10.04 | Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Issue

**asdfasdf1122** · June 8th, 2010

Hi, I just recently did a fresh install on a Packard Bell EasyNote R1005 laptop.

I'm just using the connection manager which comes with 10.04 at the minute, however it doesn't seem to be working. I'm not sure whether it is failing to detect my wireless card or what. Going off the HOWTO post a topic guide, I'll post the available information in the hope that someone can help me get my wireless working, or failing that, point me in the right direction.

lspci:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 CPU Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN333/CN400/PM880 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM800/PM880/PN800/PN880 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 02)

ifconfig:

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:40:d0:8a:e3:d0  
          inet addr:192.168.1.84  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::240:d0ff:fe8a:e3d0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:47891 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:35474 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:55712316 (55.7 MB)  TX bytes:4606927 (4.6 MB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x2000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:960 (960.0 B)  TX bytes:960 (960.0 B)

iwconfig:

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

lsmod:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8                1069  1 
isofs                  29250  1 
via                    37920  3 
drm                   162471  4 via
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
ppdev                   5259  0 
joydev                  8708  0 
snd_via82xx            20058  2 
snd_via82xx_modem       8486  5 
gameport                9089  1 snd_via82xx
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_ac97_codec        100646  2 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem
ac97_bus                1002  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_mpu401_uart         5617  1 snd_via82xx
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70662  6 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
fbcon                  35102  71 
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
ath5k                 121792  0 
vga16fb                11385  1 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
snd                    54148  24 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac80211              204922  1 ath5k
ath                     7611  1 ath5k
i2c_viapro              5573  0 
via_agp                 5310  1 
via_ircc               21745  0 
cfg80211              126485  3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
lp                      7028  0 
soundcore               6620  1 snd
psmouse                63245  0 
serio_raw               3978  0 
snd_page_alloc          7076  3 snd_via82xx,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_pcm
agpgart                31724  2 drm,via_agp
irda                  186556  1 via_ircc
crc_ccitt               1339  1 irda
led_class               2864  1 ath5k
shpchp                 28820  0 
parport                32635  2 ppdev,lp
via_rhine              19154  0 
pata_via                7272  3 
mii                     4381  1 via_rhine

sudo lshw -C network:

Code:

 *-network:0 UNCLAIMED   
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 6
       bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
       version: 01
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10
       resources: memory:1c000000-1c00ffff
  *-network:1
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 12
       bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 74
       serial: 00:40:d0:8a:e3:d0
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.3 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.84 latency=128 link=yes maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:11 ioport:e200(size=256) memory:d0000000-d00000ff

iwlist scan:

Code:

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

Thanks in advance!

**asdfasdf1122** · June 10th, 2010

**asdfasdf1122** · June 15th, 2010

Anyone?

**asdfasdf1122** · June 30th, 2010

Anyone able to help now, or point me in the right direction please?

**flash63** · July 2nd, 2010

Hello,
ath5k don't work with this Chipset. You need the Mawifi-Driver Version 10.5.6 from http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/

Connection over LAN required!

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
wget http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r4126-20100324.tar.gz
tar xvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r*.tar.gz
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r*
make
sudo make uninstall
sudo make install

Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf as root, block ath5k and enable ath_pci

Code:

...
# blacklist ath_pci
blacklist ath5k

Restart

Code:

modinfo ath_pci | egrep 'versi|filen'
lsmod | grep ath
dmesg | grep ath
iwconfig
iwlist chan
sudo iwlist scan

**reckik** · August 26th, 2010

No f*cking way... Dude, this actually seems to work, although I'm just using this solution for a few hours now. But a few hours without dropping!!!! I don't believe it, never thought there would be a solution for this f*cking card. I actually just ordered a USB wifi adapter for my laptop, cause I basically gave up, but this seems to be hitting the sweet spot.

Anyways, I have had a lot of problems with this card, both in Lucid and Karmic. I read somewhere that installing the wireless-backport drivers should help, but that didn't help for me. Been blacklisting stuff and reinstalling since foreever on my Acer Aspire One A150 (ar5001)

After blacklisting the ath5k driver though the commands gave me some errors. The network didn't wanna connect. with the help of another forum at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1526773 I figured out that my /etc/network/interfaces wasn't correctly configured. I could connect it via the command line, but not via the connection manager.

I added the following

# wireless card manual add
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid SC1742
wireless-key s:0000000000000

I included the wireless essid since the network interface first didnt connect.

**Kidwell** · October 13th, 2010

Maybe cause this is more recent and a newer kernel, but I can not get this to work. I've tried several ways, and compiled madwifi but still nothing. With Madwifi I at least get ath0 device and it attempts to connect but will never authenticate. Tried changing the wireless router to not have a password and it still will never connect. Have followed this and many other posts to a T, and nothing. Currently i have MADWIFI using ath_pci and have blacklisted ath5k and ath9k, i have ath_pci and ath_hal in /etc/modules

any help is greatly appreciated
I don't wanna go back to an older version of Ubuntu
this is a fresh lucid install

can i go back to an older kernel for lucid, if so where do i get that?

**sherbey** · October 24th, 2010

I've got a compaq nx9005 with a 3com XJACK 802.11b/g cardbus card, which is an AR5001x+ chipset. It used to work under karmic but broke when I upgraded to lucid, and still refuses to work under maverick. ath5k detected an AR2414 chipset which detects networks but will not allow a connection to (at least) my wpa secured hub. Followed the instructions (sort-of); I disabled ath5k as below, downloaded http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org...current.tar.gz , make, sudo make install then added ath_pci to /etc/modules. Wifi seems to work now but annoyingly will break every time ubuntu issue a kernel upgrade.

Googling this reveals that there are quite a few people in this boat, where ath5k/ath9k don't support their chipset but ath_pci does. Perhaps canonical might like to put the ath_pci driver in the repositories somewhere; (re)compiling drivers at every kernel update is not what I would expect of ubuntu.
sudo lspci -v gives
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Device 6801
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
Kernel modules: ath_pci, ath5k

uname -r
2.6.35-22-generic

**macem29** · October 24th, 2010

Code:

http://ubuntucrack.blogspot.com/

scroll down to the bottom half of the page for step by step madwifi installation, worked for me

like mentioned earlier, do not try this if all you have is wifi connection, you need to be LAN connected

**Speedwagon** · November 10th, 2010

Originally Posted by flash63

Hello,
ath5k don't work with this Chipset. You need the Mawifi-Driver Version 10.5.6 from http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/

Connection over LAN required!

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
wget http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r4126-20100324.tar.gz
tar xvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r*.tar.gz
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r*
make
sudo make uninstall
sudo make install

Edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf as root, block ath5k and enable ath_pci

Code:

...
# blacklist ath_pci
blacklist ath5k

Restart

Code:

modinfo ath_pci | egrep 'versi|filen'
lsmod | grep ath
dmesg | grep ath
iwconfig
iwlist chan
sudo iwlist scan

Thank you very much! I just used this to fix my sister's netbook that wouldn't connect via wireless before.

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