Internet Problems with Eeebuntu

**reed9** · 12-29-2009

I think the module for your wired card is called atl1c. For that, same thing, try

Code:

sudo modprobe atl1c
ifconfig eth0 up

**kallagin** · 12-30-2009

Thanks for this, by the way. I realise I'm taking a really long time in between posts...I'm not home much lately, so I'm sort of just getting back, posting stuff, then going out the door. So I appreciate that you're sticking with this.

Code:

ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe ath9k
[sudo] password for ben: 
ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo depmod -a
ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ben@ben-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe atl1c
FATAL: Module atl1c not found.
ben@ben-laptop:~$ ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
ben@ben-laptop:~$

**reed9** · 12-30-2009

atl1c is apparently not the name.

Does

Code:

iwconfig

list any wireless devices after loading ath9k?

Also after, what is the output of

Code:

dmesg | grep ath

**kallagin** · 12-30-2009

What do you mean after loading ath9k? Have I already done that? Sorry, I am trying to follow this, but this terminal thing is new to me. This is what I get now:

Code:

ben@ben-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

and this:

Code:

ben@ben-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ath
[    2.772802] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
[    2.772808] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded

**reed9** · 12-30-2009

Well, that's no good. I found that in fact your chipset is supported by ath9k starting with kernel version 2.6.29.

ath9k - Linux Wireless

So we're back to compiling compat-wireless for a more recent driver, installing plain ol' Ubuntu or other distro with a more recent kernel, or seeing if ath_pci and ath_hal work.

(ath_hal and ath_pci are older drivers from the madwifi project, which include some non-free code. They have been deprecated in favor of ath5k and ath9k.)

Code:

sudo modprobe -r ath9k
sudo modprobe ath_hal
sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo depmod -a

Check the output of iwconfig and see if a wireless interface is now listed. It will probably be called ath0, not wlan0, when using the madwifi drivers.

If it's there

Code:

sudo ifconfig ath0 up
sudo iwlist ath0 scan

Does the last show available networks?

**reed9** · 12-30-2009

Doing a little more research. atl1c is the driver you want for your ethernet card. It also does not show up until kernel 2.6.29.

I'm surprised eeebuntu does not include these drivers, but I assume this is a very new eee pc model.

At this point, honestly, I would say your best bet is to install the latest Ubuntu or other recent distro. That should solve all of these issues.

**kallagin** · 12-30-2009

Yeah, I did all that and iwconfig gave me "no wireless extensions".
So, I'll install normal Ubuntu and see how that goes. I'll post if it works.
Thanks for all your help, by the way. I would never have been able to figure out all those things.

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