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AR242X wireless turning off during boot of Asus x50r laptop

Asked by frode

AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working in Ubuntu 8.10

I dont get wireless to work on a asus x50r whit Atheros 802.11abg wireless card, could someone pleace help,..

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Don Forigua (ingforigua) said : 		#1

Try with madwifi drivers

1. install dependencies

linux-restricted-modules gcc g++ linux-headers build-essential

lspci | grep Wireless

sudo ifconfig ath0 down

sudo rmmod ath_pci

wget http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3942-20090205.tar.gz

sudo tar -zxvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3861-20080903.tar.gz

make

sudo make install

sudo gedit /etc/modules add in the end "ath_pci"

sudo reboot

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Don Forigua (ingforigua) said : 		#2

Sorry is

sudo tar -zxvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3942-20090205.tar.gz

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frode (falelaster) said : 		#3

got this message after the make command

make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

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electhor (electhor) said : 		#4

Go to http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-atheros-ar5007eg-or-ar242x-wireless-cards-may-be-other-models-working-in-ubuntu-810-intrepid-ibex.html and follow one of the methods there. I think I used method 2 on my laptop and it has not missed a beat since re connecting via wireless

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/internet/C/wireless.html

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frode (falelaster) said : 		#6

the machine recognises the card, but I dont get any signal from the router. It works fine on the other laptopp so its not the router. If I run iwconfig I get,..

 marit@marit-laptop:~$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

What should I do, and thanks for the help

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#7

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using a LAN cable.

Then please follow this procedure (in order to gather troubleshooting info):

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

Step 2: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

sudo aptitude install hwinfo
hwinfo --netcard
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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frode (falelaster) said : 		#8

marit@marit-laptop:~$ sudo aptitude install hwinfo
[sudo] password for marit:
Leser pakkelister ... Ferdig
Skaper oversikt over avhengighetsforhold
Leser tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states ... Ferdig
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  hwinfo libhd14{a}
0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 717kB of archives. After unpacking 1978kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information ... Ferdig
Get:1 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe libhd14 14.19-2ubuntu1 [672kB]
Get:2 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/universe hwinfo 14.19-2ubuntu1 [44,7kB]
Fetched 717kB in 1s (485kB/s)
Velger den tidligere fravalgte pakken libhd14.
(Leser database ... 173735 filer og kataloger er installerte.)
Pakker ut libhd14 (fra .../libhd14_14.19-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Velger den tidligere fravalgte pakken hwinfo.
Pakker ut hwinfo (fra .../hwinfo_14.19-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Behandler utløsere for man-db ...
Setter opp libhd14 (14.19-2ubuntu1) ...

Setter opp hwinfo (14.19-2ubuntu1) ...
Behandler utløsere for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Leser pakkelister ... Ferdig
Skaper oversikt over avhengighetsforhold
Leser tilstandsinformasjon ... Ferdig
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states ... Ferdig
Writing extended state information ... Ferdig

marit@marit-laptop:~$ hwinfo --netcard
07: PCI 600.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.310]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1969_2048
  Unique ID: rBUF.KzmrTqfccB0
  Parent ID: H0_h.0XeE0ctGI+6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:06:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x2048 "L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x1415
  Revision: 0xa0
  Driver: "atl2"
  Driver Modules: "atl2"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfeac0000-0xfeafffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfeaa0000-0xfeabffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 219 (2435 events)
  HW Address: 00:1d:60:07:f0:c3
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00002048sv00001043sd00001415bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: atl2 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl2"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

08: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.310]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: y9sn.oTCoeEt5Tw6
  Parent ID: 8otl._hlk2XIeEf7
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b
  SubDevice: pci 0x1026
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfa9f0000-0xfa9fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (2066 events)
  HW Address: 00:15:af:3f:b8:1c
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv00001A3Bsd00001026bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath_pci is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath_pci"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: ath5k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #25 (PCI bridge)
marit@marit-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

marit@marit-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wmaster0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:15:af:3f:b8:1c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 module=ath5k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter
       vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a0
       serial: 00:1d:60:07:f0:c3
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl2 driverversion=2.0.4 duplex=full firmware=L2 ip=192.168.0.176 latency=0 link=yes module=atl2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
marit@marit-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:5a31] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a36]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a37]
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a38]
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a39]
00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) [1002:4389]
00:13.3 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) [1002:438a]
00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b]
00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] [1002:5a62]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter [1969:2048] (rev a0)
marit@marit-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0116 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
marit@marit-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux marit-laptop 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
marit@marit-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working it around.
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] 000ff780
[ 1.129180] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 2.992193] pcieport-driver 0000:00:04.0: found MSI capability
[ 2.992522] pcieport-driver 0000:00:05.0: found MSI capability
[ 2.992832] pcieport-driver 0000:00:06.0: found MSI capability
[ 2.993158] pcieport-driver 0000:00:07.0: found MSI capability
[ 3.348964] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 3.455558] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 4.980523] No dock devices found.
[ 5.116530] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
[ 5.128481] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.983796] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 7.012975] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.177090] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.341110] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.505290] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 7.669439] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 21.602930] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 24.592024] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 30.037579] apm: BIOS not found.
marit@marit-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 1.204534] checking if image is initramfs...<7>Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[ 1.684083] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 3.978854] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 19.021395] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input3
[ 19.024291] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
marit@marit-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=27 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

