Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

[Martijn vdS]

Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules

The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available from the madwifi website:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679

I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile manually :)

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Wireless driver: atheros-swan-modules-2.6.21.4-eeepc_20070713-2_i386.deb

It sounds like the madwifi drivers for Atheros are considered to be an acceptable substitute, however there is a patch (see http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu) to Ubuntu's version of the driver to make it work with EEE PC.

[Andrew Straw (astraw)]

For what it's worth, here's a list of steps I did to get the madwifi drivers working in Hardy:

{{{
# remove all linux-restricted-modules-* packages
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo rmmod ath_pci
sudo rmmod ath_hal
sudo rmmod wlan
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/special/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz
tar xvzf madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007.tar.gz
cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007
make
sudo make install
# reboot to reset the ethernet hardware.
}}}

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

Amit uploaded an lrm with latest madwifi, which seems to have this patch.

[Andrew Straw (astraw)]

Unfortunately, Amit's upload does not have the AR2425 (AR5007EG) patch. Actually, the whole thing looks pretty ugly -- the patch (see http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679 ) "breaks the ABI for all non-i386 HAL binaries". I don't know if this issue makes the patch unacceptable as something that could get into Hardy's l-r-m package, even if only the i386 architecture binary. Furthermore, the patch apparently does not apply cleanly to the 0.9.3.3 release, only to r2756 (e.g. snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-ng/madwifi-ng-r2756-20071018.tar.gz ). :(

So, is is possible that these patches could be incorporated into the next release of lrm?

Darn those binary blobs...

[Andrew Straw (astraw)]

I'm changing the status back from "Fix Released" to "Confirmed" because the fix isn't released in the Ubuntu l-r-m package.

[Andrew Paulin (trash-eighty)]

I know this driver's in a pretty ugly situation, but is there any chance of it getting into the Hardy release (perhaps as an 'alternate" version of the package)?

[GiuseppeVerde (launchpad-digitasaru)]

any update on this? It doesn't seem to be in the latest Hardy kernel set.

eee users really need it.

[Andrew Paulin (trash-eighty)]

Yes, Eee users (as well as a few other newer laptops) need the AR5007
driver, but so far, the madwifi devs have been helpless to integrate
the driver into the mainline madwifi driver. IMHO, we should be able
to put the 5007 driver in a seperate package and use
restricted-manager to pick the proper driver, but I'm not aware enough
of how the internals work to know if we can fix it.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:08 AM, GiuseppeVerde <email address hidden> wrote:
> any update on this? It doesn't seem to be in the latest Hardy kernel
> set.
>
> eee users really need it.
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5006EG) not working on ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
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> of the bug.
>

[darren (darrenm)]

Another here trying to add weight to getting this in for Hardy.

Theres lots of people with eee PC's that have to fiddle to get the WiFi working.

[Niels Kristian Bech Jensen (nkbjensen)]

I'll add my voice to the choir asking for the ar5007 patch to be added to madwifi in hardy. The AR5007EG is used in many current laptops and I think hardy should support it out of the box being a LTS release.

[lod (altoas)]

i'm with the same chip and I;m forced to use ndiswrapper, but it work fine. It's sad that this bug isn't fix for mounts!

[vnieto (vnieto)]

Hi I use a hp Pavilion dv6721 an use an ar5007. I Think hardy shold support it on amd64 for use mi laptop.

Tk

[Andrew Paulin (trash-eighty)]

vnieto, at the moment, it's impossible to use this driver in AMD64.
Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about it at the moment.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:15 AM, vnieto <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi I use a hp Pavilion dv6721 an use an ar5007. I Think hardy shold
> support it on amd64 for use mi laptop.
>
> Tk
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5006EG) not working on ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Jim Lewellyn (styyle14)]

just another voice in the crowd, but I too would greatly appreciate hardy having "out of the box" wifi capabilities for this card. I am trying to convert others to linux, yet the lack of this feature on my one and only laptop is preventing me from giving them a demonstration of the live-cd's power. Please incorporate it, even if it is just a copy of the patched source code, it would be much easier to have it on the live cd than to have to plug up to an ethernet cable. Thanks!!

[vnieto (vnieto)]

I Use ndiswrapper with 64 bit windows xp driver and work fine the first time (clean instalation).
Before a restart I see all networks but I can't connect to.

I need remove module (sudo -r ndiswrapper) and put on blacklis ath_pci and load module (sudo modprobe ndiswrapper) again to connect sucessfuly.

If I forgot remove from blacklist ath_pci before restarts, don't work later.

Is really difficult and tortuose, but work.

[vnieto (vnieto)]

I use the script attached for do the ndiswrapper work for me.

[Jonas (jon-stekas)]

Acer Aspire 5520 laptop and Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter not working, hope it will be fixed soon.

[Matt Bamford (mbamford)]

The Debian EEE PC team (http://debian-eeepc.alioth.debian.org , http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC) has created a package, madwifi-eee containing the patched version. It builds on Hardy after I built a new version of madwifi-tools 1:0.9.4~rc2+dfsg-1 from Debian lenny. (Hardy only has 1:0.9.3+dfsg-3, and madwifi-eee requires > 1:0.9.4~rc2+dfsg-1).

Any chance we could see a new updated madwifi-tools for hardy, and then the madwifi-eee packages included so that EEE (and other AR5007) users aren't left in the dark?

[vnieto (vnieto)]

MAtt, the madwifi-eee work over amd64 hardy version?

[Matt Bamford (mbamford)]

No, the patch for madwifi will only work under i386, regardless of how you choose to install and use it.

If anyone's interested, I've put the two packages into my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~mbamford/+archive). Works great for me.

[frederyk (frederyk)]

And just another voice for getting hardy to support eeepc wlan ou of the box. The idea with the restricted driver section is the best I think, because this ugly patch would not match the typical ubuntu quality, but there are so many novice users with the eeepc, an easy wlan install will be essential for getting more ubuntuusers.

[jyio (inportb)]

This is an Atheros issue, not an Ubuntu/MadWifi issue. I have an AR5007 as well, but was able to get it working very easily using the patch on my ia32 laptop. It was also trivial to apply the Aircrack-ng patch. The only ugliness I see is that Atheros has not released any Linux drivers for their hardware.

The guys behind MadWifi are working on porting this patch to the other platforms. Once this has been done successfully, everyone will have AR5007 support.

