[ubuntu] Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

gabsik

Hi All!
I have an acer aspire 5520 amd64 athlon and our dear hardy heron operating on it .
Fresh install , i see the "configure third party and propietary drivers" applet confirming with green flags all drivers are supported , in my case the nvidia , the atheros HAL and the atheros 802.11 .For the nvidia few clicks and the 3d desktop got sorted , no stress , but not the wi-fi ! WHY ? I have installed the hardy heron for amd64 , so drivers should be the right ones , i don't see the presence of any wireless interface , i have removed the "gnome network manager" and i installed wicd , great prog , but it doesn't see a wireless 'if' either . I think i don't need to download and compile anything more than what already is on my pc where also the ndiswrapper module is present . In a previous install , i don't remember if i installed both madwifi and ndiswrapper , but i had two wireless extensions an ath0 and a wifi0 , they handled the connection to the router but no browsing , all really bad !!!!

Code:

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

This is my wireless interface , i don't think i need to download anything more and i'm sure i can already now configure wireless for my pc . I modprobed all the ath* drivers , what else should i do ? Module-assistant ? Am i going all wrong ?

Thanks!

porchrat

I had the same card...madwifi worked for me...didn't need ndiswrapper

gabsik · 12:27 PM

SUCCESS !
I only installed a subversion madwifi package , after finished i have closed the terminal and i couldn't make any 'copy and paste' of the entire operation to have a detailed share of the success here . I saw this thread basically in any linux forum of cyberspace , so i will be really short and essential .

"The 5 rules to have wifi working with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on "AMD64 AthlonX2 Acer ASPIRE 5520 and Atheros AR242x 802.11abg" .

It was a week ago , so they are well tested .

1 ) First purge any presence or activity of any form of ndiswrapper. After reboot the Hardware drivers listed in System/HardwareDrivers must have a red light aside .

2 ) Remove from /etc/modprobe/blacklist any reference of ath_pci and ath_hal you removed before ...

3 ) Download:

Code:

svn co https://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

4 ) Install it reading the INSTALL files inside the package.

5 ) Enable back both drivers , reboot , enjoy !!!!

P.S.
If you don't know much of compiling generally ( and this case is about compiling a module ) launch apt-get install module-assistant . Than launch it on its own in a terminal window and it prompts you with a list of options . Choose "PREPARE" it is to prepare the system for compiling modules and it downloads for you all kernel headers and compilers you need . It's best if you do this before you launch "make && make install" after the driver download !!!!

gabsik

Still a week later after nvidia drivers gave me propblems on resolution screen ( 900x800 ) and after i have installed the envyng package as last resort (mine is a nvidia geforge 7000m not fully supported ) and sorted out the video , ath_pci stopped working ! Yeah ! You got it ! i have no wireless again now ....

porchrat

navigate to the madwifi driver directory and do a make clean then redo the install on the madwifi drivers?

hopefully that will help

reasoner · 08:20 AM

Thanks so much to those above for figuring this out for me. Let me spell out the installation in a little more detail to save those after me some time.

I did this on a fresh Ubuntu 8.04 install on a Compaq Presario C770US Laptop with an ethernet cable plugged into my router.

The device string displayed by lspci -v was as follows:

Code:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 137a
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	Memory at 91300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>

First under System/Administration/HarwareDrivers disable both the Atheros HAL and the Atheros wireless thing and then reboot.

The kernel headers and the compiler are needed to build this driver so I started by installing build-essential. In a terminal window (Applications/Accessories/Terminal) enter:

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

The driver code will be downloaded with the subversion source code manager so I installed subversion:

Code:

sudo apt-get install subversion

I needed a place to put the driver source without mixing it up with other stuff so I changed directory to my home directory:

Code:

cd ~

Created a directory:

Code:

mkdir madwifi

And changed to the new dirctory:

Code:

cd madwifi

Use subversion to download (checkout) a copy of the code:

Code:

svn co https://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

The above command failed for me at first because subversion couldn't find svn.madwifi.org
Madwifi will probably have their DNS problems worked out by the time you read this. But if not then see the section at the bottom of this post titled "Cant find svn.madwifi.org" for a solution before continuing.

