UNCLAIMED Wireless Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:002e] (rev 01) - no driver installed for AR9287 Wireless Network Adapter on Sony VAIO using Ubuntu 9.10 - using kernel version 2.6.31-14-generic

you may need to install a wireless driver

in system >adminin.>wireless driver do you have any options

also on the preference or second mouse gesture on the widget for volume

can you make sure under preferences your front speaker sound is not muted

if this is not an option youll need to install pulse or similar driver for your system

hope that helps check back and someone can give you more instructions if that doesnt

do it

dont give up !! your almost there

Thanks for getting back so quick :)

Under "system>administration" there is no entry for a wireless driver.
Under "Hardware Drivers" it searches for drivers but all it finds is an NVIDIA driver for the display.

As for the sound I think I may have it fixed. I'll have to put some wave files or mp3's to test it.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:44 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #108798]: Speakers and wireless adapter not found

Your question #108798 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/108798

    Status: Open => Answered

subliminalfix proposed the following answer:
you may need to install a wireless driver

in system >adminin.>wireless driver do you have any options

also on the preference or second mouse gesture on the widget for volume

can you make sure under preferences your front speaker sound is not
muted

if this is not an option youll need to install pulse or similar driver
for your system

hope that helps check back and someone can give you more instructions if
that doesnt

do it

dont give up !! your almost there

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Hi Bill,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Regards,

Mark

Results of your script Mark:

william@usrp:~$ sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat
/etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short;
uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep
witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo
/etc/init.d/networking restart
[sudo] password for william:

*-network UNCLAIMED

description: Network controller

product: Atheros Communications Inc.

vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.

physical id:
0

bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0

version: 01

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list

configuration: latency=
0

resources: memory:e7a00000-e7a0ffff
*-network

description: Ethernet interface

product: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

physical id:
0

bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0

logical name: eth0

version: 10

serial: 54:42:49:03:42:7b

size: 100MB/
s

capacity: 1GB/
s

width: 64 bits

clock: 33MHz

capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical
tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation

configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2
driverversion=1.23 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.103 latency=0 link=yes
multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/
s

resources: irq:35 memory:e5220000-e5223fff ioport:a000(size=256)
memory:e5200000-e521ffff(prefetchable)

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor DMI [8086:d132] (rev
11)
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express Root Port
1 [8086:d138] (rev 11)
00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor System
Management Registers [8086:d155] (rev 11)
00:08.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Semaphore and

Scratchpad Registers [8086:d156] (rev 11)

00:08.2 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor System Control
and Status Registers [8086:d157] (rev 11)
00:08.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Miscellaneous
Registers [8086:d158] (rev 11)
00:10.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link
[8086:d150] (rev 11)
00:10.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Routing and
Protocol Registers [8086:d151] (rev 11)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2
Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b3c] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High
Definition Audio [8086:3b56] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
Express Root Port 1 [8086:3b42] (rev 05)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
Express Root Port 2 [8086:3b44] (rev 05)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
Express Root Port 3 [8086:3b46] (rev 05)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI
Express Root Port 6 [8086:3b4c] (rev 05)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2
Enhanced Host Controller [8086:3b34] (rev 05)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448]
(rev a5)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface
Controller [8086:3b03] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset
6
port SATA AHCI Controller [8086:3b2f] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus
Controller [8086:3b30] (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0a75]
(rev a2)
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0be3] (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:002e]
(rev 01)
03:00.0 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e822]
03:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e230]
03:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e832]
03:00.4 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd Device [1180:e822]
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device
[11ab:4380] (rev 10)
3f:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath
Architecture Generic Non-Core Registers [8086:2c52] (rev 04)
3f:00.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath
Architecture System Address Decoder [8086:2c81] (rev 04)
3f:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link
0
[8086:2c90] (rev 04)
3f:02.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical
0
[8086:2c91] (rev 04)
3f:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller [8086:2c98] (rev 04)
3f:03.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Target Address Decoder [8086:2c99] (rev 04)
3f:03.4 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Test Registers [8086:2c9c] (rev 04)
3f:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 0 Control Registers [8086:2ca0] (rev 04)

