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ath5k module blacklisted -> UNCLAIMED Wireless Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01) not working on ACER AOA150 (Napa_Fab5) in Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS

Asked by Bryan

Machine = Acer Aspire one ZG5 ( unbuntu 12.04 on the hard disc )
lspci -nn = 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

I have never been able to get the wireless network to work though it does under Linpus Lite (dual boot) and if you boot from a USB stick with 12.04 on it.
Strangely when booting from the USB the card shows up as Atheros Communications not Qualcomm Atheros.

I have tried to get help on the Ubuntu forum but have had no suggestions after a week.
Need help please.
Bryan.

Here is the readout from the diagnostic command

mhgc@mhgc-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep rfkill; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scan | egrep -i 'chan|ssid'; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net; lsusb; nmcli nm status; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; sudo updatedb; dmesg | egrep '02:00|80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|ireless|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rror|rtl|RTL|rt2|RT2|rt3|RT3|rt5|RT5|rt6|RT6|rt7|RT7|usb|witch|wl';sudo dmidecode|egrep 'anufact|roduct|erial|elease'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep '80211|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|brcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|wmi|witch|wl'; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; ps -aux|egrep 'wpa|icd|etwork'; netstat -rn ; cat /etc/resolv.conf; ls -lia /boot; grep tmpfs /etc/fstab; ubuntu-support-status; sudo lsmod
[sudo] password for mhgc:
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  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1e:68:e8:00:0a
       size: 100Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
       resources: irq:44 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:51010000-51010fff memory:51000000-5100ffff memory:51020000-5103ffff
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:55200000-5520ffff
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS"
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:015b]
 Kernel driver in use: r8169
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03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e008]
 Kernel modules: ath5k
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
==================================================
                           system AOA150 (Napa_Fab5)
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/14 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/14/0 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9
/0/14/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9
/0/1c processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/1c/1d memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1c/1e memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/1c/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1c/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/1/1.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/1.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller H
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express
/0/100/1b multimedia NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Co
/0/100/1c bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethern
/0/100/1c.2 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 network AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1c.3 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Control
/0/100/1f.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/2 scsi0 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB ST9120817AS
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 56GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1027MiB Linux swap volume
/0/2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 54GiB Extended partition
/0/2/0.0.0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 22GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/2/0.0.0/3/6 /dev/sda6 volume 2310MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/2/0.0.0/3/7 /dev/sda7 volume 29GiB Linux filesystem partition
Linux mhgc-laptop 3.8.0-29-generic #42~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 14 15:31:16 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.122268] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.144598] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.145919] ACPI Error: [CAPB] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/dsfield-211)
[ 0.145935] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f6c27ca8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/psparse-537)
[ 0.145952] ACPI: Marking method _OSC as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error
[ 0.150634] pci 0000:02:00.0: [10ec:8136] type 00 class 0x020000
[ 0.150665] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [io 0x3000-0x30ff]
[ 0.150712] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0x51010000-0x51010fff 64bit pref]
[ 0.150744] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 20: [mem 0x51000000-0x5100ffff 64bit pref]
[ 0.150767] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0xfffe0000-0xffffffff pref]
[ 0.150873] pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.150880] pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.162154] ACPI Error: [CAPB] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/dsfield-211)
[ 0.162170] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f6c27ca8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/psparse-537)
[ 0.168795] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.168795] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.168795] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.168795] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.185043] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.202471] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 0.243556] pci 0000:02:00.0: no compatible bridge window for [mem 0xfffe0000-0xffffffff pref]
[ 0.243696] pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0x51020000-0x5103ffff pref]
[ 1.351265] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 1.351771] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 1.392118] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 1.392128] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.392136] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 1.392144] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic ehci_hcd
[ 1.392151] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 1.392491] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.393350] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.393360] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.393368] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.393375] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.393383] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 1.393697] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.394148] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.394157] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.394165] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.394173] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.394180] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 1.394473] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.394937] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.394946] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.394954] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.394962] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.394969] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 1.395273] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.395716] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 1.395725] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 1.395733] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 1.395741] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 1.395748] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
[ 1.396102] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 1.435762] MODSIGN: Loaded cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 760b08a5a1de9684ced1bfd52640b05fe41b6ca5'
[ 1.459436] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.714821] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.000129] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 2.169530] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=62c0
[ 2.169543] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.169552] usb 1-5: Product: USB 2.0 Camera
[ 2.169561] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Sonix Technology Co., Ltd.
[ 2.195673] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 2.196336] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf840e000, 00:1e:68:e8:00:0a, XID 04a00000 IRQ 44
[ 2.408117] usb 2-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 2.563392] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303
[ 2.563411] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 2.563425] usb 2-2: Product: USB-Serial Controller
[ 2.563437] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
[ 3.036157] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 25.932878] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 26.144237] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 26.283123] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 27.073160] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 27.157662] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 27.415351] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
[ 27.416117] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 27.549418] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (0c45:62c0)
[ 27.582512] input: USB 2.0 Camera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/input/input8
[ 27.583118] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 27.591170] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 27.591370] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 27.594499] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 27.606959] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
[ 27.607126] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
[ 27.624992] usb 2-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 30.029282] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 30.029382] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 30.030427] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2126.597151] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link up
[ 2126.597184] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
 Release Date: 10/06/2008
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name: AOA150
 Serial Number: LUS040A0748372710C2535
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name:
 Serial Number: Base Board Serial Number
 Manufacturer: Chassis Manufacturer
 Serial Number: Chassis Serial Number
 String 1: String1 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 2: String2 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 3: String3 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 4: String4 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 5: String5 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 1: String1 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 2: String2 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 3: String3 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 4: String4 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Manufacturer: 0xAD00000000000000
 Serial Number: 0x00000000
 Manufacturer: 0xAD00000000000000
 Serial Number: 0x04004162
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: Not Specified
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

