Program to install ath9k_htc (Atheros Linux Driver)

[rileyedward]

kenneth@kenneth-basment:~$ uname -a
Linux kenneth-basment 2.6.35-23-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 5 19:17:11 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux

[vagrale13]

Reboot and select to continued with older kernel, e.g.
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-14-generic

older than 2.6.35-23-generic
and see if it works your usb wireless again!

[owlcroft]

If I may break into this discussion, I , too, am having some problems with a WNA1100 and hope I can get some help here.

I have downloaded and installed the .deb package for the Atheros driver, and run the install, and every indication is that it worked satisfactorily--except that I have zero connectivity.

The Hardware Drivers window (under System) tells me that an "Atheros driver 801.11n HTC based wireless devices" driver is both Enabled and In Use. Using lsusb shows the correct NetGear, Inc. entry of 0846:9030. An lsmod | grep ath9k gives:

ath9k_htc               62980
mac80211               299920
ath9k_common             8960
led_class                7176
ath                     13440
cfg80211               188488
compat-firmware-class   14592
usbcore                170288

Just to be sure, I also tried (after rebooting a couple of times to no avail) sudo modprobe ath9k_htc, also with no results. Using cat /etc/modules includes a single instance of ath9k_htc in the results list. but using iwconfig shows no wireless extensions, and sudo iwlist scan gives a cannot be scanned result.

In short, it all looks good except that there is no connection. Clicking on the Network Settings shows no wireless entry. Nor is there any light at all from the physical device.

The Ubuntu is 8.04; I'd like to upgrade that, but have gotten into Driver Hell with the nVidia video card proprietary driver, and am struggling with how to uninstall it and install a non-proprietary driver, and cannot upgrade till I do because else I have nothing but bare minimal 480x600 video. (Also, right now I have no internet connection at all for that computer till either I get this driver fixed or our local ISP restores our windstorm-interrupted service, which may be many days yet.)

Any thoughts on what could be wrong and how it might be fixed?

LATER ADD: I think I have now identified the problem. Using dmsg | grep ath shows that the driver activation is failing with Error -22, and a separate message is more exact, showing that it is unable to find the firmware file, ar9271.fw--even though a copy is correctly located in /lib/firmware plus a duplicate in /lib/firmware/[kernelfolder]. This problem seems, from Googling, to be a well-known one, but it is unclear to me if there is any known solution; it is apparently a race condition of some sort, so the driver will work on some systems and "mysteriously" fail on others. It may be that newer versions of the kernel, the driver, both or either, fix the problem, but what I've read so far is too technical for my level for me to be sure. Still looking for help.

[vagrale13]

@owlcroft
I think ath9k_htc doesn' t work in Ubuntu 8.04, because uses old kernel!

A test you can do, is to install newer kernel! I try it to virtualbox and i had no problems!
First you must download from somewhere the following the packages
1) wireless-crda_1.12_i386.deb from here http://repos.um.ac.ir/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wireless-crda/

2) Download the kernel 2.6.32XXX from here http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.32/

you need the 3 packages
a) linux-headers-2.6.32-020632-generic_2.6.32-020632_XXXX.deb
b) linux-image-2.6.32-020632-generic_2.6.32-020632_XXXX.deb
c) linux-headers-2.6.32-020632_2.6.32-020632_all.deb
where XXXX is i386 for 32bit or amd64 for 64bit
accordingly what version you have.

Install first wireless-crda deb with double-click,
then put 3 .deb packages of kernel to your home folder,
and run

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

reboot and after install and run ath9k_htc-installer_1-0_all.deb

then reboot again, and see if it works!

All that i tested with Virtualbox, and i' m not sure if it works!

If you have error somewhere, don' t reboot,
post your problem first, and wait to answer you someone if the problem is big!

[stergios1]

vagrale13 patrioth, i install compact-wireless drivers exo tp-link wn722wn ath9k_htc
trexo backtrack 4 meso virtualbox

after make, make install, make unload, modprobe ath9k_htc
no wireless adapter found
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.
after i did modprobe -r ath9k_htc and then modprobe -v ath9k_htc i take this:

insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/kernel/drivers/leds/led-class.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/updates/compat/compat.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/kernel/net/rfkill/rfkill.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/updates/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_hw.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_common.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/updates/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.35.8/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko

I can't find my wireless card when i type iwconfig can you help me please?

[owlcroft]

Sorry for the delay in responding.

