wlan0 No scan results -> Wireless Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC [168c:001a] (rev 01) not detecting any wireless networks on Acer Aspire 3680 in Ubuntu 11.04
I installed ubuntu 11.4 a few days ago, but it cannot connect to any wireless routers. i had win 7 before, and it worked perfectly. but i had a problem and got a new HDD and installed ubuntu instead.
heres the process i did from: https:/
edited by marcobra: here was sent an incomplete report so i delete it .... ( to get better reading)
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also, im using an acer aspire 3680, and installed ubuntu on my main hard drive.
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Please connect your pc with a wire to your router to get installation of the requered packages.... and to avoid the reported:
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ok, here it is with it connected:
$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
[sudo] password for mark:
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libhal1 libhd16
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Selecting previously deselected package libhal1.
(Reading database ... 160625 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libhal1 (from .../libhal1_
Selecting previously deselected package libhd16.
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Selecting previously deselected package hwinfo.
Unpacking hwinfo (from .../hwinfo_
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libhal1 (0.5.14-5+svn1) ...
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Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 14
serial: 00:16:36:d1:0c:2b
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:43 memory:
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR2413 802.11bg NIC
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:0a:03.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:19:7d:47:ed:56
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:18 memory:
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_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (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/ICH 7 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]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4352] (rev 14)
0a:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC [168c:001a] (rev 01)
0a:09.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
0a:09.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
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 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus Prespa1
/0/0 memory 101KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 430
/0/4/5 memory 16KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/10 memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/10/0 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/10/1 memory 1GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 9
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Expr
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audi
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 eth0 network 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controlle
/0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/3 wlan0 network AR2413 802.11bg NIC
/0/100/1e/9 bridge PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
/0/100/1e/9.2 storage 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridg
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE C
/0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 320GB WDC WD3200BPVT-0
/0/100/1f.2/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 296GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 2038MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 2038MiB Linux swap / Solaris partitio
/0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/cdrom disk CDW/DVD TS-L462D
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/1 system
Linux Marks-Graveyard 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:05:41 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f6680] f6680
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.008754] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.077829] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.809777] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
[ 0.809781] HEST: Table not found.
[ 0.820747] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.820762] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.820793] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.824103] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.828020] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.835914] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 0.956322] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.956369] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 1.004581] ERST: Table is not found!
[ 1.013819] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy suspend method
[ 1.013822] i2c-core: driver [adp5520] using legacy resume method
[ 1.269752] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 1.296469] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.296942] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.297288] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.297624] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.297969] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.579649] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.596357] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.2.0 loaded
[ 1.596362] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 1.602425] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.144777] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: addr 00:16:36:d1:0c:2b
[ 6.212989] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 7.062141] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 7.242623] yenta_cardbus 0000:0a:09.0: CardBus bridge found [1025:0110]
[ 7.510569] ath5k 0000:0a:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 7.510634] ath5k 0000:0a:03.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 8.314399] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x63
[ 8.314401] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 8.314406] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 8.314408] ath: Regpair used: 0x63
[ 8.674617] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 8.869620] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2413 chip found (MAC: 0x78, PHY: 0x45)
[ 14.369662] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/
[ 21.437370] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: enabling interface
[ 21.437694] ADDRCONF(
[ 21.462318] ADDRCONF(
[ 45.182148] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
[ 45.182356] ADDRCONF(
[ 45.433963] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 47.111522] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
[ 55.936029] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 584.905995] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 596.046679] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
[ 918.980421] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 965.621593] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
[ 965.622793] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 970.001899] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
[ 1532.830646] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is down
[ 1785.817769] sky2 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex, flow control rx
Manufacturer: Acer, inc.
Product Name: Aspire 3680
Manufacturer: Acer, Inc.
Product Name: Prespa1
Manufacturer: Acer, Inc.
Manufacturer: Intel
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Manufacturer: Not Specified
Manufacturer Name: Intel
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
[main]
NetworkingEnabl
WirelessEnabled
WWANEnabled=true
> hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2939: arguments to dbus_move_error() were incorrect, assertion "(dest) == NULL || !dbus_error_is_set ((dest))" failed in file dbus-errors.c line 280.
This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
libhal.c 3483 : Error unsubscribing to signals, error=The name org.freedesktop.Hal was not provided by any .service files
24: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: rBUF.P9GPHXL+lsE
Parent ID: z8Q3.JSGtYSpX2n1
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Marvell 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x11ab "Marvell Technology Group Ltd."
Device: pci 0x4352 "88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1025 "Acer Incorporated [ALI]"
SubDevice: pci 0x0110
Revision: 0x14
Driver: "sky2"
Driver Modules: "sky2"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0x84000000-
I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
IRQ: 43 (35810 events)
HW Address: 00:16:36:d1:0c:2b
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v000011ABd
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: sky2 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe sky2"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #12 (PCI bridge)
25: PCI a03.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: y9sn.j96XhdbN7l2
Parent ID: 6NW+.nx+a7NOQBjA
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:0a:03.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Atheros AR2413 802.11bg NIC"
Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
Device: pci 0x001a "AR2413 802.11bg NIC"
SubVendor: pci 0x1468 "AMBIT Microsystem Corp."
SubDevice: pci 0x0418
Revision: 0x01
Driver: "ath5k"
Driver Modules: "ath5k"
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-
IRQ: 18 (11 events)
HW Address: 00:19:7d:47:ed:56
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:v0000168Cd
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: #20 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://
root 825 0.0 0.2 25368 4464 ? Ssl 16:58 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2543 0.0 0.0 2552 1204 ? S 17:27 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/
mark 2953 0.0 0.0 4148 840 pts/0 S+ 18:04 0:00 egrep --color=auto icd|etwork
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_
snd_hda_
snd_hda_intel 24140 7
snd_hda_codec 90901 3 snd_hda_
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80042 6 snd_hda_
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_
arc4 12473 2
joydev 17322 0
tifm_7xx1 12898 0
snd 55295 21 snd_hda_
tifm_core 15040 1 tifm_7xx1
pcmcia 39671 0
i915 450934 4
ath5k 144412 0
ath 19141 1 ath5k
drm_kms_helper 40745 1 i915
mac80211 257001 1 ath5k
drm 180037 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
yenta_socket 27230 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
psmouse 73312 0
video 18951 1 i915
pcmcia_rsrc 18292 1 yenta_socket
cfg80211 156212 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
snd_page_alloc 14073 2 snd_hda_
pcmcia_core 21505 3 pcmcia,
serio_raw 12990 0
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
sky2 49172 0
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#4 |
I believe this issue with AR2413 is due to a serious regression in the 2.6.38 kernel version in Ubuntu 11.04
I suggest booting from the Ubuntu 10.10 LiveCD and then retesting wireless. If it works during the 10.10 LiveCD session, then I recommend installing Ubuntu 10.10.
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#5 |
ok, ubuntu 10 works perfect. i guess ill run that. thanks for your help!