3f:04.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 0 Address Registers [8086:2ca1] (rev 04)
3f:04.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 0 Rank Registers [8086:2ca2] (rev 04)
3f:04.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 0 Thermal Control Registers [8086:2ca3] (rev 04)
3f:05.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 1 Control Registers [8086:2ca8] (rev 04)
3f:05.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 1 Address Registers [8086:2ca9] (rev 04)
3f:05.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 1 Rank Registers [8086:2caa] (rev 04)
3f:05.3 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Memory
Controller Channel 1 Thermal Control Registers [8086:2cab] (rev 04)
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1267:0210 Logic3 / SpectraVideo plc
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0489:e00f Foxconn / Hon Hai
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 064e:2100 Suyin Corp.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=====================================================
=

system
/0 bus
/0/0 memory
/0/4 processor
/0/4/5 memory
/0/4/6 memory
/0/4/7 memory
/0/4/6.1 processor
/0/4/6.2 processor
/0/4/6.3 processor
/0/4/6.4 processor
/0/4/6.5 processor
/0/4/6.6 processor
/0/4/6.7 processor
/0/4/6.8 processor
/0/4/6.9 processor
/0/4/6.a processor
/0/4/6.b processor
/0/4/6.c processor
/0/4/6.d processor
/0/4/6.e processor
/0/4/6.f processor
/0/4/6.10 processor
/0/9 memory
/0/9/0 memory
/0/9/1 memory
/0/1 processor
/0/1/6.1 processor
/0/1/6.2 processor
/0/1/6.3 processor
/0/1/6.4 processor
/0/1/6.5 processor
/0/1/6.6 processor
/0/1/6.7 processor
/0/1/6.8 processor

VPCF111FD
VAIO
64KiB BIOS
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720
256KiB L1 cache
1MiB L2 cache
6MiB L3 cache
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
4GiB System Memory
2GiB SODIMM
2GiB SODIMM

Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU

/0/1/6.9
/0/1/6.
a
/0/1/6.
b
/0/1/6.
c
/0/1/6.
d
/0/1/6.
e
/0/1/6.
f
/0/1/6.10
/0/100
/0/100/
3
/0/100/3/
0
/0/100/3/0.1
/0/100/
8
/0/100/8.1
/0/100/8.2
/0/100/8.3
/0/100/10
/0/100/10.1
/0/100/1a
/0/100/1b
/0/100/1c
/0/100/1c/
0
/0/100/1c.
1
/0/100/1c.1/
0
/0/100/1c.1/0.1
/0/100/1c.1/0.3
/0/100/1c.1/0.4
/0/100/1c.
2
/0/100/1c.2/
0
/0/100/1c.
5
/0/100/1d
/0/100/1e
/0/100/1f
/0/100/1f.
2
/0/100/1f.2/
0
/0/100/1f.2/0/
1
/0/100/1f.2/0/
2
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/
5
/0/100/1f.2/
1
/0/100/1f.
3
/0/101
/0/102
/0/103
/0/104
/0/105
/0/106
/0/107
/0/108
/0/109
/0/10a
/0/10b
/0/10c
/0/10d
/0/10e
/0/10f

processor
processor
processor
processor
processor
processor
processor
processor
bridge
bridge
display
multimedia
generic
generic
generic
generic
generic
generic
bus
multimedia
bridge
network
bridge
generic
generic
bus
generic
bridge

eth0
network
bridge
bus
bridge
bridge

scsi0
storage

/dev/sda
disk

/dev/sda1
volume

/dev/sda2
volume

/dev/sda5
volume

/dev/cdrom
disk
bus
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge
bridge

Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Logical CPU
Core Processor DMI
Core Processor PCI Express Root Port
nVidia Corporation
nVidia Corporation
Core Processor System Management Regi
Core Processor Semaphore and Scratchp
Core Processor System Control and Sta
Core Processor Miscellaneous Register
Core Processor QPI Link
Core Processor QPI Routing and Protoc
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enh
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Def
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Expr
Atheros Communications Inc.
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Expr
Ricoh Co Ltd
Ricoh Co Ltd
Ricoh Co Ltd
Ricoh Co Ltd
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Expr
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Expr
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enh
82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port
S
500GB Hitachi HTS54505
456GiB EXT4 volume
9546MiB Extended partition
9546MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
BD-CMB UJ141AS
5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Co
Core Processor QuickPath Architecture
Core Processor QuickPath Architecture
Core Processor QPI Link
0
Core Processor QPI Physical
0
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont
Core Processor Integrated Memory Cont

Linux usrp 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686
GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.