install snd-rawmidi /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-rawmidi $CMDLINE_OPTS && { /sbin/modprobe --quiet --use-blacklist snd-seq-midi ; : ; }
blacklist ath9k
#blacklist ath9k
#blacklist ath5k
blacklist ath9k
blacklist ath5k
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath5k
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
25: PCI 200.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10ec_8136
  Unique ID: rBUF.yBNmfn21ciC
  Parent ID: qTvu.0bEi2eGxmO5
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10ec "Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x8136 "RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1025 "Acer Incorporated [ALI]"
  SubDevice: pci 0x015b
  Revision: 0x02
  Driver: "r8169"
  Driver Modules: "r8169"
  Device File: eth0
  I/O Ports: 0x3000-0x4fff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0x51010000-0x51010fff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x51000000-0x5100ffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x51020000-0x5103ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 44 (81863 events)
  HW Address: 00:1e:68:e8:00:0a
  Link detected: yes
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010ECd00008136sv00001025sd0000015Bbc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: r8169 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe r8169"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)

26: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: svHJ.epdDQK1Ris7
  Parent ID: hoOk.2Q7C0nVLq96
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  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 0x105b "Foxconn International, Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0xe008
  Revision: 0x01
  Memory Range: 0x55200000-0x5520ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 11 (no events)
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000105Bsd0000E008bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath5k is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 962 0.0 0.4 31036 4744 ? Ssl Oct30 0:00 NetworkManager
root 1264 0.2 0.7 25904 7308 ? S Oct30 2:03 /usr/bin/python -O /usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py
root 1331 0.1 0.7 15280 7972 ? S Oct30 0:57 /usr/bin/python -O /usr/share/wicd/daemon/monitor.py
root 6131 0.0 0.1 2928 1280 ? S Oct30 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-eth0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-45986319-8ab5-4a60-abc0-cfa89b3c811f-eth0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-eth0.conf eth0
nobody 6145 0.0 0.1 5408 1396 ? S Oct30 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.0.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec --enable-dbus --conf-dir=/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
mhgc 10792 0.0 0.0 4392 812 pts/0 S+ 01:27 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
total 74884
164633 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 Oct 29 18:51 .
     2 drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct 29 18:50 ..
134024 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653231 Sep 11 20:57 abi-2.6.32-52-generic
138106 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 800196 Oct 2 15:50 abi-3.2.0-55-generic
138860 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 926372 Aug 14 16:55 abi-3.8.0-29-generic
141967 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116036 Sep 11 20:57 config-2.6.32-52-generic
138105 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147638 Oct 2 15:50 config-3.2.0-55-generic
137890 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160917 Aug 14 16:55 config-3.8.0-29-generic
164789 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 Oct 29 18:51 grub
135692 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10030816 Oct 22 14:47 initrd.img-2.6.32-52-generic
139801 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20120160 Oct 29 18:17 initrd.img-3.2.0-55-generic
131691 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22432878 Oct 29 18:51 initrd.img-3.8.0-29-generic
142179 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+.bin
142178 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
141990 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1695635 Sep 11 20:57 System.map-2.6.32-52-generic
138205 -rw------- 1 root root 2259573 Oct 2 15:50 System.map-3.2.0-55-generic
137928 -rw------- 1 root root 2549142 Aug 14 16:55 System.map-3.8.0-29-generic
141991 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1196 Sep 11 20:57 vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-52-generic
141975 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4054432 Sep 11 20:57 vmlinuz-2.6.32-52-generic
138206 -rw------- 1 root root 4874240 Oct 2 15:50 vmlinuz-3.2.0-55-generic
138301 -rw------- 1 root root 5438944 Aug 14 16:55 vmlinuz-3.8.0-29-generic
Support status summary of 'mhgc-laptop':

You have 110 packages (5.4%) supported until October 2013 (18m)
You have 6 packages (0.3%) supported until April 2015 (18m)
You have 1662 packages (81.1%) supported until April 2017 (5y)
You have 3 packages (0.1%) supported until October 2018 (5y)

You have 7 packages (0.3%) that can not/no longer be downloaded
You have 262 packages (12.8%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Module Size Used by
bnep 17852 2
rfcomm 38400 0
bluetooth 211435 10 bnep,rfcomm
parport_pc 27612 0
ppdev 12849 0
binfmt_misc 17292 1
dm_crypt 22555 0
ext2 63952 1
joydev 17329 0
coretemp 13324 0
sparse_keymap 13658 0
acerhdf 14140 0
pl2303 17423 0
usbserial 27633 1 pl2303
microcode 18433 0
uvcvideo 72250 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 65004 1
videobuf2_core 39385 1 uvcvideo
videodev 96131 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
snd_hda_intel 38819 3
videobuf2_vmalloc 12920 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13042 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
snd_hda_codec 118613 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
psmouse 82769 0
serio_raw 13031 0
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 85934 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
lpc_ich 17048 0
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25157 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51593 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 57014 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18398 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
mac_hid 13077 0
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
r8169 62532 0
i915 550346 4
drm_kms_helper 47749 1 i915
drm 233935 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13316 1 i915
video 19116 1 i915
wmi 18744 0

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What wireless driver module does it use in Linpus?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Or in the Ubuntu live USB.....same deal.

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Bryan (what-ever) said : 		#3

Hi Andrew
Thanks for you interest.

Sorry not sure which is the driver module so I've used the hole diagnostic command.
Here is the read out. Not able to get the Linpus readout at this point.

USB with ubuntu 12.04

Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20130820.1) precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20130820.1) precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20130820.1) precise/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20130820.1) precise/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20130820.1) precise/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20130820.1) precise/restricted Translation-en
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [353 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [722 kB]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [4,620 B]
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [74 B]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [72 B]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en [158 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en [1,253 B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [11.4 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [3,564 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [2,461 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en [317 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en [2,637 B]
Fetched 1,676 kB in 5s (289 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package hwinfo
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1e:68:e8:00:0a
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:44 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:51010000-51010fff memory:51000000-5100ffff memory:51020000-5103ffff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:23:4d:10:13:76
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.8.0-29-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.107 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:18 memory:55200000-5520ffff
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

