Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 issues with Linux Topic is solved

[dedanna1029]

So I would have to build it. That's what I thought.

[viking60]

I am suffering from the impression that you might get it out of the box with a distro running Kernel 4.2 (Manjaro can do it).
But with Mageia it seems that ndiswraper is the best bet.

[dedanna1029]

Yes. It's what it asks for, it's what it wants... I could try giving it to it and see if it will fly... just don't know if I want to be arsed right now. It would be a learning experience however, it's not something I've had to do before. Everything up until when my netbook crashed, just worked, wireless and all.

When I was in school, I installed Arch on it off of wireless at school. I installed Linux Mint at school off the wireless. I installed Mageia3 off the wireless at the library, and the damn funny thing about it was... IIRC, that was Atheros (but it wasn't Qualcomm... wonder what the difference is)!

That's why this is so frustrating. I'm used to Linux just working out of the box. It always had before, and I mean always.

Granted, it's been what, two years since... at least...

with a distro running Kernel 4.2 (Manjaro can do it).

With, or without having to update? Cannae update without the wireless. This is the problem.

[viking60]

With, or without having to update? Cannae update without the wireless. This is the problem.

You can install 4.2 with

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sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux42

This will install the kernel in addition to the one you have.
You can list the kernels on your system with:

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mhwd-kernel -li

In my case that gives:

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mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 4.2.0-1-MANJARO (linux42)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux314
   * linux41
   * linux42


To replace the current kernel with 4.2:

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sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux42 rmc

Manjaro will automatically configure the new kernel for you, ready for immediate use.
You can also handle this from the Manjaro Settings Manager:

You will need to have an Internet connection of course. I think the default Kernel for Arch and Manjaro is still 4.1

[dedanna1029]

Yep. Therein lies the problem. I don't have a wired connection any more. I'd need to go buy an ethernet cable, and right now there's issues with the bank.

I'm also having this issue with the Manjaro stable installer.

[dedanna1029]

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/firmware#overview

Your card is supported by the ath10k driver it is mentioned in the list.

Firmware API 2

Embedding both firmware and otp images into same file firmware-2.bin. Firmware meta data provided through FW IE. Added in commit 1a222435a dated Sep 27 2013, for Linux 3.13.

I'm wondering if this might be a bit tricky? Just re-read the page, and noticed this.

[viking60]

I dunno
Kernel 4.1 will probably work with your card -sort of

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 7#p1556317

In general I will say as Jeremy Clarkson would have said:

Those parts of the system that you can hit with a hammer are called hardware; those program instructions that you can only curse at are called software.

[dedanna1029]

True. Haha.

[dedanna1029]

So, if I were to install say, Mageia 5 because I'm completely sick up and fed with Windows, and used the ndiswrapper method,,, to mechanically do this, I would put the driver on another usb flash stick, separate from the one I'm using to install, because I can't add anything to the install disk.

Correct?

[viking60]

Yup at least not wrong.

What you need from the windows driver are the .inf and .sys files.
If those are in an exe you need cabextract to dissect that exe file I think Mageia has it in the repos.

You need to have access to the driver files from Linux

[dedanna1029]

I have the .inf and .sys files.

Ssoooo... yeah, there's that. After sleep.

[dedanna1029]

Well, then there's this.



If I'm supposed to have the .bin as well, I sure don't know which one, unless it's qca61x420.bin.



Granted, this was on the Mageia live KDE DVD.