The modinfo
on the other Linux distribution shows me it's still on Linux 2.6.33. The driver you refer to is removed in recent Linux versions:
commit b0006e69615868f3dfdfe2bd64eb11973f1208fc
Author: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri Mar 25 20:21:55 2011 +0100
ar9170usb: purge obsolete driver
git branch -a --contains b0006e69615868
remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/master
remotes/origin/linux-3.0.y
remotes/origin/linux-3.1.y
remotes/origin/linux-3.2.y
remotes/origin/linux-3.3.y
remotes/origin/linux-3.4.y
remotes/origin/linux-3.5.y
remotes/origin/linux-3.6.y
remotes/origin/linux-3.7.y
remotes/origin/master
This indicates to me that ar9170usb
was removed from 3.0 onwards. I think it will be hard to get this module into a recent Ubuntu release.
So, taking a step back, getting the newer driver fixed seems a bit more constructive. In case you're on Ubuntu 12.04, try the backported Quantal kernel linux-image-generic-lts-quantal
package. If that doesn't fix it or if you're on Quantal already, try a more recent "mainline" kernel to see if your issue is fixed "upstream". This answer explains how to install pre-built mainline kernels in Ubuntu.
ar9170
kernel module in the 3.5.x sources. Please elaborate more on this kernel module you use in the other Linux distribution, e.g.modinfo ar9170
– gertvdijk Jan 31 '13 at 01:43modprobe ar9170
returns "FATAL: Module ar9170 not found." I'm using Linux version 3.2.0-36, and Ubuntu version 12.04. – JamesTheAwesomeDude Jan 31 '13 at 01:52modinfo
from Puppy Linux, not to modprobe the non-existing module in Ubuntu. – gertvdijk Jan 31 '13 at 01:54ar9170usb
and notar9170
, so the Ubuntu result was probably wrong. – JamesTheAwesomeDude Jan 31 '13 at 03:00