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trying to install driver for AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Asked by foaly

Hi,

I'm trying to install a wifi driver on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
I'm following an instruction for an older Ubuntu version:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AA1/Fixes#madwifi-hal_from_http:.2BAC8ALw-snapshots.madwifi-project.org.2BAC8_.28ath_pci.29
But when I get at the step:
make

I'm getting the following error:

Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... FAILED
Only kernel versions 2.4.x and above are supported.
You have 3.13.0-30-generic.

That puzzles me, because that seems like it should work...
I tried searching for a solution but to no avail.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of :

sudo lshw -C network; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo rfkill list

Thanks

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foaly (4-launchpad-t) said : 		#2

this is the output:

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 05
       serial: 08:9e:01:6e:79:88
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8105e-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:2000(size=256) memory:90004000-90004fff memory:90000000-90003fff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 9c:2a:70:40:e9:7d
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.13.0-30-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.192 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:90100000-9017ffff memory:7f000000-7f00ffff
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux foaly-linux 3.13.0-30-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 4 21:40:53 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: acer-wireless: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Your wireless interface has an IP address. If you connect and run:

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null

Then try the web, does it work ok? If so, we can make it stick.

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foaly (4-launchpad-t) said : 		#4

yes it works fine, the web was working fine.
my wireless just stops working when having to process large amounts of data, that's why I'm trying to use the other driver

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Try:

echo "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ath9kfix.conf > /dev/null

Reboot to test.

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foaly (4-launchpad-t) said : 		#6

Seems to work now :)

thank you!

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foaly (4-launchpad-t) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.