Atheros wifi Ubuntu 10.04 Acer Aspire One ZG5

[PaulG9LXY]

Hi,
Due to issues with the original OS I've today installed ubuntu 10.04 onto my Aspire one ZG5 and having issues getting the wifi working.

I'm a relative noob to ubuntu, so please be gentle with me! Following the How To Post a Wireless Issue post, please find all the output required:

lspci:


03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (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 002: ID 064e:d101 Suyin Corp. Acer CrystalEye Webcam
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

ifconfig:


eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:68:9c:bd:d1
inet addr:192.168.0.3 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21e:68ff:fe9c:bdd1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:19473 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11073 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:28057911 (28.0 MB) TX bytes:1111935 (1.1 MB)
Interrupt:28 Base address:0x2000

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:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5840 (5.8 KB) TX bytes:5840 (5.8 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:68:ac:aa:3b
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


iwconfig:


lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off


lsmod:


Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
joydev 8740 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203376 1
arc4 1153 2
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 1999 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_hda_intel 22069 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 70694 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 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_mid i_event
ath5k 121632 0
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
i915 288611 3
mac80211 205402 1 ath5k
snd 54244 16 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec, snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_se q_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
acerhdf 6691 0
ath 7611 1 ath5k
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915
uvcvideo 57374 0
cfg80211 126144 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
soundcore 6620 1 snd
drm 162377 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
psmouse 63677 0
serio_raw 3978 0
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp 24375 2 i915
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp
video 17375 1 i915
output 1871 1 video
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
r8169 34140 0
mii 4381 1 r8169



dmesg | grep ath:


[ 17.118668] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 17.118702] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 17.118779] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 17.972339] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 17.972348] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 17.972359] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 17.972365] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 18.398408] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::rx
[ 18.398488] Registered led device: ath5k-phy0::tx
[ 18.398499] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)

Although there was an entry of:

[ 16.704646] acer-wmi: Blacklisted hardware detected - not loading


sudo lshw -C network


*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1e:68:9c:bd:d1
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.0.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
resources: irq:28 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:31010000-31010fff(prefetchable) memory:31000000-3100ffff(prefetchable) memory:31020000-3103ffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:22:68:ac:aa:3b
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
resources: irq:18 memory:35200000-3520ffff


iwlist scan | grep wlan0:


lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results



lsb_release -d:


Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS



uname -mr:


2.6.32-33-generic i686



sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

* Reconfiguring network interfaces...
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
[ OK ]



rfkill list:


0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no


Problem I have is with the wireless not picking up any networks (even though there are about 8 or 9 that I can pick up on my Vista laptop.

Is there anything obvious from all of the info above why this would be like this?

Enable wireless is ticked, Wireless networks show as Disconnected.

Many thanks

Paul

[PaulG9LXY]

Actually, after a reboot, rfkill list now shows:


0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes


and Wireless Networks are now showing as disabled? I haven't touched the wireless on/off button on the front of the netbook though?

Any help would be hugely appreciated as I'm stumped!

Cheers

Paul

[lisdavid89]

You need to compile and install the madwifi module to get wifi working.

First download the source codes for madwifi. Using terminal:

svn checkout http://madwifi-project.org/svn/madwifi/trunk madwifiThen change into that directory:

cd madwifiThen make the files:

makeThen install the module files (you'll need to enter your password when prompted to continue):

sudo make installThen load the module:

sudo modprobe ath_pciThen to set the module to load every time you start up, I would do:

sudo gedit /etc/modulesAnd in the editor that pops up, add "ath_pci" (without the quotation marks) to the list of modules to load on start up and save and close (don't delete any of the other modules in that list if there is any). That should be it! Good luck and I hope this works for you!