[sam tygier (samtygier)]

according to bug #209414 i have the same atheros card in an aspire 7520

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
 Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Unknown device 0428
 Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
 Region 0: Memory at f2200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

running hardy 64bit. would be nice to have a fix

[ibizatunes (ibizatunes)]

Yep just another person saying that it doesnt work on hardy, on tosiba statillitle a215-s4747
does anyone have a fix for this yet? or is there a ETA on it a patch yet?

[vnieto (vnieto)]

I made working atheros ar5007 over amd64 hardy with ndiswrapper, some tortouse, but work-
first install the ndiswrapper and the xp64 driver, then basicaly I use this procedure when start X session:

sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo cp /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist .
sudo sed 's/#blacklist ath_pci/blacklist ath_pci/g' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist>blacklist3
sudo mv blacklist3 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
sudo ndiswrapper -ma && sudo ndiswrapper -mi
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo sed 's/blacklist ath_pci/#blacklist ath_pci/g' /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist>blacklist3
sudo mv blacklist3 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

and before work.
I Attach one script to do, simply run with: sudo ./subirwifi.sh before start x session

Not is the nest way, but work

[Srikrishna Das (srikrishna)]

Acer Aspire 4315 has Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x. Restricted drivers in hardy doesn't work.

[. (e-mail-address-mailinator)]

+1 Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li 2727 same issue with the Atheros Wifi adapter.

[rcbraga (rcbraga-deactivatedaccount)]

Toshiba A205-S5843 same issue with the Atheros Wifi adapter, restricted drivers in hardy doesn't work.

[arconww (arconworldwide)]

Are ya'll kidding me?!
This driver, for the Atheros card has been patched and has been working perfectly, for at least the past 2 months! [At least on all Tosiba statillitle a215s]
That means 32 bit & 64 bit, not to mention the ndiswrapper - without any further adu - even longer.
[Is "Ubuntu" an African word for "I can't configure Debian.... - let alone Linux". ]
People, check out the WORKING drivers/patches from the Debian/sid and/or Sidux and/or - if you're an ndiswrapper fan for some reason - just get the right firmware from the Check guy's site - who's address is not in the front of me, as I am on the run, on someone else's machine. {He is the only one on the Web with the right firmware, so say a BIG "thank you" for his efforts.}
Bye bye...

[darren (darrenm)]

Arconww - Great thanks!

Can you tell me how I install Ubuntu on a laptop with this wireless chip and then get it working? I only have a wireless connection.

[don hardaway (don-hardaway)]

Follow these instructions for installing the necessary software to compile
the madwifi driver with then you will have to get the latest madwifi
driver--the instructions for downloading it did not work for me but the
location is correct. Once you compile the driver and install it following
the instructions it just worked. If you have trouble let me know and i will
try to help.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2731459&postcount=25

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 5:49 PM, darren <email address hidden> wrote:

> Arconww - Great thanks!
>
> Can you tell me how I install Ubuntu on a laptop with this wireless chip
> and then get it working? I only have a wireless connection.
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

--
"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing
it."--James Arthur Baldwin

[Pepo (instalcoma)]

Hi, anyone can tell me hoe to runa ascript before start Xsession ???

Thanks in advance.

Jose Coma.

[parwrench (parwrench)]

I too was rather disappointed when my Acer 5520 wireless didnt work with gutsy. those of you who have an atheros 5006/7 may want to follow the latest instructions on the madwifi site..i am not using ndiswrapper .... and the madwifi module was not working for me in gutsy or hardy untill I read up on the madwifi site...i am pleased to announce that my atheros wireless is working just fine with the latest files from madwifi. Thanks guys. However it was after some rather extensive research that i got it working. Fortunately i didnt have to do all the research again when i upgraded a week ago. I did have to reinstall the madwifi drivers but all is well.
I am no expert at computers, but i am smart enough to know what Billy is up to!

Peace among men (women too)
parwrench

[parwrench (parwrench)]

I failed to mention my other findings on the atheros wireless.
first..it was detected and installed ..not sure it was properly..but madwifi was there.
the thing that wasnt detected was the dritek keyboard..with some extra buttons..one of which was to turn on/off the wireless. there was no other way to turn it on (I even tried in hopes that the toshkey util would do something..but no good). in my research i found a post that called for removing the card and covering one of the contacts but it was for mini pci and i have mini pci express, so that didnt work.
the new drivers allowed me to start the connection at boot and it worked ok.
also failed to mention specs.
acer aspire 5520 AMD turion 64 Atheros ar5007 Ubuntu hardy 32bit.

[Britt (brittrossiter)]

Another voice in the chorus. My Atheros AR5007 is in a HP Pavilion laptop dv6736nr, AMD Turion 64. Same problems as noted above.

[Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount)]

Same bug on a fujitsu siemens here. Any chance to see it in Hardy proposed ?

[Jim Lewellyn (styyle14)]

For all who have this wireless card, there is a new Hardware Access Layer in development that has AR5007 support. It has been tested and proven successful on numerous 64-bit systems. Go to http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679 and read the comments at the bottom which give install instructions and links to download.

ENJOY!!!!

[vnieto (vnieto)]

WORK!!!! Over amd64
1. primero remover ndiswrapper completamente

sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo apt-get remove --purge ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndisgtk

2. compilar, instalar y cargar madwifi con el nuevo HAL

svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi
wget httpp://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz
cd madwifi
mv hal hal.old
tar xvf ../ath_hal-20080528.tgz
mv ath_hal-20080528 hal
sudo make install BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man
sudo depmod -ae
sudo modprobe ath_pci
echo ath_hal | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo ath_pci | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Work for me

[vnieto (vnieto)]

WORK!!!! Over amd64
1. emove ndiswrapper

sudo ndiswrapper -e net5211
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo apt-get remove --purge ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils ndisgtk

2. build, instakk and load madwifi with new HAL

svn co http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi
wget httpp://people.freebsd.org/~sam/ath_hal-20080528.tgz
cd madwifi
mv hal hal.old
tar xvf ../ath_hal-20080528.tgz
mv ath_hal-20080528 hal
sudo make install BINDIR=/usr/bin MANDIR=/usr/share/man
sudo depmod -ae
sudo modprobe ath_pci
echo ath_hal | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
echo ath_pci | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Work for me

[Nikoleta Verbeck (nerdynick)]

Oh thank you so much vnieto and everyone else working on this. I have spent the last couple of days trying to get this to work and after a couple tries of going though your build steps and restarts I managed to get it to compile right.

