Wireless still not working (was:Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee)
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From: Marc Shapiro on 17 Mar 2010 22:20 Replying to my own post, again... Just after I sent the last post I realized that I had not done an 'ifup wlan0' after loading the ath5k module. Once I got home I booted up, loaded the module and did 'ifup wlan0'. Unfortunately, it still does not work. I get an error saying the the device wlan0 can not be found. What am I forgetting to do? Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com> To: debian-user(a)lists.debian.org Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 3:28:18 PM Subject: Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee Well, the ath5k module was not being loaded. Unfortunately, even after I run: modprobe ath5k I still have no wireless. The module shows as being loaded by lsmod, but no wireless networks show in wicd. Is there something else that I need to do after loading the module in order to find my wireless networks? Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com> To: debian-user(a)lists.debian.org Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 6:57:29 AM Subject: Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee Thanks, Andrei. That did it. I had seen that message and should have thought of that, myself. I now have a fully updated (to Squeeze) eeePC. My only problem now is that I still have no wireless. I installed wicd, but it says that it does not detect any wireless networks. When I boot the eee into eeebuntu 3.0 it finds my wireless and several others without any problems, so the hardware is good and the wireless is there I then remembered that the wireless was probably not configured, since it did not manage to do the install by wireless. I had to plug in an ethernet cable to install. So I added: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp to my /etc/network/interfaces file and rebooted. Still no wireless detected. I guess the next thing is to make sure that the driver is being loaded. It should be using ath5k. That should have been installed during the installation, even if it didn't use the wireless for the install, but if so, I don't know what else to try in getting the wireless working. I will verify that the next time I boot it up. If the module is loaded, does anyone have any ideas on what I should try next? Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu(a)gmail.com> To: debian-user(a)lists.debian.org Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 12:02:23 AM Subject: Re: New Lenny to Squeeze install problems on ASUS eee On Tue,16.Mar.10, 00:36:27, Chance Platt wrote: > > > > aptitude install hal udev linux-image-2.6.32-3-686 > > > > Your computer has to be running the more current kernel before udev > updates .. reboot into the newer kernel and finish (aptitude > full-upgrade). ....but the new kernel won't install. Because you are installing the kernel in the same run you can force udev to accept the upgrade by creating a specific file. I don't recall what file, but it is mentioned in the error message. Regards, andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/595513.11208.qm(a)web55502.mail.re4.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/766818.4310.qm(a)web55502.mail.re4.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/958039.23372.qm(a)web55502.mail.re4.yahoo.com
From: Marc Shapiro on 18 Mar 2010 10:30 Oops! I missed that request for data at the bottom of the post. My mistake. Since I have no wireless on the laptop and my flashdrive is mounting read-only, the relevant line from lspci is: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0) there was NO output from 'grep wlan /var/log/syslog' Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu(a)gmail.com> On Wed,17.Mar.10, 19:16:40, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Replying to my own post, again... > > Just after I sent the last post I realized that I had not done an > 'ifup wlan0' after loading the ath5k module. Once I got home I booted > up, loaded the module and did 'ifup wlan0'. Unfortunately, it still > does not work. I get an error saying the the device wlan0 can not be > found. What am I forgetting to do? Providing the infos I suggested in another message (outputs of 'lspci' and 'grep wlan /var/log/syslog')? Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/370056.55607.qm(a)web55504.mail.re4.yahoo.com
From: Marc Shapiro on 18 Mar 2010 16:10 From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu(a)gmail.com> > On Thu,18.Mar.10, 07:28:20, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> Since I have no wireless on the laptop and my flashdrive is ounting >> read-only, the relevant line from lspci is: >> >> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0) > ^^^^^^^^^^ > This one says "Ethernet" (wired), any adapter with wireless? I think we have finally found the problem! When I boot the eee into eeebuntu and run lspci, I get: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1e Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0) When I boot into debian, I get: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller (rev b0) The difference being the lack of the Realtek network adaptor under Debian. That is certainly where the problem lies. Why would Debian not detect the adaptor at all? >> there was NO output from 'grep wlan >> /var/log/syslog' > What about 'grep -i firmware /var/log/syslog'? Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/873946.5192.qm(a)web55506.mail.re4.yahoo.com
From: Marc Shapiro on 18 Mar 2010 18:40 From: Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:58 -0400 (EDT), Marc Shapiro wrote: >> The difference being the lack of the Realtek network adaptor under Debian. >> That is certainly where the problem lies. Why would Debian not detect the >> adaptor at all? > >Perhaps this link will be useful to you: > http://wiki.debian.org/rtl818x I had already installed wireless-tools, which did not automatically load the module, but I did that myself. The problem appears to be that, instead of providing wlan0 as the wireless device, this creates pan0, which I did not look for. Running iwconfig showed me this. If I run: ifconfig pan0 up then I get no errors and ifconfig shows the interface. Unfortunately, it DOES NOT turn my radio on and wicd, of course, shows no wireless networks. I am really at a loss here. Are there any other ideas, or suggestions that I can try? -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/309173.27164.qm(a)web55501.mail.re4.yahoo.com
From: Marc Shapiro on 18 Mar 2010 19:40
From: Stephen Powell <zlinuxman(a)wowway.com> > > No need to CC me, I am subscribed to the list. That was an oversight. I recently started using Yahoo! web-mail, instead of Thunderbird, so that I could access my e-mail away from home. If I can't find a way to make it work better with Debian lists I may have to go back to Thunderbird, anyway. -- Marc Shapiro mshapiro_42(a)yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/190460.79980.qm(a)web55505.mail.re4.yahoo.com |