[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fc980] fc980
[ 0.892878] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.964319] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 1.752578] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.778074] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.798064] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.809734] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.814696] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.222070] hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.465864] hub 2-1:1.0: USB hub found
[ 19.931693] sdhci-pci 0000:03:00.0: SDHCI controller found [1180:e822] (rev 0)
[ 19.932885] sdhci-pci 0000:03:00.4: SDHCI controller found [1180:e822] (rev 0)
[ 19.983652] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device <unnamed> (064e:2100)
[ 20.084580] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 0.843378] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 0.946681] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
0
[ 0.948770] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
5
[ 0.948780] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
7
[ 0.948790] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
4
[ 0.948799] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
1
[ 0.948821] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
6
[ 0.948839] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
3
[ 0.948916] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU
2
[ 1.361974] input: Lid Switch as
/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 1.364046] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt

* Reconfiguring network interfaces..
.
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
[ OK
]
william@usrp:~
$

I suggest the following procedure:

1. Upgrade from 2.6.31-14-generic to the newest Karmic (Ubuntu 9.10) kernel (version 2.6.31-21-generic) using these commands and using a WIRED Internet connection:

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

2. Then install extra wireless drivers using this command:

sudo aptitude install linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic

3. Then reboot and retest wireless.

Thanks Mark;

However I recently had a problem with the grub2 boot loader. The default image was either incorrect or damaged so I had to edit grub2 (following the instructions on this forum) so that it would boot 2.6.31-14-generic. I did this by booting from the Ubuntu 9.10 install CD. Will "sudo apt update' not scrfew up grub again. I think the image that wouldn't boot was 2.6.31-21-generic ...

Bill

If the commands I gave you, screw up grub, then you already had a broken Ubuntu install and should reinstall Ubuntu from scratch anyway......

For me and many others, those commands I gave you are safe to use......

Hi Mark;

Did what you said. apt update commands appeared to work. The laptop booted OK, no problems with grub.
Unfortunately still no wireless adapter. When I right click on the task bar option ans select Edit Connections,
there is no device shown under the Wireless tab, like the wireed tab which shows eth0.

Looks like the laptop is just too new :( I might try plugging a supported adapter into one of the USB ports ...

Bill

still at it well your learning alot i suppose. i wouldnt count out your device yet. although a linux compatible

usb/pen drive is an option there some more you can try. heres the output of a command you may try **** note

the options and help is always there in hints --help or man ##as in manual .

:~$ lspci -l
lspci: invalid option -- 'l'
Usage: lspci [<switches>]

Basic display modes:
-mm Produce machine-readable output (single -m for an obsolete format)
-t Show bus tree

Display options:
-v Be verbose (-vv for very verbose)
-k Show kernel drivers handling each device
-x Show hex-dump of the standard part of the config space
-xxx Show hex-dump of the whole config space (dangerous; root only)
-xxxx Show hex-dump of the 4096-byte extended config space (root only)
-b Bus-centric view (addresses and IRQ's as seen by the bus)
-D Always show domain numbers

Resolving of device ID's to names:
-n Show numeric ID's
-nn Show both textual and numeric ID's (names & numbers)
-q Query the PCI ID database for unknown ID's via DNS
-qq As above, but re-query locally cached entries
-Q Query the PCI ID database for all ID's via DNS

Selection of devices:
-s [[[[<domain>]:]<bus>]:][<slot>][.[<func>]] Show only devices in selected slots
-d [<vendor>]:[<device>] Show only devices with specified ID's

Other options:
-i <file> Use specified ID database instead of /usr/share/misc/pci.ids.gz
-p <file> Look up kernel modules in a given file instead of default modules.pcimap
-M Enable `bus mapping' mode (dangerous; root only)

PCI access options:
-A <method> Use the specified PCI access method (see `-A help' for a list)
-O <par>=<val> Set PCI access parameter (see `-O help' for a list)
-G Enable PCI access debugging
-H <mode> Use direct hardware access (<mode> = 1 or 2)
-F <file> Read PCI configuration dump from a given file
otter@pond:~$

remeber dont give up!!!! i have the same wireless card youll get it

Hi,

I think the next step should be to boot from an Ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD session and test wireless during the 10.04 LiveCD session. If wireless works there, then do a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 (not a WUBI install, but a dual-boot install, if you are also running Windows on the same pc)

Regards,

Mark

Hi Mark;

I tried what you said. I downloaded the "10.04-desktop-i386" image and booted from the CD.
It still can't find the wireless adapter. I have access to several Linux compatible USB adapters
so I think I'll try one of them ...

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Mark Rijckenberg
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 2:49 AM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: RE: [Question #108798]: Speakers and wireless adapter not found

Your question #108798 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/108798

Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
Hi,

I think the next step should be to boot from an Ubuntu 10.04 LiveCD
session and test wireless during the 10.04 LiveCD session. If wireless
works there, then do a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 (not a WUBI
install, but a dual-boot install, if you are also running Windows on the
same pc)

Regards,

Mark

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Bought one on EBay and plugged it in. Worked like a charm out of the box :)

Thanks ...