                    Channel:11
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    ESSID:"Black Cat"
                    Channel:6
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    ESSID:"BTWiFi"
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS"
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:015b]
 Kernel driver in use: r8169
--
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e008]
 Kernel driver in use: ath5k
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0930:6544 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 Stick (2GB)
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 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 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
RUNNING STATE WIFI-HARDWARE WIFI WWAN-HARDWARE WWAN
running connected enabled enabled enabled disabled
H/W path Device Class Description
==================================================
                           system AOA150 (Napa_Fab5)
/0 bus Motherboard
/0/0 memory 1MiB BIOS
/0/14 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/14/0 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9
/0/14/1 memory 512MiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1.9
/0/1c processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/1c/1d memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/1c/1e memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/1c/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1c/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/1 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
/0/1/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/1/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller H
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Co
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c.1 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.1/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethern
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 wlan0 network AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1c.3 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Control
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/2 scsi0 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB ST9120817AS
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 56GiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1027MiB Linux swap volume
/0/2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 54GiB Extended partition
/0/2/0.0.0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 22GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/2/0.0.0/3/6 /dev/sda6 volume 2310MiB Linux swap / Solaris partition
/0/2/0.0.0/3/7 /dev/sda7 volume 29GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/3 scsi2 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 8010MB SCSI Disk
/0/3/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 7638MiB Windows FAT volume
Linux ubuntu 3.8.0-29-generic #42~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 14 15:31:16 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[ 0.122426] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.148766] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.150091] ACPI Error: [CAPB] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/dsfield-211)
[ 0.150107] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f5c27ca8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/psparse-537)
[ 0.150124] ACPI: Marking method _OSC as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error
[ 0.154813] pci 0000:02:00.0: [10ec:8136] type 00 class 0x020000
[ 0.154844] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [io 0x3000-0x30ff]
[ 0.154892] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0x51010000-0x51010fff 64bit pref]
[ 0.154924] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 20: [mem 0x51000000-0x5100ffff 64bit pref]
[ 0.154947] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0xfffe0000-0xffffffff pref]
[ 0.155053] pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.155060] pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.166151] ACPI Error: [CAPB] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/dsfield-211)
[ 0.166167] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0._OSC] (Node f5c27ca8), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20121018/psparse-537)
[ 0.172822] ACPI: bus type usb registered
[ 0.172822] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.172822] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.172822] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.189044] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.206728] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 8 devices
[ 0.247862] pci 0000:02:00.0: no compatible bridge window for [mem 0xfffe0000-0xffffffff pref]
[ 0.248027] pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0x51020000-0x5103ffff pref]
[ 9.612487] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input1
[ 9.612951] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 9.656156] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 9.656166] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 9.656174] usb usb1: Product: EHCI Host Controller
[ 9.656182] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic ehci_hcd
[ 9.656189] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.7
[ 9.656543] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 9.657400] usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 9.657409] usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 9.657417] usb usb2: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 9.657425] usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 9.657432] usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.0
[ 9.657749] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 9.658230] usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 9.658240] usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 9.658248] usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 9.658256] usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 9.658263] usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.1
