LAN and Wirless problems

[steppinyellow]

Hi,

i recently got a laptop and put ubuntu onto it. I've been having some problems getting it to recognise the ethernet controller and the wirless card. I've had a look around on the forums and spent some time lookign about online.

From what i can tell it knows that the ethernet controller at least works, and the ndiswrapper is working.

I have the CD with he drivers on it, but there all in .exe format, and i havent been able to figure out how to get them off.

I'm running 8.10 and i'll post the lspci below:

lspci:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Graphics Port 0)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 7914
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
0f:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)
15:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 80)
15:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 80)
15:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technologies, Inc. MS Host Controller (rev 80)
15:00.5 Ethernet controller: JMicron Technologies, Inc. JMC260 PCI Express Fast Ethernet (rev 02)

Is there anything else you would need to know?

Thanks

[steppinyellow]

Still having problems with this if anyone could offer some help.

Thanks

[Iowan]

Post lshw -C network - probably much the same information, but limited to network hardware.

[linux6994]

You can use the ndsigtk gui to install the wireless driver which can be install via:
sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

But it will be looking for the .inf or the .sys files for the card.

If you try to run the .exe under wine will it create a folder with the driver files in it? Copy that folder to docs and try then use the ndisgtk to use those files? Just an idea.

I did see this:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+question/79685

good luck

[steppinyellow]

linux6994: i tried that and i dont think i have the ndisgtk installed. i might try the WINE route, but id rather install it without it.

Iowan: heres the lshw -C network

description: Computer
width: 32 bits
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 1896MiB
*-cpu
product: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.12.2
size: 1600MHz
capacity: 1600MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up pni cx16 lahf_lm svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 0
size: 128KiB
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 1
size: 512KiB
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RS690 Host Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: latency=64
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Graphics Port 0)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: ATI Technologies Inc
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 1)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 2)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0f:00.0
version: 10
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:5
description: PCI bridge
product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-system:0
description: System peripheral
product: SD/MMC Host Controller
vendor: JMicron Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:15:00.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=0 module=sdhci_pci
*-system:1 UNCLAIMED
description: SD Host controller
product: Standard SD Host Controller
vendor: JMicron Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 0.2
bus info: pci@0000:15:00.2
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-system:2 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: MS Host Controller
vendor: JMicron Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 0.3
bus info: pci@0000:15:00.3
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: JMC260 PCI Express Fast Ethernet
vendor: JMicron Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 0.5
bus info: pci@0000:15:00.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64 module=ahci
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI0)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI1)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI2)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI3)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB (OHCI4)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64 module=ohci_hcd
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64 module=ehci_hcd
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 14
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0 module=i2c_piix4
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: SB600 IDE
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=pata_atiixp latency=64 module=pata_atiixp
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 module=snd_hda_intel
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:6
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp module=k8temp
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: pan0
serial: c2:52:c9:e8:aa:8a
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A multicast=yes

Thanks for the replies guys

[npallett]

There is a solution for both the Wired LAN and Wireless on these systems.

Firstly the Wired Lan - the lspci output shows a JMicron Ethernet controller. This NIC uses the "jme" driver module which requires a 2.6.31 kernel in order to work properly, so you need to install a 2.6.31 kernel if you want wired networking to work.

You can find the latest 2.6.31 kernels here:

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/

Secondly, Wireless Networking - the lspci output show it is a Realtek 8172 WiFi chip which requires the rtl8192se driver in order to work properly.

You need to download and install the native Linux Realtek 8192Se 32Bit and/or 64Bit driver from the following locations

for the 64Bit version:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34090404/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009_64bit.tar.gz

for the 32Bit version:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33927923/rtl8192se_linux_2.6.0010.1012.2009.tar.gz

These drivers work with Jaunty's 2.6.28 kernels


Youl'll need to compile the drivers, so make sure you do:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

This will ensure you have the right tools installed for compilation.

Good Luck.