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Hello. I just recently purchaser an Acer Aspire-One Netbook and just installed Ubuntu on the machine. I am very new to the linux world. I am trying to get connected ...
  1. 03-22-2009 #1
    rockfan367
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    Hello. I just recently purchaser an Acer Aspire-One Netbook and just installed Ubuntu on the machine. I am very new to the linux world. I am trying to get connected to the internet but is not reading my wireless card.

    Here what I get from the following commands:

    lspci -nn

    00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)

    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)

    00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)

    00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
    00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)

    00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)

    00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)

    00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)

    00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)

    00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)

    00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)

    00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)

    00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)

    02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)

    03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)

    lsmod

    odule Size Used by
    ipv6 263972 10
    nls_iso8859_1 12032 1
    nls_cp437 13696 1
    vfat 18816 1
    fat 57376 1 vfat
    i915 38144 2
    drm 86056 3 i915
    binfmt_misc 16904 1
    sco 18308 2
    bridge 56980 0
    stp 10628 1 bridge
    rfcomm 44432 0
    bnep 20480 2
    l2cap 30464 6 rfcomm,bnep
    bluetooth 61924 6 sco,rfcomm,bnep,l2cap
    ppdev 15620 0
    acpi_cpufreq 15500 1
    cpufreq_powersave 9856 0
    cpufreq_conservative 14600 0
    cpufreq_ondemand 14988 1
    cpufreq_userspace 11396 0
    cpufreq_stats 13188 0
    freq_table 12672 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
    sbs 19464 0
    sbshc 13440 1 sbs
    container 11520 0
    pci_slot 12552 0
    iptable_filter 10752 0
    ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
    x_tables 22916 1 ip_tables
    parport_pc 39204 0
    lp 17156 0
    parport 42604 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
    joydev 18368 0
    acer_wmi 18880 0
    led_class 12164 1 acer_wmi
    snd_hda_intel 381488 3
    evdev 17696 11
    sr_mod 22212 0
    cdrom 43168 1 sr_mod
    snd_pcm_oss 46848 0
    snd_mixer_oss 22784 1 snd_pcm_oss
    snd_pcm 83204 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
    psmouse 45200 0
    uvcvideo 62728 0
    compat_ioctl32 9344 1 uvcvideo
    videodev 41344 1 uvcvideo
    v4l1_compat 22404 2 uvcvideo,videodev
    serio_raw 13444 0
    video 25104 0
    output 11008 1 video
    snd_seq_dummy 10884 0
    wmi 14504 1 acer_wmi
    ath_pci 99096 0
    wlan 211952 1 ath_pci
    ath_hal 198864 1 ath_pci
    ac 12292 0
    snd_seq_oss 38528 0
    snd_seq_midi 14336 0
    battery 18436 0
    button 14224 0
    pcspkr 10624 0
    snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
    snd_seq_midi_event 15232 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
    iTCO_wdt 18596 0
    iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
    snd_seq 57776 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
    snd_timer 29960 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
    snd_seq_device 15116 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
    intel_agp 33724 1
    shpchp 37908 0
    pci_hotplug 35236 1 shpchp
    agpgart 42184 3 drm,intel_agp
    snd 63268 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
    soundcore 15328 1 snd
    snd_page_alloc 16136 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
    ext3 133256 1
    jbd 55444 1 ext3
    mbcache 16004 1 ext3
    sd_mod 42264 5
    crc_t10dif 9984 1 sd_mod
    usb_storage 81728 1
    sg 39732 0
    ata_generic 12932 0
    pata_acpi 12160 0
    libusual 27156 1 usb_storage
    ata_piix 24580 2
    libata 177312 3 ata_generic,pata_acpi,ata_piix
    scsi_mod 155212 5 sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,sg,libata
    dock 16656 1 libata
    r8169 35972 0
    uhci_hcd 30736 0
    ehci_hcd 43276 0
    usbcore 148848 6 uvcvideo,usb_storage,libusual,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
    thermal 23708 0
    processor 42156 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
    fan 12548 0
    fbcon 47648 0
    tileblit 10880 1 fbcon
    font 16512 1 fbcon
    bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
    softcursor 9984 1 bitblit
    fuse 60828 3
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  2. 03-22-2009 #2
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    Hello and Welcome to Linuxforums.
    You have an Atheros chipset, which should work very well. You even have the correct modules being loaded for it.
    ath_pci 99096 0
    wlan 211952 1 ath_pci
    ath_hal 198864 1 ath_pci
    Have you tried using the Ubuntu network tool, I believe it's called Network Manager, to create a new connection? Is the device not listed there?

    Please open a terminal window and post the output of these commands too.
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    sudo ifconfig
    Code:
    sudo iwconfig
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  3. 04-02-2009 #3
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    I dont see the device listing on the network manager. Heres what I get from the commands:

    sudo ifconfig

    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:8b:3b:d0:4c
    UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:2358079880 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    Interrupt:219

    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:246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:15408 (15.4 KB) TX bytes:15408 (15.4 KB)

    iwconfig
    lo no wireless extensions.

    eth0 no wireless extensions.

    pan0 no wireless extensions.
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    hmmm, I have a problem like this too and I a using Gentoo.
    My solution is to use modprobe
    modprobe -r ath_pci
    modprobe ath_pci
    you need to repeat this several times until you see several blank lines scroll by, I do not know why this works but it does for me. After you see the several blan lines scroll by then use the ifconfig command again and you should see the device now.
    If you do see the device list in the above output then you need to go into network manager and set up the device normally as you would in windows.
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  5. 04-02-2009 #5
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    I've been using the ath5k module very nicely for some time. You might want to give that a shot.

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  6. 04-02-2009 #6
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