[ 9.658586] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 9.659044] usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 9.659053] usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 9.659061] usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 9.659069] usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 9.659076] usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.2
[ 9.659369] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 9.659819] usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
[ 9.659829] usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[ 9.659836] usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[ 9.659844] usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic uhci_hcd
[ 9.659852] usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1d.3
[ 9.660292] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 9.701007] MODSIGN: Loaded cert 'Magrathea: Glacier signing key: 760b08a5a1de9684ced1bfd52640b05fe41b6ca5'
[ 9.725990] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 9.968077] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci
[ 9.977298] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 10.103686] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0930, idProduct=6544
[ 10.103702] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 10.103713] usb 1-1: Product: DT 101 G2
[ 10.103723] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Kingston
[ 10.103732] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 000FEAFABAABCBB184582565
[ 10.439139] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 10.439718] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: RTL8102e at 0xf840e000, 00:1e:68:e8:00:0a, XID 04a00000 IRQ 44
[ 10.476126] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[ 10.645414] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0c45, idProduct=62c0
[ 10.645422] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 10.645428] usb 1-5: Product: USB 2.0 Camera
[ 10.645434] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: Sonix Technology Co., Ltd.
[ 10.674469] scsi2 : usb-storage 1-1:1.0
[ 10.674781] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 10.884129] usb 2-2: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
[ 11.039446] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303
[ 11.039457] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 11.039465] usb 2-2: Product: USB-Serial Controller
[ 11.039472] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
[ 11.311707] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 40.506854] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 41.296770] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 42.014629] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 42.214487] lpc_ich: Resource conflict(s) found affecting gpio_ich
[ 42.292771] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 42.682407] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[ 42.682742] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[ 42.683395] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[ 42.817968] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
[ 42.818045] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for pl2303
[ 42.823699] ath5k 0000:03:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 42.830849] usb 2-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 42.900197] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.5.1 loaded
[ 43.367195] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 Camera (0c45:62c0)
[ 43.411281] input: USB 2.0 Camera as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/input/input6
[ 43.415853] input: HDA Intel Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 43.416660] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 43.432984] input: HDA Intel Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 45.753333] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link down
[ 45.753517] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 45.756562] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 46.259548] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 46.259559] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 46.259570] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 46.259576] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 46.338818] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 46.342377] ath5k: phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 46.581354] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 46.582676] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 233.077524] wlan0: authenticate with a0:f3:c1:a6:4f:25
[ 233.086188] wlan0: send auth to a0:f3:c1:a6:4f:25 (try 1/3)
[ 233.088427] wlan0: authenticated
[ 233.092448] wlan0: associate with a0:f3:c1:a6:4f:25 (try 1/3)
[ 233.095672] wlan0: RX AssocResp from a0:f3:c1:a6:4f:25 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
[ 233.096576] wlan0: associated
[ 233.096701] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
 Release Date: 10/06/2008
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name: AOA150
 Serial Number: LUS040A0748372710C2535
 Manufacturer: Acer
 Product Name:
 Serial Number: Base Board Serial Number
 Manufacturer: Chassis Manufacturer
 Serial Number: Chassis Serial Number
 String 1: String1 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 2: String2 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 3: String3 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 4: String4 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 String 5: String5 for Original Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 1: String1 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 2: String2 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 3: String3 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Option 4: String4 for Type12 Equipment Manufacturer
 Manufacturer: 0xAD00000000000000
 Serial Number: 0x00000000
 Manufacturer: 0xAD00000000000000
 Serial Number: 0x04004162
 Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
 Serial Number: Not Specified
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Black Cat"
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: A0:F3:C1:A6:4F:25
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70 Signal level=-38 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:2 Invalid misc:50 Missed beacon:0

