Problems connecting to internet, Ubuntu

[suhm]

Hi everybody,

This is my first post at this forum.

I have just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo T machine. I have never discovered any problems regarding the WLAN. I can't see any available networks and i really don't know what to do.

I have read a lot of forum posts about this, but nothing seems to work for me (i'm a totally newbie). I have come to the understanding that the following information can help troubleshooting:

My kernel:

2.6.35-22-generic

Ifconfig:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:05:89:b4:8b  
          inet6 addr: fe80::230:5ff:fe89:b48b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:52 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:104
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:23 Base address:0x5000 

eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:05:89:b4:8b  
          inet addr:169.254.8.93  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Interrupt:23 Base address:0x5000 

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:980 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:980 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:77768 (77.7 KB)  TX bytes:77768 (77.7 KB)

the middle paragraph showed up after i manually tried to add this code to my etc/network/interfaces:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub [8086:2580] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105b]
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI Express Root Port [8086:2581] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:1066]
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2662] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2664] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2666] (rev 03)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2640] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller [8086:2652] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:105c]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic W620 [1734:105c]
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc R423 UI [Radeon X800PRO (PCIE)] [1002:5549]
	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:0412]
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon, radeonfb
01:00.1 Display controller [0380]: ATI Technologies Inc R423 UI [Radeon X800PRO (PCIE)] (Secondary) [1002:5569]
	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:0413]
0b:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: ADMtek NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 [1317:0985] (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Scenic N300 ADMtek AN983 10/100 Mbps PCI Adapter [1734:100c]
	Kernel driver in use: tulip
	Kernel modules: tulip
0b:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Agere Systems FW322/323 [11c1:5811] (rev 61)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions Device [1734:1026]
	Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
	Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
0b:09.0 Multimedia controller [0480]: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder [1131:7134] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV 300i DVB-T + PAL [11bd:002d]
	Kernel driver in use: saa7134
	Kernel modules: saa7134
0b:0b.0 Modem [0703]: Smart Link Ltd. SmartLink SmartPCI562 56K Modem [163c:3052] (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Smart Link Ltd. SmartLink SmartPCI562 56K Modem [163c:3052]
	Kernel driver in use: serial

lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1           3261  1 
nls_cp437               4931  1 
vfat                    9201  1 
fat                    48240  1 vfat
usb_storage            40172  1 
binfmt_misc             6599  1 
mt352                   5606  1 
saa7134_dvb            23366  0 
videobuf_dvb            5219  1 saa7134_dvb
dvb_core               88505  1 videobuf_dvb
saa7134_alsa           10412  1 
mt20xx                 11143  1 
tea5767                 5994  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   217980  1 
tda9887                 9697  1 
snd_hda_intel          22107  2 
tda8290                12538  0 
tuner                  20578  2 
snd_hda_codec          87552  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
radeon                825934  3 
snd_hwdep               5040  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                71475  3 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi            4588  0 
snd_rawmidi            17783  1 snd_seq_midi
p54usb                 11206  0 
p54common              25426  1 p54usb
ir_lirc_codec           3092  0 
lirc_dev                9393  1 ir_lirc_codec
led_class               2633  1 p54common
saa7134               148613  2 saa7134_dvb,saa7134_alsa
snd_seq_midi_event      6047  1 snd_seq_midi
ttm                    56633  1 radeon
mac80211              231541  2 p54usb,p54common
snd_seq                47174  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ir_sony_decoder         1889  0 
ir_jvc_decoder          1950  0 
drm_kms_helper         30200  1 radeon
snd_timer              19067  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
v4l2_common            17329  2 tuner,saa7134
snd_seq_device          5744  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
videodev               43098  3 tuner,saa7134,v4l2_common
v4l1_compat            13359  1 videodev
ir_rc6_decoder          2334  0 
videobuf_dma_sg         9806  3 saa7134_dvb,saa7134_alsa,saa7134
videobuf_core          16907  3 videobuf_dvb,saa7134,videobuf_dma_sg
ir_rc5_decoder          1950  0 
usbhid                 36882  0 
cfg80211              144470  2 p54common,mac80211
ppdev                   5556  0 
drm                   168054  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
ir_common               5167  1 saa7134
parport_pc             26058  0 
ir_nec_decoder          2014  0 
intel_agp              26360  0 
snd                    49006  16 saa7134_alsa,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
hid                    67742  1 usbhid
ir_core                14654  8 ir_lirc_codec,saa7134,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,ir_common,ir_nec_decoder
tveeprom               11178  1 saa7134
psmouse                59033  0 
serio_raw               4022  0 
soundcore                880  1 snd
lp                      7342  0 
agpgart                32011  3 ttm,intel_agp,drm
snd_page_alloc          7120  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit            5168  1 radeon
parport                31492  3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
firewire_ohci          21106  0 
floppy                 54311  0 
firewire_core          46643  1 firewire_ohci
tulip                  46654  0 
crc_itu_t               1383  1 firewire_core

I would really appreciate some help on this!

- Peter

[reed9]

There's no pci wireless card listed, but you do have a driver for a usb wireless card showing up. Is this a USB wireless adapter you have? If so can you post the output of

lsusb
dmesg | grep firmware

[suhm]

Hi,

Thank you for your quick reply!

It is not a USB card. When i tried the lsusb, the only thing i saw was the mouse and keyboard.

How can i get it to see my network card?

- Peter

[reed9]

If the linux kernel isn't seeing the card, that's a bigger problem. I guess I would check that it's seated correctly in your machine.

Check also the output of

lshw -C network

[suhm]

The lshw command printed:

PCI (sysfs)  

  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100
       vendor: ADMtek
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:04.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 11
       serial: 00:30:05:89:b4:8b
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tulip driverversion=1.1.15 latency=64 maxlatency=128 mingnt=64 multicast=yes
       resources: irq:23 ioport:5000(size=256) memory:f0202000-f02023ff memory:41000000-4101ffff

How can i check if the kernel is seated right? And is there any way to fix it if it isn't?

Again, thanks for your help!

[reed9]

Sorry, I meant make sure your wireless card is seated properly in your machine. The Scaleo T is a desktop right? Did you buy it with a wireless adapter? Or did you put it in the machine yourself?

[suhm]

Okay!

Yes it's a desktop, 7 years old i think. I bought it with the network card preinstalled and i have never touched anything inside the machine...

[reed9]

You're positive it has a wireless network card? The ethernet card is showing fine, but I'm inclined to think there isn't actually a wireless card in there.

[suhm]

Positive! It has been working fine with Windows XP so far. It has a little LED-light on the front saying "WLAN LINK", and it's turned on :S

[suhm]

I just tried booting Ubuntu 9.10, and the wifi works perfectly fine! I think i will just go with this distro since i only need to do programming on the machine. I just need a distro with great support and lots of documentation!

I still find it weird that it doesn't work with 10.10 and #! 10...

Thanks again for your help!