After the driver code is downloaded by subversion, change to the directory, which should be madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

Code:

cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

Run the make script to have the compiler build the driver:

Code:

make

Install the driver

Code:

sudo make install

Add the Atheros kernel module to the list of modules to be automatically loaded at boot by adding "ath_pci" (without the quotes) to the end of the /etc/modules file. I used the vi editor which I won't describe here. Gedit is probably easy to use so try:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

Now you can reboot and it should work. To get it working without a reboot you need to load the module manually:

Code:

sudo modprobe ath_pci

That should do it. The little wireless button seems to always stay lit orange. When I press it it seems to disable the wireless but it still stays lit orange. WPA works for me. I assume WEP will also. I haven't tried WPA2

CANT FIND svn.madwifi.org

If subversion has a hard time finding svn.madwifi.org then add it's IP address to your hosts file. I found this page http://madwifi.org/ticket/1982 at madwifi.org that gives the IP address 217.24.1.142 of svn.madwifi.org in one of the last messages. I tried just giving subversion the command to connect to the IP address instead of the domain name, but it failed before finishing the checkout. Edit the file /etc/hosts and add "217.24.1.142 svn.madwifi.org" (without the quotes). I added it just after the 127.0.1.1 line

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/hosts

Now you can continue with the subversion checkout. You should probably remove this line from your hosts file when you're done with this so that if you want to go back there some day and they've moved it then DNS will give the most recent IP address.

MaLek

Quote:

Originally Posted by gabsik

SUCCESS !

3 ) Download:

Code:

svn co https://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

the link didn't work !!!!
svn: OPTIONS of 'http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6': could not connect to server (http://svn.madwifi.org)

takegami

links works fine.
just replace madwifi.org with the madwifi-project.org in all old links.

Oglon3r

um which one of these should we try?

Code:

http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/

thanks

Im unable to get an ethernet cable wired to my dv7-1135nr so im downloading any packets on my windows partition saving and passing them via usb to my linux partition.

Ill bring some feedback if anything goes alright thank you much in advance

thewaytolite

This is the correct subversion site

svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branc...i-hal-0.10.5.6

Thank you Reasoner it worked like a charm

August 27th, 2008	#1
gabsik First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Aug 2008 Beans: 10	Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) Hi All! I have an acer aspire 5520 amd64 athlon and our dear hardy heron operating on it . Fresh install , i see the "configure third party and propietary drivers" applet confirming with green flags all drivers are supported , in my case the nvidia , the atheros HAL and the atheros 802.11 .For the nvidia few clicks and the 3d desktop got sorted , no stress , but not the wi-fi ! WHY ? I have installed the hardy heron for amd64 , so drivers should be the right ones , i don't see the presence of any wireless interface , i have removed the "gnome network manager" and i installed wicd , great prog , but it doesn't see a wireless 'if' either . I think i don't need to download and compile anything more than what already is on my pc where also the ndiswrapper module is present . In a previous install , i don't remember if i installed both madwifi and ndiswrapper , but i had two wireless extensions an ath0 and a wifi0 , they handled the connection to the router but no browsing , all really bad !!!! Code: 05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) This is my wireless interface , i don't think i need to download anything more and i'm sure i can already now configure wireless for my pc . I modprobed all the ath* drivers , what else should i do ? Module-assistant ? Am i going all wrong ? Thanks!

August 27th, 2008	#2
porchrat Has an Ubuntu Drip Join Date: Jul 2008 Beans: 741	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 I had the same card...madwifi worked for me...didn't need ndiswrapper __________________ Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. "Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Gentoo is too hard for me" unexpected token <EOF> expected "WITTY ONE-LINER"

August 31st, 2008	#3
gabsik First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Aug 2008 Beans: 10	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 SUCCESS ! I only installed a subversion madwifi package , after finished i have closed the terminal and i couldn't make any 'copy and paste' of the entire operation to have a detailed share of the success here . I saw this thread basically in any linux forum of cyberspace , so i will be really short and essential . "The 5 rules to have wifi working with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on "AMD64 AthlonX2 Acer ASPIRE 5520 and Atheros AR242x 802.11abg" . It was a week ago , so they are well tested . 1 ) First purge any presence or activity of any form of ndiswrapper. After reboot the Hardware drivers listed in System/HardwareDrivers must have a red light aside . 2 ) Remove from /etc/modprobe/blacklist any reference of ath_pci and ath_hal you removed before ... 3 ) Download: Code: svn co https://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 4 ) Install it reading the INSTALL files inside the package. 5 ) Enable back both drivers , reboot , enjoy !!!! P.S. If you don't know much of compiling generally ( and this case is about compiling a module ) launch apt-get install module-assistant . Than launch it on its own in a terminal window and it prompts you with a list of options . Choose "PREPARE" it is to prepare the system for compiling modules and it downloads for you all kernel headers and compilers you need . It's best if you do this before you launch "make && make install" after the driver download !!!! Last edited by gabsik; September 1st, 2008 at 12:27 PM..