Just to note this is on a HP dv6812nr with Turion 64x2. In case anyone else seems to have the same problem.

[Daniel Jost (dnl-jst)]

had the same problem on my hp compaq c745eg. the wireless chip is detected as a atheros ar242x.

after using this tutorial it worked very well.

http://blog.linuxoss.com/2008/05/08/ubuntu-804-enabling-atheros-ar5007-based-wireless/

[Irios (irios)]

> WORK!!!! Over amd64
> 1. emove ndiswrapper
> ....

Works also in a Compaq Presario C700 with a Celeron 540 and an AR242x Atheros device, running i386 Linux.

[Matt Austin (mattaustin)]

Confirming that this is still an issue in Intrepid Ibex Alpha 1.

[Jim Lewellyn (styyle14)]

This is not a Ubuntu Bug; it is in fact an error with the package madwifi which ubuntu installs to manage some wireless cards. There is a branch version of this package that can be used to fix this problem, but the ubuntu development team does not control madwifi in any way. This problem will resolve itself when madwifi version 0.9.5 is released, so posting in this thread will in no way aid or speed up the process of correcting this error. The status of this thread should from this time forth be marked as closed until the new madwifi package is released and added to the ubuntu repositories.

To follow the progress, of this bug, please follow this link:
<a href="http://madwifi.org/ticket/1192">http://madwifi.org/ticket/1192</a>
PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THIS TICKET UNLESS YOU HAVE TRACKED DOWN THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM YOU ARE EXPERIENCING IN THE SOURCE CODE
(This is because the branch version has already been extensively tested and proven to work, so if any problems arise, they are in all likelihood your fault)

[Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount)]

styyle14 > It *is* an Ubuntu bug and it has not to be closed until it is resolved or it is decided that it will never be fixed (Wontfix). It is an Ubuntu bug because Ubuntu user are experiencing it.

The cause of the bug is not relevant here. The bug is that Atheros Wireless chipset are *not* working when using Ubuntu. As long as this chipset is not working out of the box on an Ubuntu installation, this bug has to remain open.

Posting in this thread is useful if you have an easy workaround so you can help people that have the same problem.

[Jim Lewellyn (styyle14)]

Whatever, we are saying the same thing, even though I cannot comprehend why "The cause of the bug is not relevant here", seeing as how the whole purpose of this thread is to help users and the ubuntu-development team in fixing the bug. I just said temporarily closed, while you said "wontfix". It's the same intention and the same solution. Someone can post here about the problem, yet because the ubuntu-development team isn't dealing with the problem, it will be vastly irrelevant to fixing the problem. Because it is *not* an isolated issue on the ubuntu distribution, but rather one that affects the entire linux community, I suggest that concerned users post on the thread given at the link above in order to aid in the solution to the bug.

Let me see if i can help explain to you the source of the problem. The Hardware Access Layer (HAL) provided by the madwifi package, at this point, does not work for the AR5007 chipset, and until the new version of the HAL is implemented, the wireless card will not (Besides, of course, the hideous "Ndiswrapper"). So you can go ahead and call this "an Ubuntu bug", but the fact of the matter is that it is only tangently related to the ubuntu distribution by the fact that ubuntu installs the madwifi package by default. Overall, there is no "easy workaround" except to install the branch version of madwifi with AR5007 support, or to sit tight and wait for the updated package to be added to the repositories.

Again, *actual* help and support can be found at the madwifi IRC channel: "#madwifi" on irc.freenode.net
or by going to <http://madwifi.org/ticket/1192> for guides and walkthroughs.

[Bob Gotthardt (dell-gotthardt)]

FYI: Same issue on new HPdv6809 laptop
My workaround for now, [shutoff switch] insert Belkin USB and all works fine.

I appreciate all these efforts and not sure Linux folks should be working on this [except it did work on -12, see Bug#228548].

MY2cents: Hardware folks should be more OSF compliant/standard when developing these 'new ' cards.

[James Rich (james-a-rich)]

Bug/issue confirmed in Intrepid Ibex Alpha 1.

Standard procedure for madwifi special branch source fails to install on an EeePC 701 4g(not surf). Bug is known and referenced at http://madwifi.org/ticket/1999 patch is available at this site, and I've also attached the patch to this comment. Patch is for special madwifi package: madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar.gz

This is how I've managed to compile and install the drivers on Intrepid:

tar zxvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604.tar.gz
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3698-20080604
mv ../string_literal.patch .
patch -p0 < string_literal.patch
make clean
make
make install

[John McCourt (butterman)]

I wont be installing Ubuntu until it works out of the box in a seamless manner. Ubuntu should 'just work' and if it doesn't then there are plenty of other options (like windows) that do just work.

[Jasey (jason-rivers)]

err... one aimed towards John McCourt.

Windows Doesn't just work. I have installed Ubuntu on an Asus Eee (4G) and ran into little problems, the wifi Driver is relatively easy to get working. it just needs a bit of a patch.

complaining that something doesn't work "out of the box" and saying that you'll install windows just makes me laugh, how much hardware do you think will work "out of the box" with that? - without having to install other drivers from other disks or the net....

anyway, Thanks James, that patch worked on Intrepid for me too.

[TGM (tommann.home)]

@Jasey,

Many of us do not mind an occasional patch to get our hardware working; however with the number of kernel/ubuntu-restricted-modules updates going on, and the having to re-patch afterwards, this is just a headache and causes a major issue with usability. I'm fed up with the repatching myself...

@John McCourt,

Mandriva 2008.1 works with the eeePC out of the box. Be good to your Solid State Disk's lifespan and try to avoid Windows...

[John Moser (nigelenki)]

It seems the fashionable way to handle this would be to get OpenHAL working with EeePC and package ath5k with Ubuntu.

http://madwifi.org/wiki/About/OpenHAL

Of course that involves developer work and REing, but it would be the best way.

[kni (kni)]

same issue with the Atheros Wifi adapter in Acer Extensa 5620.

[Krinn (kr86420)]

Fix committed to ath5k in wireless-testing. This should go into linux-backports-modules.

[Michael Rooney (mrooney)]

I am wondering if bug #254996 and/or bug #206752 are duplicates of this bug, can anyone with a greater understanding of this issue verify? And further, this may be a duplicate, at least in a greater sense, of bug #122703.