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

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]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
WimaxEnabled=true
sudo: hwinfo: command not found
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root 1741 0.1 0.5 31104 5108 ? Ssl 16:04 0:00 NetworkManager
root 2323 0.0 0.2 5960 2104 ? Ss 16:04 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -P /run/sendsigs.omit.d/wpasupplicant.pid -u -s -O /var/run/wpa_supplicant
root 3844 0.0 0.1 2924 1300 ? S 16:07 0:00 /sbin/dhclient -d -4 -sf /usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action -pf /var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dhclient-wlan0.pid -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient-1a06653f-509a-4094-b5ef-bdd59dccd973-wlan0.lease -cf /var/run/nm-dhclient-wlan0.conf wlan0
nobody 3848 0.0 0.1 5400 1164 ? S 16:07 0:00 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq --no-resolv --keep-in-foreground --no-hosts --bind-interfaces --pid-file=/var/run/sendsigs.omit.d/network-manager.dnsmasq.pid --listen-address=127.0.0.1 --conf-file=/var/run/nm-dns-dnsmasq.conf --cache-size=0 --proxy-dnssec
ubuntu 4142 0.0 0.0 4384 820 pts/0 S+ 16:11 0:00 egrep --color=auto wpa|icd|etwork
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 127.0.0.1
total 3900
 28262 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Aug 20 18:02 .
  8383 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 240 Oct 31 16:04 ..
149182 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 926372 Aug 14 15:55 abi-3.8.0-29-generic
149184 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160917 Aug 14 15:55 config-3.8.0-29-generic
 28352 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Oct 31 16:04 grub
149181 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176764 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+.bin
149185 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178944 Nov 27 2011 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
149180 -rw------- 1 root root 2549142 Aug 14 15:55 System.map-3.8.0-29-generic
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
Support status summary of 'ubuntu':

