Issues with Ubuntu 10.04 and Realtek 8139 wireless card

[Roush427r]

It is detecting the wireless networks in the surrounding area but it isn't connecting.


any help would be much appreciated!

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
I think you might be confused, as far as I know the RTL 8139 is not a wireless card but rather an Ethernet card.
Do you have more than one card in the machine? Use this command and paste the output here.

lspci | grep -i net

[Roush427r]

Hello and Welcome.
I think you might be confused, as far as I know the RTL 8139 is not a wireless card but rather an Ethernet card.
Do you have more than one card in the machine? Use this command and paste the output here.

lspci | grep -i net

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

[reed9]

That is an ethernet card. Wireless card isn't showing there.

Post the whole output of

lspci -vnn

[Roush427r]

lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ALi Corporation M1672 Northbridge [CyberALADDiN-P4] [10b9:1672]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: ali-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller [10b9:5247]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f7f00000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 30000000-300fffff
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:04.0 IDE interface [0101]: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE [10b9:5229] (rev c4) (prog-if f0)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 255
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at eff0 [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pata_ali
Kernel modules: pata_ali

00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device [10b9:5451] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0221]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
Memory at 30100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ALI 5451
Kernel modules: snd-ali5451

00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535/M1543 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0004]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: alim7101_wdt, alim1535_wdt

00:08.0 Bridge [0680]: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] [10b9:7101]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
Flags: medium devsel
Kernel driver in use: ali1535_smbus
Kernel modules: alim7101_wdt, i2c-ali15x3, i2c-ali1535

00:09.0 Modem [0703]: ALi Corporation M5457 AC'97 Modem Controller [10b9:5457]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at 30101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0002]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ed00 [size=256]
Memory at f7efff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 8139too
Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp

00:0c.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0003]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at f7efe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:0c.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0003]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at 30102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:0c.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at 30105200 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:10.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac50] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Lucent Technologies Device [12a3:ab01]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 30103000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
Memory window 0: 20000000-23fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 24000000-27fff000
I/O window 0: 00001800-000018ff
I/O window 1: 00001c00-00001cff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket

00:11.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support [1179:0617] (rev 33)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 30104000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
Memory window 0: 28000000-2bfff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 2c000000-2ffff000
I/O window 0: 00002000-000020ff
I/O window 1: 00002400-000024ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
Kernel modules: yenta_socket

00:12.0 System peripheral [0880]: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA Controller [1179:0805] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 255
Memory at 30105000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=512]
Capabilities: <access denied>

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XPAi1 [1023:8820] (rev 82)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8, IRQ 11
Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Memory at fbc00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
Memory at f7ff8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: tridentfb

[reed9]

There's no wireless card in that output. This is an internal card? You're not using a USB wireless adapter?

[rokytnji]

Just helping maybe with trying a new command i learned recently reed9.

sudo lshw -class network

Fired it up in My Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop. it will show a wireless card for sure if one is present. Ran into this at AntiX forums where a orinco Wireless B PCI card was not being seen by the usual standard command prompts . That command found it. If the OP has any kind of Wireless. Thie above command should find it. I am gonna back out of this thread now.

Happy Trails, Rok

[MikeTbob]

Does, PCMCIA show up in the output of lspci? I thought it did, maybe not.

[Roush427r]

Just helping maybe with trying a new command i learned recently reed9.

sudo lshw -class network

Fired it up in My Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop. it will show a wireless card for sure if one is present. Ran into this at AntiX forums where a orinco Wireless B PCI card was not being seen by the usual standard command prompts . That command found it. If the OP has any kind of Wireless. Thie above command should find it. I am gonna back out of this thread now.

Happy Trails, Rok

Kudos!


*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:08:0d:bf:07:60
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.3 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:11 ioport:ed00(size=256) memory:f7efff00-f7efffff
*-network
description: Wireless LAN Card
product: Version 01.01
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0
slot: Socket 0
resources: irq:11
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: eth1
serial: 00:02:2d:7d:1d:55
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=orinoco driverversion=0.15 firmware=Lucent/Agere 9.48 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b

[rokytnji]

I am gonna back out of this thread now.

I must be a sucker for punishment. Aint awake yet and I am no wireless guru. But try this.

sudo ifup eth1

Hit enter after password

sudo dhclient eth1

Hit enter

sudo iwconfig

copy and paste readout from terminal in next post of all above commands. If still not connected. I won't be able to tell you what firmware may be needed.(EDIT: told ya I aint awake yet. I see now it shows firmware is loaded) That card is a very old card (orinco wireless b)

The guy at Antix ended up using straight Debian with a AntiX /etc/xorg.conf file because in Straight Debian his Wireless Worked but his screen resolution would only go to 800x600. In AntiX his screen resolution was OK but wireless would not work. So He copied over /etc/xorg.conf from AntiX over into Debians /etc/xorg.conf to overwrite it. Reported it works for him and all is well.

Good luck with it and Happy Trails, Rok

Nuther Edit: Don't expect wpa or any fancy encryption to work with that wireless card OK. That stuff was not available when that card was made. You will have to connect to a open network to test those above commands.