[Krinn (kr86420)]

Upstream fix in Linux 2.6.27-rc2.

[Daniel Gimpelevich (daniel-gimpelevich)]

What is the problem here? Why isn't this already an SRU? Upstream has released a new version of the HAL, 0.10.5.6, which fixes this problem once and for all. The package needs to be updated to it. There's nothing more that needs to be said until it's in hardy-proposed, so please put it there!

[sam tygier (samtygier)]

@Daniel Gimpelevich
It is hard to know that the new hal does not break other cards. If you have a card that works with the old hal, and can test with the new hal, give it a go and report on the upstream bug.

it looks like intrepid will switch to ath5k (judging by lsmod on an intrepid install). according to chatter on #madwifi, it should be possible to port the 2.6.27 ath5k ar5007 support to 2.6.26.
<otaku42> "i think that it should be possible. check ath5k-devel or linux-wireless list archives, you should be able to find the relevant patches from nick there. afaict those related to ar5007 do not depend on stuff that's not available in 2.6.26".
that wont help hardy though.

[D B (eburner)]

The madwifi snapshot doesn't work in the current Intrepid kernel 2.6.26-5.

ndiswrapper works on my eee in the meantime.

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

I just wanted to confirm that the .27 has ath5k which supports the Eee,
and this should be in Intrepid.

It's working fine on my laptop using the test kernel.

Thanks,

James

[Michael Rooney (mrooney)]

Hi James! Just for the less educated like myself, I wanted to clarify
what you meant. By .27 do you mean linux 2.6.27, because I wasn't
aware that that was going to make it into Intrepid. Am I incorrect on
either of these? Thanks!

[James Westby (james-w)]

On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 12:38 +0000, Mike Rooney wrote:
> Hi James! Just for the less educated like myself, I wanted to clarify
> what you meant. By .27 do you mean linux 2.6.27, because I wasn't
> aware that that was going to make it into Intrepid. Am I incorrect on
> either of these? Thanks!
>

Hi Mike,

Yes, that's what I meant. Perhaps I was wrong about it being likely
for Intrepid then. I'm using BenC's intrepid-next debs, and so I
assumed that they were planning on moving to .27.

A quick search shows that you are correct. I'm sorry for spreading
mis-information.

It would be great to backport ath5k from .27, in l-b-m if need be.

Thanks,

James

[sam tygier (samtygier)]

Ben Collins explains the ubuntu next kernels at
http://blog.phunnypharm.org/2008/08/ubuntu-kernel-next.html

The way i read it is that it is for testing kernel changes for intrepid+1. It also looks like it will make it easier for the ubuntu devs to get patches pushed into the mainline.

[David Machakhelidze (david-mac)]

Yeah, it will be nice to have

 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
At work we all engineers have laptops with that chip and using Ubuntu . . . . it will be coool.
I have made compilations and every guide I have found on the net but nothing helps. perhaps it is no kernel support for this chips

good luck! ! !

[Berry van der Linden (madberry)]

Here is a new how to that uses the new workaround.

http://madberry.org/2008/08/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-wireless-to-work-2/

[Pär Eriksson (parherman)]

> It would be great to backport ath5k from .27, in l-b-m if need be.

Intrepid Ibex (8.10) Moves to 2.6.27!

http://blog.phunnypharm.org/2008/08/intrepid-ibex-810-moves-to-2627.html

[Bob Gotthardt (dell-gotthardt)]

Madberry, great procedure! Fixes my HP dv6809 laptop. Thanks much.

MY2CENTS: I still think these hardware vendors should ensure 'Linux Compatibility'.
AKA: I'd not have bought this HP laptop if I knew the 'new' card didn't support Linux!
[how much time have folks spent on this?]

[Michael Rooney (mrooney)]

> A quick search shows that you are correct. I'm sorry for spreading
> mis-information.
>
> It would be great to backport ath5k from .27, in l-b-m if need be.

Well, now it looks like we DO get it after all!
http://blog.phunnypharm.org/2008/08/intrepid-ibex-810-moves-to-2627.html.

[garrett.todd (snipegdog)]

I am an avid Ubuntu user and promoter, however my new laptop is having extreme problems recognizing my Atheros chipset 5007EG on a Toshiba Satellite m305d-s4831. I have spent hours with madwifi and ndiswrapper trying to get the packages to work however both my ethernet and wireless are not working even though they are being recognized by the hardware manager. It is making it an incredible headache to try to find all the packages one by one i need to get this working. Please help get a fix for this. The kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Alpha 4 Test's LAN is working great, however right now i can't access package manager or restricted drivers until the release, so I don't know if the bug is fixed yet. Please help. Oh, and the entire campus here is soon to be making the transition over to linux from windows. Thanks guys!

[Matt Austin (mattaustin)]

Wireless on my EeePC 701 is now working out-of-the-box (Intrepid Alpha 4, with latest updates - including 2.6.27-1-generic).

[Berry van der Linden (madberry)]

Hey Garret,

Latest news on that is that Intrepid will have Kernel version 2.6.27 in it
which will include the newest solution for people like you and me. For now
go here to get it to work:

http://madberry.org/2008/08/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-wireless-to-work-2/

When Intrepid gets into beta I will start testing myself....

--
[mad]Berry van der Linden
madberry.org
blackdeath.nl

On Thursday 28 August 2008 02:20:00 garrett.todd wrote:
> I am an avid Ubuntu user and promoter, however my new laptop is having
> extreme problems recognizing my Atheros chipset 5007EG on a Toshiba
> Satellite m305d-s4831. I have spent hours with madwifi and ndiswrapper
> trying to get the packages to work however both my ethernet and wireless
> are not working even though they are being recognized by the hardware
> manager. It is making it an incredible headache to try to find all the
> packages one by one i need to get this working. Please help get a fix
> for this. The kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Alpha 4 Test's LAN is working
> great, however right now i can't access package manager or restricted
> drivers until the release, so I don't know if the bug is fixed yet.
> Please help. Oh, and the entire campus here is soon to be making the
> transition over to linux from windows. Thanks guys!

