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AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu

Asked by FajardXorg

I installed a fresh copy of ubuntu on my Acer aspire 5315-2290. the wireless card is not recognized. i tried updating and everything. is there a way that can be fixed this issue.

thank you in advance.

Jorge

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

Please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
Terminal"

Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)

sudo iwlist scanning
nm-tool
iwconfig
ifconfig
sudo lshw -C network
lspci
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg|grep ound
dmesg|grep etect

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Regards,

Mark

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Best nhasian (nhasian) said : 		#2

I think that laptop has the atheros wifi adaptor.

to try to get your wifi working go to System->Administration->Software Sources click on the Updates tab, then check the box for Unsupported updates (intrepid-backports). after you've enabled the backports update your ubuntu software from a terminal with the commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

you may need to reboot. after that go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and enable any restricted drivers you have available.

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FajardXorg (rehevoli) said : 		#3

[sudo] password for bamby:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

bamby@heaven:~$ sudo mn-tool
sudo: mn-tool: command not found
bamby@heaven:~$ sudo iwlist nm-tool
iwlist: unknown command `nm-tool' (check 'iwlist --help').
bamby@heaven:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

bamby@heaven:~$ sudo lshw -c network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1b:38:e2:29:ca
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full ip=192.168.0.109 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: e2:69:a7:fd:43:a8
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
bamby@heaven:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
bamby@heaven:~$ sudo lsusb
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 064e:a101 Suyin Corp.
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
bamby@heaven:~$ uname -a
Linux heaven 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
bamby@heaven:~$ dmesg|grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe1b0] 000fe1b0
[ 0.524383] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 1.256542] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.256840] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.1: found MSI capability
[ 1.257126] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.2: found MSI capability
[ 1.257412] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.3: found MSI capability
[ 1.612002] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.685470] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.700615] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.804536] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.828774] No dock devices found.
[ 2.928196] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.032633] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.136601] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.344499] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.468198] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 14.484474] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
[ 14.946776] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Acer CrystalEye webcam (064e:a101)
[ 17.163556] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 21.134843] apm: BIOS not found.
bamby@heaven:~$ dmesg|grep etect
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DMI detected: Acer
[ 0.000000] Detected 1994.951 MHz processor.
[ 1.684571] EISA: Detected 0 cards.
[ 2.700622] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 2.804543] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 2.928204] hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 3.032641] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.136608] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.344506] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 3.468205] hub 7-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
[ 12.640443] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 7676K stolen memory
bamby@heaven:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Hi,

nhasian is right. Your laptop has an Atheros wireless chipset. Please follow nhasian's instructions described above.

Regards,

Mark

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FajardXorg (rehevoli) said : 		#5

I did manage to do that(Support of atheros 802.11 wireless LAN card) it says it is activated and is in used but still the network-manager does not recognize the card. It only show the (auto etho0) which is LAN...

Well before vista crashed, i had the hardware password protected and do you guys think that could be the problem..

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

Hi,

Please connect your ethernet card to your wireless router using a LAN cable and then follow the instructions from forumuser "reasoner" at this location:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=902860&highlight=AR242x

This wireless bug has been discussed and solved the same way many times before:

Answered 56993 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2009-01-10 20:45:58 UTC 2009-01-10 slaveault Ubuntu Answered
Answered 56941 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2009-01-10 11:03:16 UTC 2009-01-10 Ratchet2196 hal in ubuntu Answered
Answered 56869 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2009-01-09 18:33:03 UTC 2009-01-09 gak67 Ubuntu Answered
Open 56810 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2009-01-09 03:09:04 UTC 2009-01-09 kego_thundergod Ubuntu Open
Answered 56701 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2009-01-08 02:21:22 UTC 2009-01-08 Victor Govan Ubuntu Answered
Open 56602 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2009-01-07 04:56:35 UTC 2009-01-07 xdaikatanax Ubuntu Open
Answered 56174 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2009-01-02 22:10:21 UTC 2009-01-02 Rasheedalh Ubuntu Answered
Solved 55542 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2008-12-26 23:44:44 UTC 2008-12-26 gian luca lastraioli Ubuntu Solved
Answered 54815 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2008-12-18 09:34:56 UTC 2008-12-18 Kipster Ubuntu Answered
Solved 54668 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2008-12-16 22:01:57 UTC 2008-12-16 Lenny217 Ubuntu Solved
Solved 52089 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2008-11-21 12:37:49 UTC 2008-11-21 Roger Lance Ubuntu Solved
Solved 46457 AR242x wireless chipset not working in Ubuntu 2008-09-27 05:26:27 UTC 2008-09-27 johnnyb Ubuntu Solved

Hopefully, this second, alternative procedure, will help.

Regards,

Mark

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FajardXorg (rehevoli) said : 		#7

Thanks nhasian, that solved my question.