The 8.04 may or may not be the problem. But we have, at least for now, abandoned the install attempt, as the intended use of the wireless connection--to pick up Sprint wireless briadband--turned out to be of no real point (we are in a very rural area, and Sprint's coverage here is too weak to be reliably useful). Thanks to everybody for trying. I just wish now we hadn't spent the money on the hardware. . . .

[mculbertson]

Vagrale13,

Thanks for this it works perfectly for me on KDE and Ubuntu installs.

[snoopy-2009]

wow.. so apparently my girlfriends laptop has a newly formed spontanious-reboot trick, which is quickly growing old to me. this is the third time ive typed a post such as this (in the last 15 mins), this time im playing it smart, and typing it out in gedit (on MY no-net machine, as of this time), and will copy it over when im safely done typing and is saved..lol.. that really ticked me off the 2nd time, because it was more elaborate than the first.. of course, and as is this one. (anyway, i did a quick ubuntu install earlier today, just to get her laptop up and running for internet purposes to research this issue, without having to boot back and forth from the windows partion on MY primary pc.) this turned out to be an overheating problem.

i feel as ive done as much research as i can on the ath9k_htc (htc being the usb driver, as im told by the linuxwireless people). and ive read this thread all the way through numerous times in the last week, in attempt to get my WNA1100 working on linux. im new to linux, as in the last week; i started with slackware, failed, replaced it with backtrack4r2, also a fail, but in that research, i noticed seeing the posts searching through google, mentioning somthing along the lines of "[SOLVED] Ath9k_htc Installer and Ubuntu 10.10" and also saw your reccomendation to someone else to use ubuntu 10.10. which brought me here. i see other people getting my exact usb adapter to work on their linux, and im not understanding why it wont on mine.

i hope i didnt leave out any other information youve requested from other posters prior to this, this is my attempt to make your life just a LITTLE less difficult, by not leaving an uninformitive post saying such things as "I CANT GET MY WNA1100 TO WORK! FIX IT FOR MEEE!!" lol.. so i wrote down all the cmd outputs youve asked for, and here they are. the only thing im aware is missing, is the top half of the output of the 'Dmesg" cmd, as it was much too long, and wouldnt let me scroll up far enough (this is where i left a super mario bros gag, in the 2nd attempt to post this.. for some comic relif; about not being able to scroll backwards.. sad chuckle.. not so funny this time around..)

anyway, heres what i got..

root@SNooPY-Ubuntu:/home/snoopy# lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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 002: ID 046d:c52e Logitech, Inc. 
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 003: ID 090c:1000 Feiya Technology Corp. Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:9030 NetGear, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
root@SNooPY-Ubuntu:/home/snoopy# uname -r
2.6.35-22-generic
root@SNooPY-Ubuntu:/home/snoopy# lsmod | grep ath9k
ath9k_htc              46587  0 
ath9k_common            6874  1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw              314699  2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common
mac80211              266657  2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common
led_class               3393  1 ath9k_htc
ath                    10413  2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
cfg80211              170293  4 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,mac80211,ath
root@SNooPY-Ubuntu:/home/snoopy# cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp
rtc
ath9k_htc
root@SNooPY-Ubuntu:/home/snoopy# ls -l /lib/firmware/ar*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70608 2010-08-29 20:12 /lib/firmware/ar7010.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83968 2010-08-16 15:02 /lib/firmware/ar9170-1.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3508 2010-08-16 15:02 /lib/firmware/ar9170-2.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15960 2010-08-16 15:02 /lib/firmware/ar9170.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51280 2010-08-16 15:02 /lib/firmware/ar9271.fw
root@SNooPY-Ubuntu:/home/snoopy#

and this is the dmesg output mentioned, being cut off at the head.