--
[mad]Berry van der Linden
madberry.org
blackdeath.nl

[kni (kni)]

 Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter.
Wifi fixed with 2.6.27-2-generic (notebook Acer Extensa 5620)

[Hollman Enciso (hollman)]

The solution is the follow:

1. make the script for the hotkeys
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/getting_ubuntu_8.04_to_work_perfectly#hotkeys

later press Fnc + f2 to turn on the wireless

2. install madwifi
http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo

that all, with this steps i resolv this problem with mi eeepc 900

[Sindhudweep Sarkar (sindhudweep-sarkar)]

Can confirm that with linux-image 2.6.27-2

Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

works out of the box on the Acer Aspire one, and the Acer AS 5315.

This is not with madwifi but the Ath5k driver.

[Paulo Albuquerque (paulo.albuquerque)]

Tested my EEE Pc 4G with Intrepid Alpha 5. Wireless still not working out of the box. I attached the full dmesg but I think the relevant part is:

[ 76.490562] Atheros(R) L2 Ethernet Driver - version 2.0.4
[ 76.490572] Copyright (c) 2007 Atheros Corporation.
[ 76.490660] atl2 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 76.490683] atl2 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 76.493162] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 76.611110] ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
[ 77.173177] wlan: 0.9.4
[ 77.385045] ath_pci: 0.9.4
[ 77.385139] ath_pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 77.385159] ath_pci 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 77.433447] wifi%d: unable to attach hardware: 'Hardware revision not supported' (HAL status 1
3)
[ 77.433561] ath_pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 79.042805] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 79.042831] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 79.042858] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 79.042927] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 79.052978] ath5k phy0: failed to wakeup the MAC Chip
[ 79.053090] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 79.169636] ath5k_pci: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -5

[Matteo Collina (matteo-collina)]

Actually I've built my own linux-2.6.27-2 for hardy and It does work immediately after installing the kernel.
The only thing I've done it's adding the ath5k module to /etc/modules.

[jap1968 (jap1968)]

Also tested Intrepid alfa 5 on Eee PC 701, 512MB / 4GB

Wireless still does not work out of the box, but with a minimal change it does.

Just blacklist the ath_pci module and reboot. Wireless will be working with no problem.

To blacklist the module:

$ sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Then, add this line to the file:

blacklist ath_pci

[jap1968 (jap1968)]

This is the part od dmesg related to the wireless after disabling (blacklisted) the ath_pci module on the Asus Eee PC 701:

[ 23.922197] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 23.922221] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 23.922283] ath5k_pci 0000:01:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 23.926676] ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development.
[ 24.207050] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
...
[ 30.642164] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)

[Martijn vdS (martijn)]

Confirmed that blacklisting ath_pci makes ath5k work, also on the Asus A8Le

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

For Hardy support, could some of you guys try installing a DKMS package from my PPA at http://ppa.launchpad.net/timg-tpi/ubuntu ? There is a madwifi DKMS package there that is based on the madwifi-hal-2008-08-15 branch from madwifi.org. Alternatively, you can build from my git repo at git://kernel.ubuntu.com/rtg/madwifi-hal-2008-08-15 and just install the compiled modules (for those of you with Eee PC).

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

As for Intrepid, it seems like the restricted driver manager (jockey) should be detecting this scenario and asking the user which driver to use, e.g., the ath5k driver v.s. madwifi and setting blacklists accordingly.

[IanW (launchpad-washuu)]

I can confirm ath5k works on an EeePC 701 in Intrepid Alpha 5 (kernels > 2.6.26) if turned OFF in System/Administration/Hardware Drivers.

[Lex Ross (lross)]

Hi Tim, and thank you so much for the update. I have compiled modules on Hardy using your GIT repository, and it worked just fine on my Asus F5N laptop. The only thing I had to do is to manually specify the country code for ath_pci kernel module:

# modprobe -r ath_pci
# modprobe ath_pci countrycode=643

During the boot process however the country code option is not passed to ath_pci module, and it fails with the message

Sep 13 14:35:35 mars kernel: [ 373.541177] MadWifi: ath_getchannels: Unable to collect channel list from HAL; regdomain likely 96 country code 0

32-bit Gutsy with madwifi patch on the other hand had no such issues (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/AsusF5N wiki page for details)

Any ideas?

[captive (salvo-schifani)]

It seems there's a regression in 2.6.27-3: module ath5k is loaded but no wifi interface is available. Even Jockey shows that module is in use.
This is tested on an Acer AspireOne (it should be an AR5007).
Who is on 2.6.27-2 on this hardware reported wifi is working on that kernel, so if you have everything else working DON'T upgrade to -3

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

@captive

I believe you have to blacklist ath_pci first, then reboot.

Both ath_pci and ath5k are being auto-loaded on bootup because both modules are matching the AR5007 vendor/device IDs.

[captive (salvo-schifani)]

@Adam

I didn't try blacklisting ath_pci, I just tried to rmmod every ath* module, then modprobing ath_pci.
I did the same for ath5k, with no luck.
Anyway I'll give a try to see if blacklisting ath_pci works.

[captive (salvo-schifani)]

@Adam

I can confirm that blacklisting ath_pci wifi card is detected and works using ath5k module.
Just signal seems to be weaker than using latest ath_pci from madwifi.
A side effect is that I lost my wireless led, but, hey, I'm connected!!! :)

[Adam McDaniel (adamrmcd)]

Really? ... I've noticed better reception with ath5k.
(5' from my AP I got ~80% from ath_pci, but 100% from ath5k)

[captive (salvo-schifani)]

Yes signal is (maybe) 10% weaker, but the worst thing is that bandwith seems to be narrowed to 20KBytes/s!
I can download at 1MByte/s using ethernet, and almost at the same speed using another kernel with madwifi ath_pci compiled on it. If I use 2.6.27-3 with ath5k I start with 150-200 KB/s but in a few seconds it slows down to 20-25KB/s.
This was tested downloading from different sources, upgrading system, etc..
It doesn't look like there is packet loss.

[0L1V3R (oli888)]

I'm on an Acer Aspire 7520, and blacklisting ath_pci worked. (I just added "blacklist ath_pci" (without the quotes) to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.)

[Daniel de Souza Telles (danielsouza)]

Richard haved the same problem with Toshiba L40 laptop:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/14214

[Albert Ulmer (albert-ulmer)]

I just installed the current intrepid-desktop-i386 on my Asus Eee 900. To enable wireless, I had to comment "blacklist ath5k" and uncomment "blacklist ath_pci" in /etc/modprobe.d/madwifi and reboot.