September 1st, 2008	#4
gabsik First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Aug 2008 Beans: 10	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 Still a week later after nvidia drivers gave me propblems on resolution screen ( 900x800 ) and after i have installed the envyng package as last resort (mine is a nvidia geforge 7000m not fully supported ) and sorted out the video , ath_pci stopped working ! Yeah ! You got it ! i have no wireless again now ....

September 1st, 2008	#5
porchrat Has an Ubuntu Drip Join Date: Jul 2008 Beans: 741	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 navigate to the madwifi driver directory and do a make clean then redo the install on the madwifi drivers? hopefully that will help __________________ Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. "Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Gentoo is too hard for me" unexpected token <EOF> expected "WITTY ONE-LINER"

September 2nd, 2008	#6
reasoner First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Dec 2007 Beans: 6	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 Thanks so much to those above for figuring this out for me. Let me spell out the installation in a little more detail to save those after me some time. I did this on a fresh Ubuntu 8.04 install on a Compaq Presario C770US Laptop with an ethernet cable plugged into my router. The device string displayed by lspci -v was as follows: Code: 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown device 137a Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at 91300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <access denied> First under System/Administration/HarwareDrivers disable both the Atheros HAL and the Atheros wireless thing and then reboot. The kernel headers and the compiler are needed to build this driver so I started by installing build-essential. In a terminal window (Applications/Accessories/Terminal) enter: Code: sudo apt-get install build-essential The driver code will be downloaded with the subversion source code manager so I installed subversion: Code: sudo apt-get install subversion I needed a place to put the driver source without mixing it up with other stuff so I changed directory to my home directory: Code: cd ~ Created a directory: Code: mkdir madwifi And changed to the new dirctory: Code: cd madwifi Use subversion to download (checkout) a copy of the code: Code: svn co https://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 The above command failed for me at first because subversion couldn't find svn.madwifi.org Madwifi will probably have their DNS problems worked out by the time you read this. But if not then see the section at the bottom of this post titled "Cant find svn.madwifi.org" for a solution before continuing. After the driver code is downloaded by subversion, change to the directory, which should be madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 Code: cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 Run the make script to have the compiler build the driver: Code: make Install the driver Code: sudo make install Add the Atheros kernel module to the list of modules to be automatically loaded at boot by adding "ath_pci" (without the quotes) to the end of the /etc/modules file. I used the vi editor which I won't describe here. Gedit is probably easy to use so try: Code: sudo gedit /etc/modules Now you can reboot and it should work. To get it working without a reboot you need to load the module manually: Code: sudo modprobe ath_pci That should do it. The little wireless button seems to always stay lit orange. When I press it it seems to disable the wireless but it still stays lit orange. WPA works for me. I assume WEP will also. I haven't tried WPA2 CANT FIND svn.madwifi.org If subversion has a hard time finding svn.madwifi.org then add it's IP address to your hosts file. I found this page http://madwifi.org/ticket/1982 at madwifi.org that gives the IP address 217.24.1.142 of svn.madwifi.org in one of the last messages. I tried just giving subversion the command to connect to the IP address instead of the domain name, but it failed before finishing the checkout. Edit the file /etc/hosts and add "217.24.1.142 svn.madwifi.org" (without the quotes). I added it just after the 127.0.1.1 line Code: sudo gedit /etc/hosts Now you can continue with the subversion checkout. You should probably remove this line from your hosts file when you're done with this so that if you want to go back there some day and they've moved it then DNS will give the most recent IP address. Last edited by reasoner; September 2nd, 2008 at 08:20 AM.. Reason: Minor clarifications

March 18th, 2009	#8
takegami First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Mar 2009 Beans: 3	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 links works fine. just replace madwifi.org with the madwifi-project.org in all old links.

June 30th, 2009	#9
Oglon3r First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: in your gf house jeje ^^ Beans: 8	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 um which one of these should we try? Code: http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ thanks Im unable to get an ethernet cable wired to my dv7-1135nr so im downloading any packets on my windows partition saving and passing them via usb to my linux partition. Ill bring some feedback if anything goes alright thank you much in advance __________________ dv7-1135nr Windows Vista Ultimate Black Eternity Edition/Backtrack 4 x86-64 Dualboot AMD Turion X2 Dual core Mobile RM-70 2.00 GHz 6GB RAM PC2-6400 Atheros AR5007

January 6th, 2009	#10
thewaytolite First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Jun 2007 Beans: 4 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn	Re: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01 This is the correct subversion site svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/branc...i-hal-0.10.5.6 Thank you Reasoner it worked like a charm

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