wireless not working on eeepc901 with ubuntu 10.04LTS

Asked by EricKLeung

I found my eeePC 901 wireless not working under ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

I followed the instruction and got the followings

Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhd16 (16.0-2) ...

Setting up hwinfo (16.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: b0
       serial: 00:22:15:12:29:c7
       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=ATL1E driverversion=1.0.0.7-NAPI firmware=L1e latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:27 memory:fbfc0000-fbffffff ioport:ec80(size=128)
0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: eeepc-bluetooth: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: yes
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ppp0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

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]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller [1969:1026] (rev b0)
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 003: ID 19d2:0016 ONDA Communication S.p.A.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b071 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 2.0M UVC Webcam / CNF7129
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                                  system 901
/0 bus 901
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.6
/0/4/5 memory 24KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/18 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/18/0 memory 2GiB DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GME Express Memory Contr
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GME Express Integrated G
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML E
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition A
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth0 network Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controlle
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Control
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Br
/0/100/1f.2 scsi1 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA ID
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 4034MB ASUS-PHISON SSD
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 3846MiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.1.0 /dev/sdb disk 32GB RunCore 32G-C SS
/0/100/1f.2/0.1.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 28GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.1.0/2 /dev/sdb2 volume 1302MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.1.0/2/5 /dev/sdb5 volume 1302MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
Linux eric-laptop 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:26:08 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] AMI BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00ff780] ff780
[ 0.228650] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.270571] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.270614] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.270702] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.276466] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.286541] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
[ 0.359981] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.365149] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.373275] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.459612] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.501559] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.501646] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.502431] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.502515] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.503099] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.503182] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.503755] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.503832] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.504414] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.504492] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.605933] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.605944] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.640052] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.774916] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.840098] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.017005] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 4.603824] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 5.742728] elantech.c: assuming hardware version 2, firmware version 2.48
[ 5.763498] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device CNF7129 (04f2:b071)
[ 5.789027] input: CNF7129 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/input/input7
[ 5.789303] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 6.084728] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 6.264662] eeepc_laptop: Get control methods supported: 0x6101713
[ 6.764331] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 41.135081] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 41.266981] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 41.315407] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 41.316703] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 41.316714] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[ 41.332874] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 41.333497] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 41.333870] usb 1-3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 41.333923] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

ppp0 no wireless extensions.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:# replaced by b43 and ssb.
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-watchdog.conf:blacklist twl4030_wdt
24: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1969_1026
  Unique ID: rBUF.emcIbgAqn59
  Parent ID: qTvu.bQ30eTbcr+3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x1969 "Attansic Technology Corp."
  Device: pci 0x1026 "L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1043 "ASUSTeK Computer Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x8324
  Revision: 0xb0
  Driver: "ATL1E"
  Driver Modules: "atl1e"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xfbfc0000-0xfbffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xec80-0xecff (rw)
  IRQ: 27 (2 events)
  HW Address: 00:22:15:12:29:c7
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "pci:v00001969d00001026sv00001043sd00008324bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: atl1e is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe atl1e"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
ppp_deflate 3682 0
zlib_deflate 19568 1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp 4811 0
ppp_async 6734 1
crc_ccitt 1339 1 ppp_async
option 19686 1
usbserial 33019 4 option
binfmt_misc 6587 1
ppdev 5259 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203374 1
fbcon 35102 71
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_hda_intel 22037 2
snd_hda_codec 74201 2 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
joydev 8708 0
snd_pcm 70694 3 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
uvcvideo 57054 0
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
i915 286079 3
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
drm_kms_helper 29297 1 i915
snd 54148 16 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
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
drm 162409 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
intel_agp 24119 2 i915
psmouse 63245 0
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
soundcore 6620 1 snd
serio_raw 3978 0
video 17375 1 i915
agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
output 1871 1 video
eeepc_laptop 14331 0
lp 7060 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
atl1e 28221 0

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Reboot and check BIOS. Make sure the wifi is enabled there, also check the wifi switch is set to ON for the wireless when you reboot to ensure all is well. You may also want to update the BIOS as this can help LOTS (Although can be risky)

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Stephen Buck (sbuck) said :
#2

Just installed 10.04 netbook on my ASUS 900. Spent much time in web research to find out why my wireless wasn't recognized..
By chance I checked the Bios. While everything else was enabled, wireless was not. Unknown why as I had never disabled it and it worked well in the old Xandros system. Perhaps this is a quirk of 10.04. I have latest BIOS too.

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