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Hi I have been desperately scouting the internet trying to find a solution to my problem. I just installed fedora on my HP pavilion dm4-2015dx and I cant seem to ...
  1. 10-07-2011 #1
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    Angry Giving up on Fedora .. Problem installing Atheros Comm. Device

    Hi I have been desperately scouting the internet trying to find a solution to my problem. I just installed fedora on my HP pavilion dm4-2015dx and I cant seem to connect to internet using fedora. I think my LAN card is not being detected since i tried the following


    [Zedan*localhost ~]$ ifconfig
    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:8400 (8.2 KiB) TX bytes:8400 (8.2 KiB)

    [Zedan*localhost ~]$ ifconfig eth0
    eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found


    I then tried to get the related information:

    [Zedan*localhost ~]$ lspci | grep -i net
    01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 0886 (rev 67)
    08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Device 1083 (rev c0)
    [Zedan*localhost ~]$


    could any one please help me out... This is so frustrating.. I am using fedora 13 .. I am even willing to use fedora 15 but i have been told that Ill be facing the same problem there...
    Any solutions ?? I checked a couple of links out there in which Atheros had a linux driver but all the links are dead..
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  2. 10-07-2011 #2
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    Hello and Welcome,
    Fedora can be a very picky little brat, no matter which version. Are these just Ethernet cards? Is one a Wireless?
    Post the output of
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  3. 10-07-2011 #3
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    I had a similar problem, this is a wireless device, as your talking about a laptop?

    As the guy said above, Try lsmod to see if the driver module is there?

    Although from your post it appears the device is recognised.

    I would look into firmware, as that seems more likely to be the problem. You might just be missing the correct firmware driver for your wireless card. There are also lots of Linux Wireless HCL lists on the web.
    I would try linuxwireless.org they have a HCL list which might help you to narrow down the problem to driver or firmware (if that is the problem). Some also have driver downloads (but i would use the fedora repo if possible, otherwise it might cause dependency issues)

    I know it seems like a dumb suggestion but everyone makes mistakes, double check ur network settings.
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  4. 10-07-2011 #4
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    Here is the output

    [root*localhost /]# lspci -knn
    00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DRAM Controller [8086:0104] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0116] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point HECI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
    Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1c14] (rev b5)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:1c18] (rev b5)
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point LPC Controller [8086:1c49] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt
    00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:1c03] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    Kernel driver in use: ahci
    00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Cougar Point SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    Kernel modules: i2c-i801
    01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:0886] (rev 67)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:1315]
    02:00.0 Class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5209] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]
    08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Device [1969:1083] (rev c0)
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1650]


    [root*localhost /]# ifconfig -a
    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:10832 (10.5 KiB) TX bytes:10832 (10.5 KiB)


    [root*localhost /]# lsmod
    Module Size Used by
    fuse 46663 4
    cpufreq_ondemand 6732 4
    acpi_cpufreq 6453 1
    ip6t_REJECT 3298 2
    nf_conntrack_ipv6 13996 2
    ip6table_filter 2191 1
    ip6_tables 9211 1 ip6table_filter
    ipv6 216224 26 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
    uinput 5210 0
    snd_hda_codec_idt 44127 1
    snd_hda_intel 20195 2
    snd_hda_codec 61515 2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
    snd_hwdep 4704 1 snd_hda_codec
    snd_seq 41363 0
    snd_seq_device 4867 1 snd_seq
    snd_pcm 59280 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
    snd_timer 15063 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
    snd 45127 12 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
    i2c_i801 8286 0
    hp_wmi 3937 0
    rfkill 12905 2 hp_wmi
    uvcvideo 46837 0
    videodev 29534 1 uvcvideo
    v4l1_compat 11106 2 uvcvideo,videodev
    soundcore 4842 1 snd
    i2c_core 19651 2 i2c_i801,videodev
    hp_accel 10800 0
    iTCO_wdt 8712 0
    iTCO_vendor_support 1963 1 iTCO_wdt
    snd_page_alloc 5877 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    lis3lv02d 5822 1 hp_accel
    wmi 5444 1 hp_wmi
    input_polldev 2857 1 lis3lv02d
    serio_raw 3531 0
    microcode 10013 0
    video 17109 0
    output 1541 1 video
    [root*localhost /]#
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  5. 10-07-2011 #5
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    What version of Fedora are you running? Atheros cards are well supported these days using the Ath9k driver.
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    The Intel is the WLAN device:

    Code:
    PCI: 8086:0886 Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N + WiMAX 6150
    The Atheros is the ethernet device:

    Code:
    Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Device [1969:1083] (rev c0)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:847e]
    This device is the Atheros AR8151 NIC and Google finds this page.

    ...
    The ethernet (Atheros Driver: atl1c) supplied in the linux kernel 2.6.30+ works
    ...
    To judge by Fedora 15 and concurrent Ubuntu, most things now work out of the box
    ...
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  7. 10-07-2011 #7
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    @HROAdmin26

    I just tried
    [Zedan*localhost /]$ uname -r
    2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686
    since its greater than 2.6.30 so i gues the atheros is suppose to work here rite ??? BTW I am ussing F13
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  8. 10-07-2011 #8
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    No - your kernel version doesn't mean the driver is included or sufficiently updated to support the NIC. The article mentions Fedora 15 specifically.
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  9. 10-07-2011 #9
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    So are you saying that my bes bet is to uninstall f13 and try f15 ??
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    Fedora 15 Live CD
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