You have 49 packages (3.5%) supported until April 2015 (18m)
You have 1363 packages (96.5%) supported until April 2017 (5y)

You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 0 packages (0.0%) that are unsupported

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Module Size Used by
dm_crypt 22555 0
arc4 12509 2
coretemp 13324 0
joydev 17329 0
sparse_keymap 13658 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 65004 1
uvcvideo 72250 0
snd_hda_intel 38819 3
videobuf2_core 39385 1 uvcvideo
dm_multipath 22754 0
scsi_dh 14418 1 dm_multipath
ath5k 141171 0
acerhdf 14140 0
pl2303 17423 0
snd_hda_codec 118613 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
videodev 96131 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
usbserial 27633 1 pl2303
videobuf2_vmalloc 12920 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13042 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
ath 19435 1 ath5k
snd_hwdep 13276 1 snd_hda_codec
microcode 18433 0
snd_pcm 85934 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
mac80211 541819 1 ath5k
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
lpc_ich 17048 0
psmouse 82769 0
serio_raw 13031 0
snd_rawmidi 25157 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
cfg80211 453853 3 ath5k,ath,mac80211
snd_seq 51593 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 57014 15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac_hid 13077 0
soundcore 12600 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18398 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
parport_pc 27612 0
rfcomm 38400 0
bnep 17852 2
ppdev 12849 0
bluetooth 211435 10 rfcomm,bnep
lp 17455 0
parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
squashfs 36095 1
overlayfs 27557 1
nls_iso8859_1 12617 1
ext2 63952 0
dm_raid45 76440 0
xor 26062 1 dm_raid45
dm_mirror 21817 0
dm_region_hash 16100 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18164 3 dm_raid45,dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
btrfs 795833 0
zlib_deflate 26622 1 btrfs
libcrc32c 12543 1 btrfs
usb_storage 48053 1
r8169 62532 0
wmi 18744 0
i915 550346 3
drm_kms_helper 47749 1 i915
drm 233935 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 13316 1 i915
video 19116 1 i915

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

The difference between the 2 pieces of Terminal output is pretty clear.

The first output (from the harddisk install) shows this issue:

blacklist ath9k
#blacklist ath9k
#blacklist ath5k
blacklist ath9k
blacklist ath5k
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath5k

So the ath5k module is blacklisted twice in configuration file(s) on your harddisk.

This wireless module is not deactivated/not blacklisted on your USB when it boots.
Because ath5k is active on the USB boot, wireless works in that case.

So you simply need to delete the configuration lines containing

blacklist ath5k

on your harddisk install.

There are two occurrences of that configuration line, according to the Terminal output above.

You can determine which configuration files are blacklisting module ath5k by running this command:

grep ath5k /etc/modprobe.d/*

You can edit a configuration file with a command similar to this one:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

where you replace blacklist.conf with the right filename.

Once the changes are saved, reboot your PC and retest wireless.

It should work.

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Bryan (what-ever) said : 		#5

Hi Mark
Thanks for you input.

I'm afraid I need to be led by the hand when it comes to these commands.

When I tried "grep ath5k /etc/modprobe.d/*" all that happened was the cursor went to the next line and flashed for a short time then stayed on.

Bryan

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#6

Then you need to inspect the contents of each file in /etc/modprobe.d/

I already explained how to edit a file using gedit.

What I don't understand is this : who added the blacklist ath5 lines in the first place, if you do not know how to remove them??

Someone must have put them there in the first place....

Did you do the install or someone else??

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Bryan (what-ever) said : 		#7

Hi Mark
This netbook belongs to the Malvern Hang Gliding club. Ubuntu was put onto it some years ago, not by me, I know that wifi never worked even though there were attempt to do so. So that is probable when blacklisting occurred.

Anyway I found the 2 files that had the blacklistings.

Using the command "gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/file name" would not open them so I just did "gksudo gedit" then navigated to them to make the changes.

Wifi now working.

Thank you very much for you help.

Bryan.