[    0.350737] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[    0.350846] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P0PC._PRT]
[    0.350972] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCE2._PRT]
[    0.351040] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCE6._PRT]
[    0.368322] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.368428] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.368531] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.368633] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.368743] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.368845] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 9) *0, disabled.
[    0.368943] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.369049] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 3 4 5 7 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[    0.369087] HEST: Table is not found!
[    0.369193] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:01:00.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[    0.369197] vgaarb: loaded
[    0.369367] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    0.380212] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[    0.380212] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.380212] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.380216] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.380289] ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
[    0.380291] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[    0.380294] PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
[    0.380624] reserve RAM buffer: 000000000009fc00 - 000000000009ffff 
[    0.380627] reserve RAM buffer: 000000005ffd0000 - 000000005fffffff 
[    0.380761] NetLabel: Initializing
[    0.380762] NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
[    0.380764] NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[    0.380780] NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[    0.380819] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0, 0
[    0.380825] hpet0: 4 comparators, 32-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[    0.382866] Switching to clocksource hpet
[    0.392043] AppArmor: AppArmor Filesystem Enabled
[    0.392068] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[    0.392095] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[    0.395727] pnp 00:0a: disabling [mem 0xfebff000-0xfebff7ff] because it overlaps 0000:00:14.4 BAR 14 [mem 0xfeb00000-0xfebfffff]
[    0.397174] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 17 devices
[    0.397176] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[    0.397191] system 00:09: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff] could not be reserved
[    0.397194] system 00:09: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff] has been reserved
[    0.397201] system 00:0a: [io  0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
[    0.397204] system 00:0a: [io  0x040b] has been reserved
[    0.397206] system 00:0a: [io  0x04d6] has been reserved
[    0.397209] system 00:0a: [io  0x0c00-0x0c01] has been reserved
[    0.397212] system 00:0a: [io  0x0c14] has been reserved
[    0.397214] system 00:0a: [io  0x0c50-0x0c51] has been reserved
[    0.397217] system 00:0a: [io  0x0c52] has been reserved
[    0.397219] system 00:0a: [io  0x0c6c] has been reserved
[    0.397222] system 00:0a: [io  0x0c6f] has been reserved
[    0.397224] system 00:0a: [io  0x0cd0-0x0cd1] has been reserved
[    0.397227] system 00:0a: [io  0x0cd2-0x0cd3] has been reserved
[    0.397230] system 00:0a: [io  0x0cd4-0x0cd5] has been reserved
[    0.397233] system 00:0a: [io  0x0cd6-0x0cd7] has been reserved
[    0.397235] system 00:0a: [io  0x0cd8-0x0cdf] has been reserved
[    0.397238] system 00:0a: [io  0x0800-0x089f] has been reserved
[    0.397241] system 00:0a: [io  0x0b10-0x0b1f] has been reserved
[    0.397244] system 00:0a: [io  0x0900-0x090f] has been reserved
[    0.397246] system 00:0a: [io  0x0910-0x091f] has been reserved
[    0.397249] system 00:0a: [io  0xfe00-0xfefe] has been reserved
[    0.397253] system 00:0a: [mem 0xffb80000-0xffbfffff] has been reserved
[    0.397256] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff] has been reserved
[    0.397259] system 00:0a: [mem 0xffeff000-0xffeff7ff] has been reserved
[    0.397262] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfff80000-0xffffffff] has been reserved
[    0.397267] system 00:0d: [io  0x0a00-0x0a0f] has been reserved
[    0.397270] system 00:0d: [io  0x0a10-0x0a1f] has been reserved
[    0.397275] system 00:0e: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff] has been reserved
[    0.397280] system 00:0f: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf08fffff] has been reserved
[    0.397286] system 00:10: [mem 0x00000000-0x0009ffff] could not be reserved
[    0.397288] system 00:10: [mem 0x000c0000-0x000cffff] has been reserved
[    0.397291] system 00:10: [mem 0x000e0000-0x000fffff] could not be reserved
[    0.397294] system 00:10: [mem 0x00100000-0x5fffffff] could not be reserved
[    0.403374] pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
[    0.403378] pci 0000:00:02.0:   bridge window [io  0xc000-0xcfff]
[    0.403382] pci 0000:00:02.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfe900000-0xfe9fffff]
[    0.403387] pci 0000:00:02.0:   bridge window [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.403392] pci 0000:00:06.0: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
[    0.403394] pci 0000:00:06.0:   bridge window [io  0xd000-0xdfff]
[    0.403398] pci 0000:00:06.0:   bridge window [mem 0xfea00000-0xfeafffff]
[    0.403402] pci 0000:00:06.0:   bridge window [mem pref disabled]
[    0.403407] pci 0000:00:14.4: PCI bridge to [bus 03-03]
[    0.403410] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [io  0xe000-0xefff]
[    0.403416] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [mem 0xfeb00000-0xfebfffff]
[    0.403421] pci 0000:00:14.4:   bridge window [mem pref disabled]
[    0.403439] pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.403446] pci 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.403456] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0xffff]
[    0.403458] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [mem 0x60000000-0xfcffffffff]
[    0.403461] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
[    0.403463] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io  0xc000-0xcfff]
[    0.403466] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xfe900000-0xfe9fffff]
[    0.403468] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
[    0.403471] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io  0xd000-0xdfff]
[    0.403473] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0xfea00000-0xfeafffff]
[    0.403476] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 0 [io  0xe000-0xefff]
[    0.403478] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 1 [mem 0xfeb00000-0xfebfffff]
[    0.403481] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 4 [io  0x0000-0xffff]
[    0.403483] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 5 [mem 0x60000000-0xfcffffffff]
[    0.403486] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 6 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff]
[    0.403534] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    0.403673] IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
[    0.404789] TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
[    0.409098] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[    0.410131] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536)
[    0.410135] TCP reno registered
[    0.410148] UDP hash table entries: 1024 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.410197] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 1024 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