thanks for the help

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#9

Hi,

# Please try this Atheros driver installation procedure:

# First under System/Administration/HardwareDrivers, disable both the Atheros HAL and the Atheros wireless thing and then reboot.

# Then from a terminal type (press enter key after each line)

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install build-essential subversion

cd ~

mkdir madwifi

cd madwifi

svn co https://217.24.1.142/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

make

sudo make install

sudo gedit /etc/modules

# Now add the Atheros kernel module ath_pci to the list of modules to be automatically loaded at boot by adding

ath_pci

# to the end of the /etc/modules file. (Gedit editor automatically opens)

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

# Now add the following 3 lines to the end of the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file:

ndiswrapper
ath5k
ath9k

Now you can reboot and it should work.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Mark

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frode (falelaster) said : 		#10

#hi Mark, and thanks for the help, it still does not work but I get signal level and link qvality parameters witch i havent before:)

marit@marit-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
          Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-96 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

marit@marit-laptop:~$
#when ;:::disable both the Atheros HAL and the Atheros wireless thing and then reboot;;;..it was only the atheros wireless thing to disable.

#Got the feal the compiling did not go to well so i copy pasted it in here.

marit@marit-laptop:~$ cd ~
marit@marit-laptop:~$ mkdir madwifi
mkdir: cannot create directory `madwifi': File exists
marit@marit-laptop:~$ cd ~
marit@marit-laptop:~$ mkdir madwifi
mkdir: cannot create directory `madwifi': File exists
marit@marit-laptop:~$ cd madwifi
marit@marit-laptop:~/madwifi$ svn co https://217.24.1.142/madwifi/branches/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6

Fetching external item into 'madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
Checked out external at revision 3952.

Checked out revision 3952.
marit@marit-laptop:~/madwifi$ cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6
marit@marit-laptop:~/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 14 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
make -C ./tools all || exit 1
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools'
for d in ath_info; do \
  make -C $d || exit 1; \
 done
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools'
marit@marit-laptop:~/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$ sudo make install
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 14 modules
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
sh scripts/find-madwifi-modules.sh -r 2.6.27-11-generic
for i in ath/ ath_hal/ ath_rate/ net80211/; do \
  make -C $i install || exit 1; \
 done
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
install -m 0644 ath_pci.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_hal'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
install -m 0644 ath_hal.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_hal'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate'
for i in amrr/ onoe/ sample/ minstrel/; do \
  make -C $i install || exit 1; \
 done
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/amrr'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
install -m 0644 ath_rate_amrr.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/amrr'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/onoe'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
install -m 0644 ath_rate_onoe.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/onoe'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/sample'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
install -m 0644 ath_rate_sample.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/sample'
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/minstrel'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
install -m 0644 ath_rate_minstrel.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate/minstrel'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/ath_rate'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/net80211'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net
for i in wlan.o wlan_wep.o wlan_tkip.o wlan_ccmp.o wlan_acl.o wlan_xauth.o wlan_scan_sta.o wlan_scan_ap.o; do \
  f=`basename $i .o`; \
  install -m 0644 $f.ko //lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net; \
 done
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/net80211'
(export KMODPATH=/lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/net; /sbin/depmod -ae 2.6.27-11-generic)
make -C ./tools all || exit 1
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools'
for d in ath_info; do \
  make -C $d || exit 1; \
 done
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools'
make -C ./tools install || exit 1
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools'
for d in ath_info; do \
  make -C $d || exit 1; \
 done
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
install -d /usr/local/bin
for i in athstats 80211stats athkey athchans athctrl athdebug 80211debug wlanconfig wpakey; do \
  install $i /usr/local/bin/$i; \
  strip /usr/local/bin/$i; \
 done
install -d /usr/local/man/man8
install -m 0644 man/*.8 /usr/local/man/man8
install ../scripts/madwifi-unload /usr/local/bin/madwifi-unload
for d in ath_info; do \
  make -C $d install || exit 1; \
 done
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
install -d /usr/local/bin
install -m 755 ath_info /usr/local/bin
install -d /usr/local/share/man/man8
install -m 644 ath_info.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools/ath_info'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/marit/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6/tools'
marit@marit-laptop:~/madwifi/madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6$

#Then I added the stuff to the gedit lists,went ok, restarted and still no wireless working. What can I do to get I right, thanks for the help so far and pleace continue helping me to get it working.

