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01-10-2009
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| Built-in wireless problems
I am obviously having issues getting my built in wireless to work on my ASUS laptop. The model is in my sig if that helps. I have no idea how to get it working, I looked on the Ubuntu website and tried what they suggested (the different possible drivers).
I am at a loss of what to do next, if you could help that would be great.
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| my wireless card is a Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter i think. I hope that helps | |
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| Please read through this post: Wireless Setup - Start Here
Then post the needed information here in this thread. Quote: |
my wireless card is a Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter i think.
| Guessing at the hardware specs is not allowed, as then we can only guess at the problem/solution.  We need the specific information to provide accurate help.
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| Ok so I ran lspci -nn and it returned Code: 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a40] (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port [8086:2a41] (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2937] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2938] (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:2939] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:293c] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:293e] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2942] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2944] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2946] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2948] (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:294a] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller [8086:2919] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2929] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:064c] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
09:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
09:01.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
09:01.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
09:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
and lsmod returned Code: Module Size Used by
usbhid 39776 0
hid 59072 1 usbhid
isofs 44072 1
udf 93480 0
crc_itu_t 10496 1 udf
ipv6 314312 10
af_packet 29568 2
binfmt_misc 18700 1
rfcomm 51104 0
sco 20612 2
bridge 64544 0
stp 11268 1 bridge
bnep 23168 2
l2cap 33280 6 rfcomm,bnep
bluetooth 70820 6 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap
ppdev 16904 0
acpi_cpufreq 16400 0
cpufreq_ondemand 16400 2
cpufreq_conservative 16392 0
cpufreq_userspace 12420 0
cpufreq_powersave 10368 0
cpufreq_stats 14468 0
freq_table 13568 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
pci_slot 13704 0
container 12288 0
sbs 22288 0
sbshc 14592 1 sbs
wmi 15808 0
iptable_filter 11520 0
ip_tables 28176 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 31752 1 ip_tables
sbp2 32652 0
parport_pc 44200 0
lp 19588 0
parport 50096 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 20736 0
sdhci_pci 17024 0
uvcvideo 68616 0
sdhci 27396 1 sdhci_pci
compat_ioctl32 18176 1 uvcvideo
mmc_core 67168 1 sdhci
videodev 46720 2 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32
evdev 20512 11
serio_raw 14596 0
psmouse 51612 0
arc4 10368 2
v4l1_compat 24580 2 uvcvideo,videodev
pcspkr 11136 0
ecb 11520 2
crypto_blkcipher 27780 1 ecb
snd_hda_intel 489264 3
snd_pcm_oss 52608 0
snd_mixer_oss 25088 1 snd_pcm_oss
ath9k 282808 0
lbm_cw_mac80211 242360 1 ath9k
snd_pcm 99208 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
lbm_cw_cfg80211 45088 1 lbm_cw_mac80211
snd_seq_dummy 11524 0
video 28948 0
output 11776 1 video
snd_seq_oss 42368 0
snd_seq_midi 15872 0
snd_rawmidi 34176 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 16768 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 67168 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
battery 21128 0
snd_timer 34320 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 16404 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
asus_laptop 27740 0
ac 13448 0
snd 79432 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
led_class 13192 2 ath9k,asus_laptop
soundcore 16800 1 snd
button 15904 0
shpchp 42140 0
snd_page_alloc 17680 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
pci_hotplug 39472 1 shpchp
intel_agp 39280 0
ext3 150544 2
jbd 66472 1 ext3
mbcache 17924 1 ext3
sr_mod 24644 1
cdrom 47784 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 45864 4
crc_t10dif 10240 1 sd_mod
sg 45408 0
ahci 43148 4
ohci1394 41524 0
libata 200160 1 ahci
scsi_mod 183160 5 sbp2,sr_mod,sd_mod,sg,libata
dock 18464 1 libata
ieee1394 110592 2 sbp2,ohci1394
r8169 40196 0
uhci_hcd 34336 0
ehci_hcd 48908 0
usbcore 175376 5 usbhid,uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
thermal 27424 0
processor 47800 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 13576 0
fbcon 51200 0
tileblit 11264 1 fbcon
font 17152 1 fbcon
bitblit 14592 1 fbcon
softcursor 10496 1 bitblit
fuse 68288 3
and dmesg | grep firmware returned nothing
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01-11-2009
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| Thank you for the detailed info, it really helps.
As you have said, this is the wireless. The device ID in brackets, is sometimes needed to identify things. Code: 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002a] (rev 01)
And it is loading this module for it: Code: Module Size Used by
ath9k 282808 0
This should work. have you tried connecting using NetworkManager?
You don't say what kernel version that you are using. But you may be using an older version of the driver. Since it is a relatively new driver, it is still in development, and can change often. Here is some info on it. ath9k - Linux Wireless
I would recommend installing the latest version of the ath9k driver that is available. It can be found as part of the compat-wireless package, found here: Download - Linux Wireless
You will have to compile the driver package. There are some applications and files that you need installed first. Code: sudo apt-get install linux-source
Code: sudo apt-get install linux-headers
Code: sudo apt-get install build-essential
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| So, I've been trying this for the past few days, fussing with it and such. Now with the packages installed it recognizes it, but i can't get it turned on or working. | |
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| Is there a keyboard key combination to enable/disable the wireless? If so, give that a try.
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| Not that i know of. There is a switch for bluetooth which isn't working at the moment, i think the bluetooth is automatically working at the moment, though thats a different topic...
But as far as i can tell, there is no physical button for the wireless. | |
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| Usually there is a key with an alternate function. You would use the Fn key along with it.
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| I have wireless working with my asus n50vn using wicd. The trick was learning to turn on the wireless in the terminal as the FN+F2 doesn't appear to be working for me.
sudo echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/asus-laptop/wlan
as garnered from LinuxQuestions.org
Hope this helps someone
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