[    0.410364] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    0.562565] pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
[    0.562579] PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
[    0.585936] Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
[    0.586090] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[    0.586107] type=2000 audit(1299541866.580:1): initialized
[    0.610369] HugeTLB registered 2 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[    0.611768] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[    0.611820] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    0.612421] fuse init (API version 7.14)
[    0.612506] msgmni has been set to 2968
[    0.612970] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
[    0.612974] io scheduler noop registered
[    0.612976] io scheduler deadline registered
[    0.613012] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[    0.613187] pcieport 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.613219]   alloc irq_desc for 40 on node 0
[    0.613221]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    0.613233] pcieport 0000:00:02.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[    0.613336] pcieport 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.613362]   alloc irq_desc for 41 on node 0
[    0.613363]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    0.613369] pcieport 0000:00:06.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[    0.613463] aer 0000:00:02.0:pcie02: AER service couldn't init device: no _OSC support
[    0.613471] aer 0000:00:06.0:pcie02: AER service couldn't init device: no _OSC support
[    0.613488] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
[    0.613509] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4
[    0.613727] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0
[    0.613742] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[    0.613794] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1
[    0.613797] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[    0.614071] ACPI: acpi_idle registered with cpuidle
[    0.614097] ACPI: duty_cycle spans bit 4
[    0.617604] ERST: Table is not found!
[    0.617829] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[    0.617836] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[    0.617980] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[    0.618301] 00:05: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[    0.619487] brd: module loaded
[    0.619984] loop: module loaded
[    0.620354]   alloc irq_desc for 16 on node 0
[    0.620356]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    0.620366] pata_acpi 0000:00:14.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    0.620415] pata_acpi 0000:00:14.1: setting latency timer to 64
[    0.620756] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[    0.620790] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[    0.620825] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6
[    0.620826] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
[    0.620895] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[    0.620941]   alloc irq_desc for 19 on node 0
[    0.620942]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    0.620946] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[    0.620968] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: EHCI Host Controller
[    0.621034] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    0.621068] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
[    0.621085] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: debug port 1
[    0.621113] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: irq 19, io mem 0xfe8ff000
[    0.640021] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[    0.640139] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.640144] hub 1-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
[    0.640243] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[    0.640285] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[    0.640296] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: OHCI Host Controller
[    0.640326] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[    0.640353] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: irq 16, io mem 0xfe8fe000
[    0.704111] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.704118] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.704203]   alloc irq_desc for 17 on node 0
[    0.704205]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    0.704209] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    0.704220] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: OHCI Host Controller
[    0.704252] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[    0.704275] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: irq 17, io mem 0xfe8fd000
[    0.741059] Freeing initrd memory: 16276k freed
[    0.764118] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.764125] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.764262]   alloc irq_desc for 18 on node 0
[    0.764263]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    0.764267] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    0.764278] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: OHCI Host Controller
[    0.764317] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[    0.764342] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: irq 18, io mem 0xfe8fc000
[    0.824106] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.824113] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.824231] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[    0.824242] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: OHCI Host Controller
[    0.824285] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[    0.824304] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: irq 17, io mem 0xfe8fb000
[    0.884107] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.884113] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.884221] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    0.884232] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: OHCI Host Controller
[    0.884265] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
[    0.884283] ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: irq 18, io mem 0xfe8fa000
[    0.944105] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    0.944112] hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[    0.944207] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[    0.944367] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f03:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
[    0.947439] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[    0.947446] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[    0.947566] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    0.947676] rtc_cmos 00:02: RTC can wake from S4
[    0.947721] rtc_cmos 00:02: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[    0.947752] rtc0: alarms up to one month, y3k, 114 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[    0.947845] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[    0.947972] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.17.0-ioctl (2010-03-05) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[    0.948131] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.1 loaded
[    0.948135] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    0.948434] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[    0.948436] cpuidle: using governor menu
[    0.948716] TCP cubic registered
