[SOLVED] Asus eee pc 1001p atheros wifi : cannot access to internet

[whitehole86]

Hi,

I just installed EasyPeasy linux on my Asus EEE PC 1001p.

I cannot access to the Internet on my WiFi setup.

I tried to install ndiswrapper and ndisgtk but it failed.

Here are my Linux's specifications :

Ubuntu
Version 10.04 (lucid)
Kernel Linux 2.6.32-21-generic
GNOME 2.30.0

Here are my network specs :

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge [8086:a010]
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a011]
	Kernel driver in use: i915
	Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:a012]
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 [8086:27d6] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller [8086:27bc] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c1] (rev 02)
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1062] (rev c0)
	Kernel driver in use: atl1c
	Kernel modules: atl1c
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:002c] (rev 01)

============ lsusb ============
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 13fe:3600 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:5111 IMC Networks 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
nls_iso8859_1           3249  1 
nls_cp437               4919  1 
vfat                    8901  1 
fat                    47767  1 vfat
usb_storage            39425  1 
joydev                  8708  0 
dm_crypt               11331  0 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   203168  1 
snd_hda_intel          21877  2 
snd_hda_codec          74201  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5412  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70662  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo               56990  0 
snd                    54148  16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
psmouse                63245  0 
videodev               34361  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
serio_raw               3978  0 
atl1c                  28083  0 
soundcore               6620  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp                      7028  0 
parport                32635  1 lp
dm_raid45              81647  0 
xor                    15028  1 dm_raid45
fbcon                  35102  71 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
vga16fb                11385  0 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
i915                  282354  4 
drm_kms_helper         29297  1 i915
drm                   162471  5 i915,drm_kms_helper
intel_agp              24177  2 i915
ahci                   32008  2 
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 i915
agpgart                31724  2 drm,intel_agp
video                  17375  1 i915
output                  1871  1 video

============ dmesg-firmware ============

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-21-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr e0:cb:4e:8d:de:c5  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 
          Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)
          Interruption:29 

lo        Link encap:Boucle locale  
          inet adr:127.0.0.1  Masque:255.0.0.0
          adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          Packets reçus:112 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 
          Octets reçus:8768 (8.7 KB) Octets transmis:8768 (8.7 KB)


============ iwconfig ============

Thank you.

[whitehole86]

I also followed the troubleshooting guide and it asked me to enter in the terminal :

sudo lshw -C network

Here is the output :

  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Atheros Communications Inc.
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:fbff0000-fbffffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: e0:cb:4e:8d:de:c5
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.1-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:29 memory:f7fc0000-f7ffffff ioport:ec00(size=128)

We can see that my Atheros wifi card is "UNCLAIMED"...

[rokytnji]

First Try

sudo lsmod | grep ath

or

lsmod | grep ath*

If ath5k and ath9k show up

sudo modprobe ath9k

then

sudo ifconfig -a

again. Hopefully wlan0 will show up in next post. I hope

I tried to install ndiswrapper and ndisgtk but it failed.

does not cause a conflict. To check what driver is loaded

 sudo lspci -vnn

and look for something like

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:002c] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device [1a3b:1112]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at fbff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 12-14-24-ff-ff-17-15-00
Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: <whatever driver shows up>

Your kernel came with the atheros driver module (ath9k) in your kernel.

ath9k is a driver supporting Atheros 802.11n PCI/PCI-E chipsets, included in the mainline Linux kernel since version 2.6.27.

I don't know why the heck easy peasy did not load it though. Search term I used in google was

168c:002c debian

which brought me to

DebianEeePC/Models - Debian Wiki

and

ath9k - Debian Wiki

If everything looks cool and and ath9k shows it is loaded and wlan0 wireless shows upo in ifconfig -a readout. Then you can enable and connect wirelesss in easy peasy network manager.

[whitehole86]

I entered :

lsmod | grep ath*

and I got :

vfat                        8901 0
fat                        47767 1 vfat
v4l1_compat                13251  2 uvcvideo,videodev
atl1c                     28083  0
vgastate                  8961  1 vga16fb

There is no mention of neither ath5k, nor ath9k.

And when I entered :

sudo lspci -vnn

Here are the relevant part about my Atheros card :

Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1062] (rev c0)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:838a]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
	Memory at f7fc0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
	I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
	Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [6c] Vital Product Data <?>
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
	Capabilities: [180] Device Serial Number ff-4e-cb-e0-c5-de-8d-ff
	Kernel driver in use: atl1c
	Kernel modules: atl1c

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:002c] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Device [1a3b:1112]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
	Memory at fbff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
	Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
	Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
	Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
	Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 12-14-24-ff-ff-17-15-00
	Capabilities: [170] Power Budgeting <?>

There line with "Kernel drive in use" is missing...

I followed and read the hyperlink you gave me.

I found that webpage : (wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Model/1005P)

I think that if I installed the "Squeeze" installer, maybe it will install the ath9k driver I do not have (wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallUsingStandardInstaller).

What do you think?

[rokytnji]

Try

sudo modprobe ath9k

for grins in easy peasy and then

sudo ifconfig -a

If wlan0 does not show up in ifconfig -a. Then try

sudo modprobe ath5k

then

sudo ifconfig -a

again.

It can't hurt. Maybe easy peasy left the ath module out of their kernel build (which would be pretty ignorant IMO)

[rokytnji]

Netbook Data: Acer Aspire One 150 ZG5 - EasyPeasy Wiki

Reading that. It looks like the ath5k driver is what is used in easy peasy instead of ath9k

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

Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e008]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at 35200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel <?>
Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
Kernel modules: ath5k

[rokytnji]

Found this since you are

Ubuntu
Version 10.04 (lucid)

How to enable the ath9k wireless driver on Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) | dimitar.me

Edit: Ignore this as you already have a

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-21-generic

[whitehole86]

I solved it.

I noticed that my ethernet card was working so I plugged in my ethernet cable directly into my eee-pc.

I downloaded and installed all the patches that Easypeasy suggested and now, my wifi works.

$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"BELL599"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 64:0F:28:26:64:61   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=66/70  Signal level=-44 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Thank you!