modules/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64/build M=/home/martin/Downloads/compat39/compat-drivers-3.9-rc4-2-s modules make: *** /lib/modules/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [modules] Error 2 And when I investigate I get: $ ls -l /lib/modules/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64/build lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 38 Jun 28 01:14 /lib/modules/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64/build -> /usr/src/kernels/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 $ ls -l usr/src/kernels/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 ls: cannot access usr/src/kernels/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64: No such file or directory I am at a loss as to how to proceed. I have tried several compat tarballs, but they all result in this error. I realise that there are various bug reports and forum posts out there on this general issue, but none of them fix it for me, so I have raised this bug. The other reports/posts cover Ubuntu, or 32 bit systems, or just do not make sense.
Sorry, read ls: cannot access usr/src/kernels/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64: No such file or directory $ ls -l /usr/src/kernels/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 ls: cannot access /usr/src/kernels/3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64: No such file or directory
OK, solved. Had to do with the fact that I had just installed the kernel headers and upgraded the kernel at the same time. Once I rebooted then the headers and the running version were lined up and the build worked.