[    0.948839] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    0.949278] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[    0.949514] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    0.949552] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[    0.949565] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: No compatible ACPI _PSS objects found.
[    0.949566] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Try again with latest BIOS.
[    0.949657] PM: Resume from disk failed.
[    0.949672] registered taskstats version 1
[    0.950816]   Magic number: 3:287:908
[    0.950876] mem port: hash matches
[    0.950953] rtc_cmos 00:02: setting system clock to 2011-03-07 23:51:07 UTC (1299541867)
[    0.950956] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[    0.950957] EDD information not available.
[    0.951038] Freeing unused kernel memory: 908k freed
[    0.951574] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
[    0.951734] Freeing unused kernel memory: 416k freed
[    0.952182] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1644k freed
[    0.962550] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[    0.973539] udev[109]: starting version 163
[    1.124615] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[    1.124652] r8169 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    1.124716] r8169 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.124781]   alloc irq_desc for 42 on node 0
[    1.124783]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    1.124802] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.125452] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8168b/8111b at 0xffffc9000037e000, 00:19:db:69:96:56, XID 18000000 IRQ 42
[    1.126377] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[    1.128480] scsi0 : pata_atiixp
[    1.130941] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[    1.131015] scsi1 : pata_atiixp
[    1.132396] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xff00 irq 14
[    1.132399] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xff08 irq 15
[    1.132739] ahci 0000:00:12.0: version 3.0
[    1.132758]   alloc irq_desc for 22 on node 0
[    1.132760]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    1.132768] ahci 0000:00:12.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[    1.132811] ahci 0000:00:12.0: controller can't do 64bit DMA, forcing 32bit
[    1.132932] ahci 0000:00:12.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode
[    1.132936] ahci 0000:00:12.0: flags: ncq sntf ilck led clo pmp pio ccc 
[    1.133440] scsi2 : ahci
[    1.133540] scsi3 : ahci
[    1.133611] scsi4 : ahci
[    1.133681] scsi5 : ahci
[    1.133818] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe8ff800 port 0xfe8ff900 irq 22
[    1.133822] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe8ff800 port 0xfe8ff980 irq 22
[    1.133826] ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe8ff800 port 0xfe8ffa00 irq 22
[    1.133830] ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe8ff800 port 0xfe8ffa80 irq 22
[    1.153976] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[    1.250028] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[    1.290799] ata1.00: ATAPI: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-348B, T500, max UDMA/33
[    1.336318] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
[    1.337496] scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM            SAMSUNG  CDRW/DVD SM-348B T500 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.338352] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    1.338356] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[    1.338483] sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[    1.338562] sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5
[    1.422934] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[    1.423145] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-3:1.0
[    1.423278] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    1.423280] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[    1.482541] ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    1.482615] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    1.482626] ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[    1.660023] ata3: softreset failed (device not ready)
[    1.660027] ata3: applying SB600 PMP SRST workaround and retrying
[    1.840028] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[    1.840039] ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[    1.841475] ata3.00: ATA-8: ST3500320AS, SD15, max UDMA/133
[    1.841478] ata3.00: 976773168 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[    1.841496] ata3.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
[    1.843259] ata3.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
[    1.843262] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
[    1.843436] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST3500320AS      SD15 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    1.843633] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/465 GiB)
[    1.843643] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[    1.843802] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[    1.843806] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[    1.843853] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[    1.844156]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
[    1.890299] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[    1.926661] [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting.
[    1.926665] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[    1.927681] radeon 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[    1.927689] radeon 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[    1.931650] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV530 0x1002:0x71C1).
[    1.931842] [drm] register mmio base: 0xFE9F0000
[    1.931844] [drm] register mmio size: 65536
[    1.932666] ATOM BIOS: VT
[    1.932715] [drm] Generation 2 PCI interface, using max accessible memory
[    1.932721] radeon 0000:01:00.0: VRAM: 512M 0x00000000 - 0x1FFFFFFF (512M used)
[    1.932724] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GTT: 512M 0x20000000 - 0x3FFFFFFF
[    1.932824]   alloc irq_desc for 43 on node 0
[    1.932827]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[    1.932841] radeon 0000:01:00.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[    1.932847] radeon 0000:01:00.0: radeon: using MSI.
[    1.932879] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[    1.933481] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=512M, BAR=256M
[    1.933487] [drm] RAM width 128bits DDR
[    1.933726] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 769430 kiB.
[    1.933728] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator.
[    1.933756] [drm] radeon: 512M of VRAM memory ready
[    1.933758] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
[    1.933790] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[    1.936526] [drm] radeon: 1 quad pipes, 2 z pipes initialized.
[    1.938112] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x00040000).
[    1.938199] [drm] Loading R500 Microcode
[    1.941591] [drm] radeon: ring at 0x0000000020000000
[    1.941627] [drm] ring test succeeded in 6 usecs
[    1.941801] [drm] radeon: ib pool ready.
[    1.941914] [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs
[    1.941923] failed to evaluate ATIF got AE_BAD_PARAMETER
[    1.941926] radeon 0000:01:00.0: Error during ACPI methods call
[    1.941961] [drm] Default TV standard: NTSC
[    1.941964] [drm] Default TV standard: NTSC
[    1.942066] [drm] Default TV standard: NTSC
[    1.942133] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[    1.942135] [drm] Connector 0:
[    1.942136] [drm]   DVI-I
[    1.942138] [drm]   HPD2
