Howto: Wired and Wireless on Asus eeePC 1005HA and 1008HA (Jaunty)

[leandromartinez98]

UPDATED: On Karmic everything works out of the box. And there are many
other functional advantages relative to Jaunty, as the Intel
graphics work very well.




This post is a reproduction of something I've posted before here , which is essentially based on what was suggested in this article.

Here is the howto:

WIRED CONNECTION:

1- After installing Jaunty, download (from some other machine, of course), the AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz package from http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx

2 - Install the driver, ignoring some errors that may appear. Just follow this steps:

tar -xzvf AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz
cd src
make
sudo make install
sudo insmod atl1e.ko

(the last two steps must be redone if you do a kernel upgrade)

Done, you should get wired network now.

Note: People using 2.6.30+ kernels (which is not the default in Jaunty):
These steps must be followed: Post by BandedHawk. It works.



WIRELESS NETWORK

Once with the wired network installed, you can simply install this package to get the wireless network:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-jaunty

[UncoElite]

This post is a reproduction of something
2 - Install the driver, ignoring some errors that may appear. Just follow this steps:

tar -xzvf AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9.tar.gz
cd src
make
sudo make install
sudo insmod atl1e.ko

(the last two steps must be redone if you do a kernel upgrade)

Done, you should get wired network now.

I get an error when running the sudo make install command. I believe it's because the in the make command it doesn't build the *.ko files, it just builds *.o ones?

atomic@Tineee:~/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src$ make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-13-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic'
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/at_common_main.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1e_main.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1c_main.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1c_hw.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1e_hw.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1e_param.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1c_param.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1e_ethtool.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1c_ethtool.o
CC [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/kcompat.o
LD [M] /home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src/atl1e.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 0 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic'

atomic@Tineee:~/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for atomic:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-13-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/atomic/Desktop/[459]AR813X-linux-v1.0.0.9/src modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 0 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-13-generic'
gzip -c ../atl1e.7 > atl1e.7.gz
# remove all old versions of the driver
find /lib/modules/2.6.28-13-generic -name atl1e.ko -exec rm -f {} \; || true
find /lib/modules/2.6.28-13-generic -name atl1e.ko.gz -exec rm -f {} \; || true
install -D -m 644 atl1e.ko /lib/modules/2.6.28-13-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/atl1e.ko
install: cannot stat `atl1e.ko': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

I'm running the 2.6.28-13-generic kernel on a 1005ha. I have the kernel headers installed and I already had the mentioned backports package installed previously before trying to compile this.

Any help would be appreciated

[UncoElite]

I get an error when running the sudo make install command. I believe it's because the in the make command it doesn't build the *.ko files, it just builds *.o ones?




I'm running the 2.6.28-13-generic kernel on a 1005ha. I have the kernel headers installed and I already had the mentioned backports package installed previously before trying to compile this.

Any help would be appreciated

I've solved my problem. It's probably a bug in some script somewhere but whatever it is doesn't like compiling if the full directory path has the [ or ] characters in it. If I rename the directory to something without the [] characters it compiles and installs perfectly fine.

So end result is working ether and wifi on a 1005ha. Thanks for the howto

[leandromartinez98]

Update: On Karmic Alpha 3 wired and wireless work out of the box (and the Intel graphic card works beautifully, with compiz enabled). Tested with a USB-stick boot.

[dkulchenko]

Update: On Karmic Alpha 3 wired and wireless work out of the box (and the Intel graphic card works beautifully, with compiz enabled). Tested with a USB-stick boot.

Does the Intel graphics card work out of the box with Alpha 3, or do you still have to install the driver to get Compiz/3D?

[rootbeer92]

i follow the steps given by leandromartinez98 and i get an error meassege several times that says "linux kernel source not found." any help
it also says can't read atl1e.ko:no such file or directory.

[krackersk]

I am also have the 'linux kernel source not found'

[krackersk]

Ok, worked out what the problem was. I had the wrong linux-headers installed.

Rootbeer, to check which linux headers you have to install, in a terminal type:

uname -r

then the linux header package should be:

linux-headers-(what ever uname -r gave)

eg. Mine was:
linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic

Then search for and download this package from package.ubuntu.com, copy the .deb file to your laptop and install the package by:

sudo dkpg -i (file name)

eg. Mine was:

sudo dkpg -i linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic.deb

Then redo the intial instructions and hopefully it will work. NOTE: the last step in the initial instructions the file name "atl1e.ko" has the number 1 in it not two l's as I first thought, caught me out for a while!

[leandromartinez98]

Does the Intel graphics card work out of the box with Alpha 3, or do you still have to install the driver to get Compiz/3D?

Out of the box. And it really works, no problems with OpenGL applications. I mean, at least not in a test, I don't know yet about issues not perceivable in a small test.

[rootbeer92]

krakersk
i did as you said
installed the headers which were same as yours and install seemed to go good and still i get the kernel source not found msg