So far, I couldn't notice any wireless slowdowns compared to other operating systems.

[Marijn Schouten (m-schouten)]

Tested Intrepid alpha6 on an Acer laptop with the AR5007EG/AR2425 wireless chipset but it didn't work. Neither with ath5k or ath_pci. The included HAL for ath_pci is too old; at least 0.10.5.6 is needed, not the current 0.9 version.

[Troy Ready (troyready)]

On a fresh install of Intrepid Beta, wireless on my EeePC 900 was not working. Adding "blacklist ath_pci" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist resolved it.

Can this method make it into Intrepid final? Is there a better way to do it?

[0L1V3R (oli888)]

The same workaround mentioned above (adding "blacklist ath_pci") to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist works in the Intrepid Beta.

[Alwin Garside (yogarine)]

Atheros on my Sony VAIO VGN-NR230AE also started working after blacklisting ath_pci in Intrepid Beta.

[Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount)]

If that works, then what would make it work out of the box when Intrepid
is final?

Alwin Garside wrote:
> Atheros on my Sony VAIO VGN-NR230AE also started working after
> blacklisting ath_pci in Intrepid Beta.
>
>

[Amit Kucheria (amitk)]

This works with 2.6.27 kernels from reading the most recent posts.

[Amit Kucheria (amitk)]

Until we decide whether to include this in backports...

[Alwin Garside (yogarine)]

Hold on Amit! This doesn't work out of the box yet. People still need to manually disable ath_pci. This needs to be fixed.

[lod (altoas)]

in Intrepid AR5007 works with madwifi ath5k, but have very poor performance.

[Jeremy LaCroix (jlacroix82-deactivatedaccount)]

I agree, Walmart still sells these laptops to this day and getting into
the holiday season, this is going to be huge.

Alwin Garside wrote:
> Hold on Amit! This doesn't work out of the box yet. People still need to
> manually disable ath_pci. This needs to be fixed.
>
>

[Jim Lewellyn (styyle14)]

I agree, you cannot be marking this bug as "fix-released" until it works out of the box. If I wanted to use the Ubuntu live-cd for some computer maintenance which required wireless internet access, I could not currently do that because it requires a "blacklist ath_pci" which requires a restart, thus making it impossible to do with a live-cd. Please wait to close or otherwise say that this bug is fixed until it works out of the box on all machines.

[Daniel Miles (themono)]

I'm changing this back to in progress. The bug is that the AR5007 chipset does not work, and that is still the default behaviour on a fresh install. While a simple tweak is available to remedy this, the user is not notified of this in any way. As such, the bug is still present until a) the correct driver is loaded instead of ath_pci, or b) on detecting that chipset, the user is displayed a dialog telling them the tweak they must do - obviously not an ideal solution, but enough to close the bug.

[Daniel Miles (themono)]

Apologies to double post. Styyle14, you should be able to rmmod / modprobe to the correct driver with the live CD, unless I'm mistaken on that... The issue isn't the live CD so much as that it still does not function out of the box, so that a user who installs Ubuntu will just assume it does not work.

[Krinn (kr86420)]

The problem here is that the pci id 168c:001c is listed as an alias for ath_hal. This causes ath_hal to be loaded instead of ath5k. If ath_hal does not support this device, then this pci id must be removed from modules.alias.override/ath_hal

Fixing this should make things work out of the box with Intrepid.

[Theresa (theresa)]

Nice, thanks for the heads up.

But, not to sound too nooby, how I do I apply the patch?

Please help!

Thanks
Theresa

2008/10/7 Krinn <email address hidden>

> ** Changed in: linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu Hardy)
> Status: New => Fix Committed
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
> EEEPC, which is a direct subscriber.
>
> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Confirmed
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu: In
> Progress
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Committed
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: New
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules
>
> The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available
> from the madwifi website:
>
> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679
>
> I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile
> manually :)
>
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[Krinn (kr86420)]

An updated linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 package containing the new ath5k driver has been accepted into hardy-proposed. However, the same problem with the madwifi driver taking precedence still exists, so if you have linux-restricted-modules installed then you will need to blacklist ath_pci or remove the pci id from /usr/share/linux-restricted-modules/2.6.24-19-generic/modules.alias.override/ath_hal

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 -21 copied to hardy-updates.

[Matt Daubney (daubers)]

On my EeePC 701 running Intrepid, blacklisting the ath_pci makes the wireless card 'work' but I can't connect to any access points. It seems to connect, try to get an IP address then disconnect.

wpa_supplicant.log goes from key negotiation completed to -> CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED then hits
"No network configuration found for the current AP
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys"

Any ideas?

[Krinn (kr86420)]

@Matt Daubney: Is your issue related to bug 259157?

[Chad Schroder (caschroder-deactivatedaccount)]

Hi
I am very new to this and when I try to blacklist ath_pci my wifi adapter still does not show.
I have a Eee PC 1000.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

[Krinn (kr86420)]

@Chad Schroder: Your Eee PC 1000 may contain an RT2860, not AR5007. Please see bug 210725.

[Chad Schroder (caschroder-deactivatedaccount)]

Yeah sorry I figured that out
but thanks for the response

[Marijn Schouten (m-schouten)]

Acer laptop with

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

has working wireless interface with Intrepid Beta after adding "blacklist ath_pci" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and rebooting.

[Marcus (mark-westrick)]

I followed the advice given in Bug 251252 given by Luks911 which restored the wireless connectivity. See below:

I am experiencing the same problem after upgrading to kernel 2.6.24-21 this morning. I posted a question (48094) seeking a solution for this issue. It has never happened in previous upgrades. Below is a copy of my question:

When I ran update manager this morning (10-15-08) my system upgraded to the kernel 2.6.24-21. Upon reboot my athi wifi card was no longer working so I reinstalled the madwifi files & rebooted again. When the system rebooted it stoped just short of the end on the status bar & the Caps Lock key light began to flash.

FYI-I am able to boot up using an earlier kernel (2.6.24-19) so this problem appears to be related to the kernel upgrade. This problem is also described in Bug 251252 but I saw no resolution as this is a new one problem due to the recent upgrade.

I am running 8.04 on a Compaq Presario 700 notebook.

