Ubuntu 12.04 Wifi Drivers

[chili555]

Will your comment about recompiling the driver for a newer kernel still apply?

Yessir!

Let us know how you get on.

[norm.h]

You must have missed my edit:
"Router reconfigured - all working OK
Again, many thanks"

[chili555]

You must have missed my edit:
"Router reconfigured - all working OK
Again, many thanks"

Awesome, sir! I'm glad to hear it and you will have helped many searchers.

Have fun!

[nezero]

Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 0037 (rev 01)

Thanks guys, you help me a great deal with my new laptop.

I posted details about my laptop here, though i'll repeat my WiFi experience.

I downloaded this driver and ran these commands after extracting.

sudo su
./scripts/driver-select restore
./scripts/driver-select ath9k
make clean
make
make install
reboot

There was no need to edit code (may have been mentioned already in this thread), that driver and those commands all worked fine.

Thanks again to all those who contributed to fixing this.

[Murdoc_of_puts]

Allright, so I'm having problems. I've followed this thread to the end, I've got a slightly different card- 9462 :0034 . I've been adjusting things as I go for that model, which is supported mostly in all of the drivers that I've been looking at. My problem is that I can't turn on the card. I was hoping that if I just installed the right driver magic would happen. So far though, no magic. Weird thing is that the bluetooth works just fine. Here's some tech specs.

uname -a
Linux poopzilla 3.2.50 #1 SMP Sat Aug 3 12:23:28 PDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
arc4                   12529  2 
ath9k                 149721  0 
bnep                   18176  2 
parport_pc             32688  0 
rfcomm                 46747  12 
mac80211              582504  1 ath9k
ppdev                  17030  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32114  1 
snd_hda_codec_realtek   222872  1 
snd_hda_intel          33239  3 
snd_hda_codec         117087  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              17659  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                96420  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
ath9k_common           14053  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              409068  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_rawmidi            30569  1 snd_seq_midi
ath                    23827  3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
cfg80211              534055  3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
btusb                  18291  0 
ath3k                  12917  0 
bluetooth             228797  25 bnep,rfcomm,btusb,ath3k
fglrx                3264017  64 
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                61553  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo               71447  0 
joydev                 17457  0 
usbhid                 46777  0 
videodev               97843  1 uvcvideo
snd_timer              29532  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14497  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
compat                 21151  10 ath9k,bnep,rfcomm,mac80211,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,cfg80211,btusb,ath3k,bluetooth
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    16780  1 videodev
edac_core              53353  0 
snd                    77973  16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
hid                    99200  1 usbhid
soundcore              15047  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         18484  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sp5100_tco             13697  0 
k10temp                13119  0 
i2c_piix4              13167  0 
shpchp                 37032  0 
edac_mce_amd           23414  0 
psmouse                72903  0 
jmb38x_ms              17369  0 
mac_hid                13205  0 
serio_raw              13211  0 
memstick               16476  1 jmb38x_ms
toshiba_acpi           18195  0 
sparse_keymap          13890  1 toshiba_acpi
video                  19151  0 
lp                     17759  0 
binfmt_misc            17431  1 
parport                46354  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
r8169                  60930  0 
sdhci_pci              18741  0 
sdhci                  32705  1 sdhci_pci

lshw -C network

*-network DISABLED      
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0a:00.0
       logical name: wlan2
       version: 01
       serial: b8:76:3f:78:e2:cd
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.2.50 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
       resources: irq:18 memory:fe800000-fe87ffff memory:fe880000-fe88ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 05
       serial: 88:ae:1d:57:b8:a4
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw ip=192.168.1.132 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:46 ioport:b000(size=256) memory:d0204000-d0204fff memory:d0200000-d0203fff

rfkill list
0: hci0: Bluetooth
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes

lspci (edited)
0a:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9462 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)

iwconfig
wlan2     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on


modinfo ath9k

filename:       /lib/modules/3.2.50/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
license:        Dual BSD/GPL
description:    Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.
author:         Atheros Communications
srcversion:     CDBF9312B7D43C49C80D3C2
alias:          platform:qca955x_wmac
alias:          platform:ar934x_wmac
alias:          platform:ar933x_wmac
alias:          platform:ath9k
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000036sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000037sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000034sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000033sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000032sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000030sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Esv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd0000002Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000029sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000027sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000024sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v0000168Cd00000023sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:        ath9k_hw,ath9k_common,mac80211,ath,compat,cfg80211
vermagic:       3.2.50 SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           debug:Debugging mask (uint)
parm:           nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption (int)
parm:           blink:Enable LED blink on activity (int)
parm:           btcoex_enable:Enable wifi-BT coexistence (int)
parm:           enable_diversity:Enable Antenna diversity for AR9565 (int)

I'm on a toshiba a665d-so91. There's a little button to turn on the wifi, that isn't working, but will work on another wifi card no problem, so it's not that section of hardware. I would really appreciate any help that you could give me. I hate to just dump info onto here, but hopefully this will help with a solution.

[chili555]

Allright, so I'm having problems. I've followed this thread to the end, I've got a slightly different card- 9462 :0034 . I've been adjusting things as I go for that model, which is supported mostly in all of the drivers that I've been looking at. My problem is that I can't turn on the card. I was hoping that if I just installed the right driver magic would happen. So far though, no magic. Weird thing is that the bluetooth works just fine.

I'm on a toshiba a665d-so91. There's a little button to turn on the wifi, that isn't working, but will work on another wifi card no problem, so it's not that section of hardware. I would really appreciate any help that you could give me. I hate to just dump info onto here, but hopefully this will help with a solution.

Since you have a slightly different problem and a slightly different card, please start your own new thread. Include everything here plus:

lspci -nn | grep 0280
uname -r

Fascinating.

[Murdoc_of_puts]

Ok, thanks, I moved it to here