[    1.942140] [drm]   DDC: 0x7e40 0x7e40 0x7e44 0x7e44 0x7e48 0x7e48 0x7e4c 0x7e4c
[    1.942142] [drm]   Encoders:
[    1.942144] [drm]     CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1
[    1.942146] [drm]     DFP3: INTERNAL_LVTM1
[    1.942147] [drm] Connector 1:
[    1.942149] [drm]   S-video
[    1.942150] [drm]   Encoders:
[    1.942151] [drm]     TV1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC2
[    1.942152] [drm] Connector 2:
[    1.942154] [drm]   DVI-I
[    1.942155] [drm]   HPD1
[    1.942157] [drm]   DDC: 0x7e50 0x7e50 0x7e54 0x7e54 0x7e58 0x7e58 0x7e5c 0x7e5c
[    1.942158] [drm]   Encoders:
[    1.942160] [drm]     CRT2: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC2
[    1.942161] [drm]     DFP1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_TMDS1
[    2.065947] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[    2.069339] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input2
[    2.069456] generic-usb 0003:046D:C52E.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:13.1-2/input0
[    2.074715] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.1/input/input3
[    2.074940] generic-usb 0003:046D:C52E.0002: input,hiddev96,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:13.1-2/input1
[    2.074957] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    2.074959] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    2.109475] [drm] fb mappable at 0xD00C0000
[    2.109479] [drm] vram apper at 0xD0000000
[    2.109480] [drm] size 3145728
[    2.109482] [drm] fb depth is 24
[    2.109483] [drm]    pitch is 4096
[    2.151006] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[    2.160090] fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[    2.160092] drm: registered panic notifier
[    2.160096] Slow work thread pool: Starting up
[    2.160179] Slow work thread pool: Ready
[    2.160186] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.5.0 20080528 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[    2.257594] blkid[329]: segfault at ffffffff9496d96c ip 00007ff7c21f1898 sp 00007fff1d4446d0 error 4 in libblkid.so.1[7ff7c21e1000+1c000]
[    2.739468] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     JetFlash Transcend 4GB    1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
[    2.740017] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[    2.741447] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 7913472 512-byte logical blocks: (4.05 GB/3.77 GiB)
[    2.742311] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[    2.742314] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[    2.742317] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[    2.745053] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[    2.745063]  sdb: sdb1
[    2.748336] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[    2.748344] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[    2.812019] EXT4-fs (sda2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   10.199236] Adding 5253116k swap on /dev/sda3.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:5253116k 
[   10.224288] udev[455]: starting version 163
[   10.299075] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   10.349919] ACPI: resource piix4_smbus [io  0x0b00-0x0b07] conflicts with ACPI region SMOV [irq 2816-2822 64bit disabled]
[   10.349924] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver
[   10.404388] k8temp 0000:00:18.3: Temperature readouts might be wrong - check erratum #141
[   10.461273] EDAC MC: Ver: 2.1.0 Sep 19 2010
[   10.505857] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[   10.514772] EDAC amd64_edac:  Ver: 3.3.0 Sep 19 2010
[   10.515231] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[   10.541862] EDAC amd64: This node reports that Memory ECC is currently disabled, set F3x44[22] (0000:00:18.3).
[   10.541876] EDAC amd64: ECC disabled in the BIOS or no ECC capability, module will not load.
[   10.541877]  Either enable ECC checking or force module loading by setting 'ecc_enable_override'.
[   10.541879]  (Note that use of the override may cause unknown side effects.)
[   10.541919] amd64_edac: probe of 0000:00:18.2 failed with error -22
[   10.614266] parport_pc 00:07: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[   10.614321] parport0: PC-style at 0x3bc, irq 7 [PCSPP]
[   10.635920] type=1400 audit(1299541877.174:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/sbin/dhclient3" pid=753 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   10.636197] type=1400 audit(1299541877.174:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=753 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   10.636351] type=1400 audit(1299541877.174:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=753 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   10.641810] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   10.666316] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[   10.666322]     (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[   10.666326]     (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   10.666328]     (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   10.666331]     (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   10.666333]     (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   10.666336]     (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[   10.693915] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[   10.789348] HDA Intel 0000:00:14.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   10.789416]   alloc irq_desc for 44 on node 0
[   10.789418]   alloc kstat_irqs on node 0
[   10.789435] HDA Intel 0000:00:14.2: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[   10.804844] CA0106 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[   10.804875] snd-ca0106: Model 1012 Rev 00000000 Serial 10121102
[   11.096339] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_hif_usb
[   11.102902] blkid[827]: segfault at ffffffff9495596c ip 00007fb76afa9898 sp 00007fff25c244b0 error 4 in libblkid.so.1.1.0[7fb76af99000+1c000]
[   11.203167] type=1400 audit(1299541877.744:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/Xsession" pid=979 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   11.203198] type=1400 audit(1299541877.744:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/sbin/dhclient3" pid=980 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   11.203471] type=1400 audit(1299541877.744:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action" pid=980 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   11.203629] type=1400 audit(1299541877.744:8): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_replace" name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script" pid=980 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   11.207611] type=1400 audit(1299541877.744:9): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf" pid=983 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   11.207956] type=1400 audit(1299541877.744:10): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" name="/usr/sbin/cupsd" pid=983 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   11.332328] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[   11.332847] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   11.797949] [drm:drm_mode_getfb] *ERROR* invalid framebuffer id
[   12.191400] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[   13.750825] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[   21.223492] Intel AES-NI instructions are not detected.
[   21.251543] padlock: VIA PadLock not detected.
[   27.079504] UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly; forcing readonly mount
[   27.100896] UDF-fs INFO UDF: Mounting volume 'Repair disc Windows 7 64-bit', timestamp 2010/12/10 14:02 (1ed4)

