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wlan0 No scan results -> Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working on AMILO Li 1718 [ Li1718] in Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS using ath5k drivers

Asked by davideal

Hi, I've just installed Ubuntu on the Amilo LI1718 laptop and I have a problem with the wifi card, the led of the wireless is turn off and the button (that should turn on the wifi), apparently, does not work.
Someone can give me a suggestion?

this is the row from lspci:
Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

thx

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

Hi,

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 apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo lsmod; 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

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davideal (davidealiperti) said : 		#2

Hi Mark

here the result from the Terminal:
davide@davide-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; sudo lsmod; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
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  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:c0:a8:e5:a8:f5
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:16 memory:c0000000-c000ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 7
       bus info: pci@0000:0a:07.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:16:d3:63:55:41
       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=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:23 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:c0200000-c02000ff
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
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]
00:12.0 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller [1002:4379] (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4374] (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller [1002:4375] (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller [1002:4373] (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller [1002:4372] (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller [1002:4376] (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller [1002:437b] (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge [1002:4377] (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge [1002:4371] (rev 80)
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. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
0a:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04fc:05da Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
========================================================
                                 system AMILO Li 1718
/0 bus AMILO Li 1718
/0/0 memory 101KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo CPU T2350 @ 1.86GHz
/0/4/5 memory 16KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/b memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/b/0 memory 1GiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/b/1 memory DIMM DDR2 Synchronous [empty]
/0/1 processor
/0/1/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge ATI Technologies Inc
/0/100/1 bridge RS480 PCI Bridge
/0/100/1/5 display RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
/0/100/4 bridge RS480 PCI Bridge
/0/100/4/0 wlan0 network AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/12 scsi2 storage IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller
/0/100/12/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 60GB HTS541060G9SA00
/0/100/12/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 53GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/12/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 2380MiB Extended partition
/0/100/12/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2380MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/100/13 bus IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
/0/100/13.1 bus IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
/0/100/13.2 bus IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
/0/100/14 bus IXP SB400 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.1 scsi0 storage IXP SB400 IDE Controller
/0/100/14.1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD RW AD-7540A
/0/100/14.2 multimedia IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller
/0/100/14.3 bridge IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge
/0/100/14.4 bridge IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.4/7 eth0 network RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
/1 power Lithium Ion Battery
/2 system
Linux davide-laptop 2.6.32-24-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 20 14:24:04 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7d80] f7d80
[ 0.240401] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.254250] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.254289] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.254373] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.255258] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.263105] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
[ 0.338847] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.339326] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.348885] Switching to clocksource acpi_pm
[ 0.426836] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.426931] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.516550] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.516632] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.605799] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.605883] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.661287] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.661296] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.682904] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.739761] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.052071] usb 2-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.261352] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.924853] eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:16:d3:63:55:41, IRQ 23
[ 1.930220] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 1.937919] input: MLK Trust Mouse 15315-02 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.0/input/input6
[ 1.938112] generic-usb 0003:04FC:05DA.0001: input,hiddev96,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [MLK Trust Mouse 15315-02] on usb-0000:00:13.0-2/input0
[ 1.938153] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.938156] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 16.646345] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 16.874341] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 16.874356] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 16.874373] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.874432] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 17.058279] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R300_cp.bin
[ 17.385103] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x50
[ 17.404389] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x30
[ 17.404394] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 17.404399] ath: Country alpha2 being used: AM
[ 17.404401] ath: Regpair used: 0x30
[ 17.421880] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 17.738277] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 17.748045] eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
[ 28.320178] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/amilo_special_keys.modprobe:install acerhk /sbin/modprobe –ignore-install acerhk force_series=6805 autowlan=1; echo 1 > /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
21: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: y9sn.WX9VhDrEtAF
  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 (rev 01)"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x3067 "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)"
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xc0000000-0xc000ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (1070 events)
  HW Address: 00:c0:a8:e5:a8:f5
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000168Csd00003067bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath5k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #10 (PCI bridge)

22: PCI a07.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8139
  Unique ID: rBUF.feichl5VOd9
  Parent ID: qscc.hV5J61pTkh5
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.4/0000:0a:07.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:0a:07.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8139 "RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1734 "Fujitsu Siemens Computers"
  SubDevice: pci 0x10c2
  Revision: 0x10
  Driver: "8139too"
  Driver Modules: "8139too"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0xa000-0xafff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xc0200000-0xc02000ff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 23 (8748 events)
  HW Address: 00:16:d3:63:55:41
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008139sv00001734sd000010C2bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: 8139too is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139too"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: 8139cp is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe 8139cp"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #19 (PCI bridge)
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
snd_hda_codec_si3054 3396 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203310 1
arc4 1153 2
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
snd_hda_intel 21941 5
snd_hda_codec 74201 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_pcm 70662 6 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26726 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 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
radeon 674824 3
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ttm 49943 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 radeon
snd 54148 21 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
drm 162409 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 radeon
ath5k 121792 0
joydev 8708 0
video 17375 0
output 1871 1 video
ati_agp 5094 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
mac80211 205146 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
psmouse 63245 0
cfg80211 126517 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
serio_raw 3978 0
i2c_piix4 8335 0
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
agpgart 31724 3 ttm,drm,ati_agp
shpchp 28820 0
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 36110 0
8139too 18545 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
8139cp 16186 0
mii 4381 2 8139too,8139cp
sata_sil 6959 2
pata_atiixp 3148 0
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces... Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
                                                                                                                          [ OK ]
davide@davide-laptop:~$

many thanks for your support
ciao

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Please try installing the madwifi drivers using this procedure:

http://dimitar.me/madwifi-drivers-for-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala-or-linux-kernels-2-6-29-and-above/

NOTE: be sure to remove the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf after installing the madwifi drivers

Run the following command:

sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ath_pci.conf

after installing the madwifi drivers.

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davideal (davidealiperti) said : 		#4

hi Mark

I followed your instructions but after the reboot nothing is changed.

Here some infos that maybe can help to solve the issue....

davide@davide-laptop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:c0:a8:e5:a8:f5
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:16 memory:c0000000-c000ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 7
       bus info: pci@0000:0a:07.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:16:d3:63:55:41
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=8139too driverversion=0.9.28 ip=192.168.1.2 latency=64 maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 multicast=yes
       resources: irq:23 ioport:a000(size=256) memory:c0200000-c02000ff
davide@davide-laptop:~$
davide@davide-laptop:~$ lsmod |grep ath5k
ath5k 121792 0
mac80211 205146 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
cfg80211 126517 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
davide@davide-laptop:~$

thx

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davideal (davidealiperti) said : 		#5

Hi,

I found the following instruction on the net:

sudo modprobe acer-wmi force_series=6805
sudo iwlist scan

and after that the led of wifi turn on, then clicking with the rigth button on the network icon "Abilita reti senza fili" the wifi works.

thx again for your support
ciao

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

The following documentation points to the same possible solution as well:

http://www.futuredesktop.com/linux/wireless_in_linux_with_acerhk_driver.txt

But you need to load and use the acer-wmi driver instead of the older (obsolete?) acerhk driver....