F10 -- How do I start AR5413 interface?

[Anne Wilson]

I've been following this thread, as I have the Atheros AR242x.  My symptoms, 
and output from each of the suggested commands, are very close to identical to 
Robert's.

On Thursday 04 December 2008 22:01:31 Rodney Morris wrote:
> I created my /etc/modprobe.conf using emacs and adding the single
> stanza I needed.  I do not know how to create a /etc/modprobe.conf
> that would encompass all of the hardware on a machine (i.e. sound,
> network adapters).  However, I did notice in a previous post that you
> had /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf installed.  My google search for
> information on generate-modprobe.conf was not particularly
> enlightening.  Perhaps you will have better luck.

I tried generate-modprobe.conf, and it returned

Cannot find old version of modprobe. Giving up.

Spectacularly useless, then.

Anne