Frode

#I runned the information recquest agan in case you need it

marit@marit-laptop:~$ hwinfo --netcard
07: PCI 600.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.310]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1969_2048
  Unique ID: rBUF.KzmrTqfccB0
  Parent ID: H0_h.0XeE0ctGI+6
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/0000:06:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x2048 "L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x1415
  Revision: 0xa0
  Driver: "atl2"
  Driver Modules: "atl2"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfeac0000-0xfeafffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfeaa0000-0xfeabffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 219 (2781 events)
  HW Address: 00:1d:60:07:f0:c3
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00002048sv00001043sd00001415bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: atl2 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl2"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

08: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.310]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: xFhm.oTCoeEt5Tw6
  Parent ID: 8otl._hlk2XIeEf7
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1a3b
  SubDevice: pci 0x1026
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath_pci"
  Driver Modules: "ath_pci"
  Device File: ath0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xfa9f0000-0xfa9fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (2363 events)
  HW Address: 00:15:af:3f:b8:1c
  Link detected: yes
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 WEP128 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv00001A3Bsd00001026bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath_pci is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath_pci"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: ath5k is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #25 (PCI bridge)
marit@marit-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for marit:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for marit:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wifi0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ath0 No scan results

marit@marit-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wifi0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:15:af:3f:b8:1c
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci latency=0 module=ath_pci multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter
       vendor: Attansic Technology Corp.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: a0
       serial: 00:1d:60:07:f0:c3
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl2 driverversion=2.0.4 duplex=full firmware=L2 ip=192.168.0.176 latency=0 link=yes module=atl2 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
marit@marit-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:5a31] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a3f]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a36]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a37]
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a38]
00:07.0 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge [1002:5a39]
00:12.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA [1002:4380]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) [1002:4387]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) [1002:4388]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) [1002:4389]
00:13.3 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) [1002:438a]
00:13.4 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) [1002:438b]
00:13.5 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) [1002:4386]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 13)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE [1002:438c]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge [1002:438d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] [1002:5a62]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter [1969:2048] (rev a0)
marit@marit-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0bda:0116 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Storage Device
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
marit@marit-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux marit-laptop 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
marit@marit-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working it around.
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] 000ff780
[ 0.584930] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 1.435679] pcieport-driver 0000:00:04.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.435861] pcieport-driver 0000:00:05.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.436033] pcieport-driver 0000:00:06.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.436273] pcieport-driver 0000:00:07.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.791280] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.844670] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.567815] No dock devices found.
[ 2.640324] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.804419] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.072443] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.237249] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.400208] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.108648] ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
[ 5.121317] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.616388] usb-storage: device found at 2
[ 17.725789] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 18.443636] wifi0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC 14.2, PHY SChip 7.0, Radio 10.2)
[ 22.953108] apm: BIOS not found.
marit@marit-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 1.132555] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
[ 1.136072] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 2.101585] ACPI: EC: non-query interrupt received, switching to interrupt mode
[ 15.057350] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input4
[ 15.059312] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 18.410180] MadWifi: ath_attach: Switching rfkill capability off.
marit@marit-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"" Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
          Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-96 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

marit@marit-laptop:~$

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#11

Hi,

Try disabling encryption on the wireless router and enabling SSID broadcasting on the router. These are options you need to set on the wireless router itself using a webinterface.

Also try connecting to your wireless router via wifi using a different pc . See if that works.

If you can access the wireless router using the wireless connection on a different pc, then I recommend reinstalling Ubuntu 8.10 from a LiveCD session onto the problematic pc and then following my madwifi compilation instructions, which work perfectly for everybody else who is using the the AR242X wireless chipset.

If the madwifi procedure does not work, this indicates to me that there are already too many driver conflicts on your pc which are getting in our way.

Regards,

Mark

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#12

Hi,

Here is the list of previously solved AR242X threads:

https://answers.launchpad.net/~markrijckenberg/+questions?field.search_text=AR242X&field.sort=NEWEST_FIRST&field.sort-empty-marker=1&field.actions.search=Search&field.language=de&field.language=en&field.language=fr&field.language=nl&field.language-empty-marker=1&field.status=SOLVED&field.status-empty-marker=1

Regards,

Mark

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#13

Hi,

I found someone with the same model and make of laptop and with the same Atheros chipset. Check out the thread here:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/67155

He got the wireless issue solved by following these instructions:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/asus-laptop-and-wireless-on-ubuntu-intrepid-681923/

Regards,

Mark

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