Below are the steps & outputs (where indicated):

- Ran Update Mananger
- Rebooted into the latest kernel (2.6.24-21)
- Repaired athi card access using the following steps:
  - cd madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007
  - make
  - sudo make install
  - sudo modprobe ath_pci
  - sudo reboot
- This is where the system locked up during the reboot process & where the Caps Lock light began to flash. The mouse pad light also goes from inactive to active. The system hangs in this mode indefinitely.

- Rebooted into 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode)
- Ran repair package option (dpkg)
- Rebooted and experienced the same problem
- Rebooted again into the 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode) to see what errors were occurring. Got the following message: kernel panic - not syncing fatal exception in intrupt

Is there a way to fix this issue or is a patch required? Thanks in advance for any help given in resolving this issue!

Marcus,<br>
I read the same problem in Ubuntu-es forum, with that kernel update in Hardy and a Compaq Presario F700 (with Atheros AR5007EG).<br>
The aparently solution is:<br>
- Boot in recovery into kernel 2.6.24-21-generic<br>
- Uninstall de madwifi driver with:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- cd madwifi_directory (madwifi-<wbr>ng-r2756+<wbr>ar5007 or another version, like madwifi-<wbr>hal-0.10.<wbr>5.6)<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- sudo make uninstall<br>
- Then install de linux-backports<wbr>-modules for your kernel version. With this package you can use the wifi using the ath5k driver: run<br>
- sudo modprobe ath5k<br>
if it's necesary.

I did the above which returned the wireless feature however when I try to connect via the wireless Internet programs such as Firefox act like the computer is not on-line. In my troubleshooting I noticed that the Atheros Hardware Access Layer device in hardware drivers is unchecked. Do I need to activate this?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

marcus

[Bob Gotthardt (dell-gotthardt)]

FYI: Card works fine in my HP DV6809 since 8/25/08 when following Madberry's process.
 [ http://madberry.org/2008/08/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-wireless-to-work-2/ ]. Thanks much again!.

Re-install has worked on every kernel, including latest .21-generic. BUT, I do not need/install Windows Driver envelope [Ndiswrapper?]. Is that where other problems lie?

I have the madwifi folder. To re-install on new kernel:
* Disable HAL and 802.11 device. ...System-Admin-Hardware Drivers...
* sudo apt-get update && sudo aptitude install build-essential
make clean
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo modprobe wlan-scan-sta
* re-enable HAL and 802.11.
* restart

Hope this helps!

[Nick Ward (nix-ward)]

I used the following method to get my eee pc wireless to work:
   Re: EeePC, wireless and Intrepid
  with intrepid it should work almost out of the box. You just:

  -install intrepid
  -then go to system->hardware drivers
  -disable the atheros driver in that list
  -reboot your computer

  and wireless should work on the eeepc.

One problem that had me stumped initially was that it did not detect channels 12 (2.467GHz) and 13 (2.472GHz).

[Åskar (olskar)]

And now ath5k as released in 2.6.27 is disabled in Intrepid. How does that affect this bug?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/linux-lpia/+bug/288148

[Amit Kucheria (amitk)]

ath5k in 2.6.27 is very unstable. A newer version of upstream ath5k is available in linux-backports-modules. Please use that. The in-kernel version of ath5k has been disabled (bug 288148).

[Amit Kucheria (amitk)]

Assigning to the right person:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/182489/comments/83

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

I believe this MIGHT be part of the problem that I am having with my Compaq Presario CQ50-110EM bug #287244 but not sure if this would lock up the kernel during live CD / install boot.

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

Disregard the above message it is incorrect it's a PCI type problem.

The AR5007 is a problem for me though.

Laptop: Compaq Presario CQ50-110EM

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

I can confirm the above works.

Find an ethernet connection and using synaptic install linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-21-generic and reboot. Ensure HAL and support for 5xxx series are enabled in Hardware Drivers.

Working for me now!

[Roderic Jones (rodericj)]

The best solution at the moment seems to be installing Adam McDaniel's
kernel (linux-image-2.6.27-7-eeepc). This works perfectly on an eee PC
900.

You can download it from:

http://www.array.org/ubuntu/index.html

If you follow his instructions it is simple to set up.

2008/11/2 Teej <email address hidden>:
> I can confirm the above works.
>
> Find an ethernet connection and using synaptic install linux-backports-
> modules-2.6.24-21-generic and reboot. Ensure HAL and support for 5xxx
> series are enabled in Hardware Drivers.
>
> Working for me now!
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

--
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Trout Cottage
Llanvihangel Crucorney
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
NP7 7NB

Telephone [phone]

[Christer Edwards (christer.edwards)]

On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 09:55:34PM -0000, Roderic Jones wrote:
> The best solution at the moment seems to be installing Adam McDaniel's
> kernel (linux-image-2.6.27-7-eeepc). This works perfectly on an eee PC
> 900.
>
> You can download it from:
>
> http://www.array.org/ubuntu/index.html
>
> If you follow his instructions it is simple to set up.

Installing the linux-modules-backports-intrepid package has been
reliable for me. I used these tips:

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/02/wireless-networking-on-eeepc-701-ubuntu-810-intrepid/

[Roderic Jones (rodericj)]

Many thanks - this works (EeePC 900). There were two slight problems -
you have to remove the quote marks and re-type them if you cut and
paste and the WiFi was turned off in the bios during this process and
had to be turned on again. It now works fine.

2008/11/3 Christer Edwards <email address hidden>:
> On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 09:55:34PM -0000, Roderic Jones wrote:
>> The best solution at the moment seems to be installing Adam McDaniel's
>> kernel (linux-image-2.6.27-7-eeepc). This works perfectly on an eee PC
>> 900.
>>
>> You can download it from:
>>
>> http://www.array.org/ubuntu/index.html
>>
>> If you follow his instructions it is simple to set up.
>
> Installing the linux-modules-backports-intrepid package has been
> reliable for me. I used these tips:
>
> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/02/wireless-networking-on-
> eeepc-701-ubuntu-810-intrepid/
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>

--
Roderic Jones

Trout Cottage
Llanvihangel Crucorney
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
NP7 7NB

Telephone [phone]

[Andy Figueroa (figueroa-andyfigueroa)]

I have the new emachines D620 (very Linux compatible!) with:
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Running Linux Mint (Elyssa 5-r1 fully updated w/Mint Update) I got the wireless card running very well with ath5k by upgrading the Kernel to vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic and adding the backports (also restricted-modules and ubuntu-modules for good measure).

