Atheros AR8151 ethernet not working

[scenered]

Installed 10.04 on an Acer TimelineX 3820TG but can't get the ethernet to work.

$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network UNCLAIMED     
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: c0
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f0400000-f043ffff ioport:3000(size=128)

Tried to add atl1e to /etc/modules with no luck.

The driver from http://partner.atheros.com/Download.aspx?id=125 won't work either (error in script on make).

Any suggestions?

[chili555]

It makes perfectly for me. You need build-essential and linux headers-generic. You also need to precede to 'make' with 'sudo su.'

[scenered]

I got the linux headers-generic installed.
And the driver should already be in the kernel:
/lib/modules/2.6.32-22-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/atl1e.ko

What driver are you using for the AR8151?

[chili555]

What driver are you using for the AR8151?

I do not have the device; I was merely pointing out that the version you can download from Atheros will make correctly.

I believe the pci.id for your device is 1969:1073. Verify with:

lspci -nn

If so, your device is not supported in the built-in version of atl1e, but is in the version you can build from what you downloaded:

# modinfo atl1e
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-22-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/atl1e.ko
version:        1.0.1.9
license:        GPL
author:         Atheros Corporation, <xiong.huang@atheros.com>, Jie Yang <jie.yang@atheros.com>
description:    Atheros Gigabit Ethernet driver
srcversion:     D92F5696BBDCDFE391F4C3F
alias:          pci:v00001969d00002062sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001969d00001073sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
--- snip ---

Post back if you get stuck.

[scenered]

Yes, it says 1969:1073:

lspci -nn
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1073] (rev c0)


When I run make (as root) from the downloaded driver src folder I get this error:

/bin/sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
make: *** [default] Error 2

[chili555]

Yes, it says 1969:1073:

lspci -nn
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8151 v1.0 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1073] (rev c0)


When I run make (as root) from the downloaded driver src folder I get this error:

/bin/sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
make: *** [default] Error 2

The correct Makefile is in the directory above. I notice that untarring the tar.gz splatters stuff all over the /home directory; bad practice, in my opinion. Let's try this:

mkdir AR81Family
mv AR81Family-Linux-v1.0.1.9.tar.gz AR81Family
cd AR81Family
tar zxvf AR81Family-Linux-v1.0.1.9.tar.gz
sudo su
make install
modprobe atl1e
exit

As I said before, you must have build-essential installed.

[scenered]

Thanks. There I got it ok!

[audiocrush]

Hello guys

I have the same problem, but on the link you posted in post#1 the package is corrupt.

when untaring I always get an error...

can you please upload the package somewhere?

I am very new to linux and I don't have much experience in installing packages from source. Can you help me with that?
(I have the same notebook.. an acer aspire timelineX 3820TG)
ahm.. can you check if the sound is working for you properly?
If I plug in external speakers the sound disapears... if I unplug them I can hear everything through the internal speakers ö_ö it is confusing me x] on fedora core everything works fine :/

greetings from germany

joe

[chili555]

I have the same problem, but on the link you posted in post#1 the package is corrupt.

when untaring I always get an error...

It's not corrupt for me. Did you follow the instructions I posted just above? It works perfectly.

[audiocrush]

I always get this error:

audiocrush@debistorm:~/Downloads/AR81Family$ tar zxvf AR81Family-Linux-v1.0.1.9.tar.gz
atl1e.7
atl1e.spec
at_osdep.h
copying
dkms.conf
ldistrib.txt
Makefile
pci.updates
readme
release_note.txt
src/
src/atl1c_hw.c
src/atl1c.h
src/atl1e_hw.h
src/at_common_main.c
src/atl1e_param.c
src/kcompat.c
src/at_common.h
src/Module.symvers
src/atl1c_main.c
src/Module.markers
src/modules.order
src/atl1c_hw.h
src/atl1e_hw.c
src/atl1e_main.c
src/atl1e_ethtool.c
src/atl1c_param.c
src/atl1c_ethtool.c
src/at_osdep.h
src/kcompat_ethtool.c
src/Makefile
src/kcompat.h
src/atl1e.h

gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Beende mit Fehlerstatus aufgrund vorheriger Fehler

*edit*

OH w0000t?!
I ignored this echo of the terminal and continued with sudo make install and it worked ._.
without the need of a restart ö_ö
I'm heavily impressed of ubuntu
thank you man

but now I have one additional question:
can you imagine why my sound is not working anymore when i plug in external speakers?

and when i unplug them i can hear the system sounds again...