if there is somewhere the dmesg cmd logs its output, or another way for me to get that info for you, if deems important enough, just let me know.


the only other thing i can think of to mention, is since MY system isnt internet ready without this adapter, i am unaware of how to "install my kernel headers" without internet.. i ran the cmd i found elsewhere on my girlfriends laptop, and i did not seem to encounter any errors, but at the same time, have no idea if it worked or not.. but it makes it further than my machine does, mine has no internet to reach any of the downloads.. what im hoping is that you will tell me theres a way to download the headers i need (on alternate system, the internet laptop) and transfer them pre-install via a usb stick, cd-r, external hdd (usb) or such..

i hope this didnt seem too long, i just wanted to at least TRY to prevent you from asking unneccesary questions that i should have had the know-how to post in the beginning.

[snoopy-2009]

okay, so beore you begin attempting to troubleshoot my issues, please disregard. ive stumbled accross Natty 11.04 and the wna1100 DOES include out-o-the-box support, and is even connected to the internet during the new ubuntu installation, and can download all updates on its own and all

sorry or wasting any time i may have caused.. even just by causing you to read my entire previous post.. lol.. tyvm anyway

[ianmga]

Important! If you follow the installation steps for a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 and still cannot get da' thing to work check whether the htc_9271.fw file is in /lib/firmware. If it isn't you can... google it I guess, then copy it there.

Adding the file worked for me. I kicked myself in the nuts for several hours trying to troubleshoot it.