hp Pavilion g6 with Atheros (AR9485) [168c:0032] doesn't connect in 11.04

[wildmanne39]

Hi, I am researching the error messages.

I do not know why most of the commands are not showing results.

Have you had this wireless card work before recently?
Thank you

[nelsongo.com]

The wireless works as it should in Windows 7, but I haven't got it to work in ubuntu 11.04 neither 10.04 (I tried before hoping it would be easier).

[wildmanne39]

Hi, a few more questions.

Are you trying to set this up as an AP?

Is your network hidden?

Have you gone to the top right corner of the screen and clicked on the internet icon and put a check by enable wireless?

Here is a screenshot
Thank you

[wildmanne39]

Hi, we need to upgrade your kernel for this card to work, it is not support in older kernels.
I am going to look for directions to install a newer kernel.
Thank you

[wildmanne39]

Hi, it took awhile to find the kernel here we go.

Go to this link and download them, they have to be installed in this order.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa...0-rc2-oneiric/

linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_all.deb
linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2-generic_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_amd64.deb
linux-image-3.0.0-0300rc2-generic_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_amd64.deb

Once you've got those downloaded, put them in your home folder of ubuntu installation. Make sure there are no other .deb files in your home. If there are, delete them.

Next, copy&paste this line into the terminal.

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Enter your password, and wait and watch the terminal to make sure there is no errors, after it is done restart your computer and boot into the 3.0 kernel and see if you have wireless, there maybe more work to be done.
Thank you

[nelsongo.com]

I'm really sorry for the delay... I wasn't able to connect to the internet (but now it was a problem with my ISP).

Are you trying to set this up as an AP?

Is your network hidden?

Have you gone to the top right corner of the screen and clicked on the internet icon and put a check by enable wireless?

I'm not trying to set up an AP.
My network is not hidden.
The option is not available in the corner, is not even "unselectable" (ghost).

I wasn't able to install this

linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2-generic_3.0.0-0300rc2.201106081532_amd64.deb

the GUI showed this

Dependency is not satisfiable: linux-headers-3.0.0-0300rc2

Thank you wildmanne39 for everything.
Do you believe I should just change my computer for another one (I still have a few more days to return it to the store) or another model?

[wildmanne39]

Hi, no please do not take your computer back yet.

I installed the new kernel on my computer and it was simple and worked great, make sure you put the three files you downloaded in your home/user file then run the command again.

Also make sure you downloaded the correct files, they look a little confusing in that download page.
Thank you

[nelsongo.com]

Ok. Now I'm running kernel 3.

Still no wireless

[wildmanne39]

Hi, run this command please:

lsmod

nm-tool

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a

rfkill list all

dmesg | egrep 'ath|firm|radio|switch|wlan0'

post the results here.
Thank you

[nelsongo.com]

There it goes.

nrgomez@nelson-HP-Pavilion-g6-U:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc            17646  1 
rfcomm                 48645  8 
bnep                   18517  2 
parport_pc             37530  0 
ppdev                  17141  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     33027  1 
snd_hda_codec_idt      72305  1 
joydev                 18043  0 
snd_hda_intel          34236  2 
snd_hda_codec         106725  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13782  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                98306  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13370  0 
snd_rawmidi            30488  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                62088  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
uvcvideo               69124  0 
videodev               92905  1 uvcvideo
snd_timer              30240  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14528  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
hp_wmi                 18223  0 
snd                    68651  14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i915                  565367  8 
rts_pstor             459527  0 
lp                     17868  0 
btusb                  18712  2 
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    17341  1 videodev
bluetooth             165324  23 rfcomm,bnep,btusb
psmouse                70193  0 
sparse_keymap          13995  1 hp_wmi
soundcore              12680  1 snd
drm_kms_helper         43171  1 i915
drm                   237974  4 i915,drm_kms_helper
serio_raw              13294  0 
i2c_algo_bit           13436  1 i915
parport                42788  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
video                  20027  1 i915
intel_ips              18866  0 
snd_page_alloc         18572  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ahci                   30380  3 
libahci                31326  1 ahci
r8169                  59961  0

nrgomez@nelson-HP-Pavilion-g6-U:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0  [Auto eth0] ----------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            r8169
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        78:E3:B5:5A:CD:D7

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes
    Speed:           100 Mb/s

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         on

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.0.102
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.0.1

    DNS:             192.168.0.1

nrgomez@nelson-HP-Pavilion-g6-U:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=natty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.04"
Linux nelson-HP-Pavilion-g6-U 3.0.0-0300rc2-generic #201106081532 SMP Wed Jun 8 15:37:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

nrgomez@nelson-HP-Pavilion-g6-U:~$ rfkill list all
0: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

nrgomez@nelson-HP-Pavilion-g6-U:~$ dmesg | egrep 'ath|firm|radio|switch|wlan0'
[    2.227481] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.3.0 loaded
[    2.227483] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[    8.475456] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[   14.802978] r8169 0000:01:00.0: eth0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw (-2)