AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01) not working anymore using wicd after upgrading from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 9.04

Always run live cd first before upgrading to newer version.

Did you restarted the network ?

if you have pci wireless card remove and connect again.

Run the command lshw -C network to see if the wireless is detected or not.

I hope this helps?

Bye

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: Run the following commands (copy-paste each line below to the Terminal then hit <enter> after each line)

cat /etc/lsb-release
sudo iwlist scanning
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep witch
iwconfig

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output from each command) on this thread

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Keep in mind that one or more of the following 4 basic components need to be configured correctly so that wireless can work correctly in Linux:

Wireless configuration in the BIOS, hardware wireless switch setting, active wireless driver version, and firmware for the wireless chipset (stored as a file in Linux).

Regards,

Mark

Hi,

Thanks very much for the help. I couldn't even connect vie Ethernet so I couldn't cut/paste. But after reinstalling wicd I am able to get on the network using wire, yay!

I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 with a P4 3GHz processor and 2 GB Ram, 35 GiB Har5d drive with 16.2 GiB free

OK so here are the commands entered and what the output was
<SNIP>
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for cparis:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan1 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

cparis@chris-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: BCM4401 100Base-T
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:0d:56:32:4d:2e
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.7 latency=32 link=yes module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network
       description: AR5001-0000-0000
       product: Wireless LAN Reference Card
       vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc.
       physical id: 0
       version: 00
       slot: Socket 0
       resources: irq:16
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wmaster0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1f:33:d1:a3:46
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k_pci latency=168 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 module=ath5k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 26:ec:3d:eb:96:e3
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3580] (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3584] (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3585] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to AGP Controller [8086:3581] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200 64M] [10de:0324] (rev a1)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T [14e4:4401] (rev 01)
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac44] (rev 02)
02:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller [104c:8029]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01)
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c521 Logitech, Inc. MX620 Laser Cordless Mouse
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
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux chris-laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.495664] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.516398] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 1.766842] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 2.204121] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.204506] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.204790] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.205080] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.208539] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 2.210578] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 3.072173] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:01.0
[ 15.523922] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:04.0: CardBus bridge found [1028:015f]
[ 16.221618] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH4-M TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0x1060)
[ 17.059335] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2414 chip found (MAC: 0x79, PHY: 0x45)
[ 17.483632] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep witch
[ 0.020732] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 1.051978] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 1.408412] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 1.408725] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
cparis@chris-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

</SNIP>

OK,
Thanks for talking me through entering those commands. When I looked at them and then at what I had in the wicd preferences I spotted what I thought could be the problem, and indeed it was.

"wlan1" was not entered in the textbox next to "wireless interface" in the wicd preferences. Once I typed that in, wicd knew what to use to look for the network. Then I was able to click [hidden networks], enter the SSID, fail, and then enter in the key. My wicd hung up after that, but on rebooting, I was able to connect to the wireless and I am back in business.

I'm not sure what in the upgrade caused that "wlan1" to go away, but typing it in was the "magic".

Thanks for your help!

Chris

I have this problem but in ubuntu 10.10 with kernel 2.6.35-24-generic.

Wicd works fine with the 32-bit Ubuntu 11.10. I tried with Intel WiFi Link 5100.