Then all I had to do was disable the two madwifi modules in "restricted drivers" (Administration/Hardware Drivers), reboot, then and enable the new Atheros 5xxx module after (may have been enabled by default).

I did this twice because I hosed the installation while screwing around with Gentoo, so it is repeatable.

No joy at all with Intrepid. Also no joy with Gentoo in the latest unstable kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r2 and ath5k (won't associate). (I will get this working - in time!)

I did get the wifi working using ath5k easily with Sidux (now fully dist-upgraded) but performance is terrible.

[Andy Figueroa (figueroa-andyfigueroa)]

Update on above:

Reinstalled Xubuntu Intrepid on the emachine D620. With a wired connection I added the backports and after a reboot all I had to do was setup my wireless connection with the Network Manager. Speed is approximately the same as with the wired port.

dmesg identifies the chip as follows: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)

As a side note, neither Mint nor Sidux could successfully configure the wireless NIC with ndiswrapper and the driver that came with the computer. (no wireless extensions after setup).

[giacomo (giacomodorigo)]

I have an ASUS eeePC 1000h, with windows everything was working fine but with Ubuntu the wireless doesn-t work.

I have tried the backports packages but they didn't work neither on 8.04.1 nor on 8.10.

I have tried the fork Ubuntu-eee and the wireless works.

I wonder if there is a package for the Ubuntu mainstream distro which just wraps the Ubuntu-eee fix for this bug with Atheron

[Pelládi Gábor (pelladigabor)]

Giacomo, I suppose your eee pc doesn't contain an Atheros wifi card, like mine. It can contain an other wifi card. You can verify that with the "lspci" command. If that doesn't give you something named Atheros, you don't have an Atheros card. My eee contains a RaLink card, which needs the rt2860sta driver. That driver is not included in Ubuntu yet, even in backports, but it is included in Ubuntu-eee. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/210725 for more info on the RaLink driver.

[giacomo (giacomodorigo)]

Thank you so much Gabor!!!
I am a Linux newbie and I didn't know lspci command, so I was basing myself on this page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC/Fixes
that actually was misguiding me!
You were right and it reports a Ralink card!

Thanks again!

[sebass (js-bruzzone)]

HI to all!
I had been working around this issue since October 2007, including several distributions and I still, I found the same "solutions".
I have an aspire 7520, and I spent a LOT of time trying with madwifi, ndiswrapper, acer_wmi, you name it, and after 6 months, I got my atheros AR 5007 working on hardy. (I followed all the procedures, installing ndiswrapper, blacklisting, installing acer_wmi, dmesg, ..etc). bad, very bad
When Ibex came, I tried it, and I had more problems (out of the box) than on hardy, but more important, that still, no wifi.
This time, ndiswrapper doesn't work, and I won''t try using also the acer_wmi stuff.
So, I will like to know the real status of this issue, at least what options do I have at the moment, if I try again the amd64 dist or the 32bit.
If madwifi will work on 64bits or keep trying on ndiswrapper.
This is so frustrating that I had been using Vista since October (Ibex release time).
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards!!!
Sebass

[frank (protterg)]

HI
    I have been haunted by this problem on my Toshiba L200 as well, no
matter in ubuntu 8.04 nor 8.10. I am looking forward to have an effective
way to solve this problem, since the bug has become a legacy of ubuntu and
it would be unwise to make it into a legend for our honorable community.

--------------------------------------------------
From: "sebass" <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 7:45 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on
variouslaptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

> HI to all!
> I had been working around this issue since October 2007, including several
> distributions and I still, I found the same "solutions".
> I have an aspire 7520, and I spent a LOT of time trying with madwifi,
> ndiswrapper, acer_wmi, you name it, and after 6 months, I got my atheros
> AR 5007 working on hardy. (I followed all the procedures, installing
> ndiswrapper, blacklisting, installing acer_wmi, dmesg, ..etc). bad, very
> bad
> When Ibex came, I tried it, and I had more problems (out of the box) than
> on hardy, but more important, that still, no wifi.
> This time, ndiswrapper doesn't work, and I won''t try using also the
> acer_wmi stuff.
> So, I will like to know the real status of this issue, at least what
> options do I have at the moment, if I try again the amd64 dist or the
> 32bit.
> If madwifi will work on 64bits or keep trying on ndiswrapper.
> This is so frustrating that I had been using Vista since October (Ibex
> release time).
> Thanks in advance.
> Best Regards!!!
> Sebass
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Won't Fix
> Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: In
> Progress
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Won't Fix
> Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Baltix: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules
>
> The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available
> from the madwifi website:
>
> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679
>
> I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to
> patch/compile manually :)

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

frank, sebass, have you installed linux-backport-modules?

[sebass (js-bruzzone)]

Hello Dimitrios, yes I did, that was one of the first things that I have
tried.(actually after a fresh install of ibex)
After that ndiswrapper and acer_wmi, later on madwifi but It didn't had
64bit support.
cheers

2008/12/22 Dimitrios Symeonidis <email address hidden>

> frank, sebass, have you installed linux-backport-modules?
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Won't Fix
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu: In
> Progress
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Won't Fix
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Baltix: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules
>
> The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available
> from the madwifi website:
>
> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679
>
> I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile
> manually :)
>

[frank (protterg)]

Thanks first, however, I did it as well, unfortunately it does not work.

--------------------------------------------------
From: "sebass" <email address hidden>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 9:40 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on
variouslaptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

> Hello Dimitrios, yes I did, that was one of the first things that I have
> tried.(actually after a fresh install of ibex)
> After that ndiswrapper and acer_wmi, later on madwifi but It didn't had
> 64bit support.
> cheers
>
>
> 2008/12/22 Dimitrios Symeonidis <email address hidden>
>
>> frank, sebass, have you installed linux-backport-modules?
>>
>> --
>> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
>> ASUS Eee PC
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Won't Fix
>> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu:
>> Invalid
>> Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu: In
>> Progress
>> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
>> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
>> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
>> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Won't Fix
>> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Baltix: New
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules
>>
>> The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available
>> from the madwifi website:
>>
>> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679
>>
>> I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to
>> patch/compile
>> manually :)
>>
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Won't Fix
> Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24” source package in Ubuntu: In
> Progress
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Won't Fix
> Status in “linux-backports-modules-2.6.24” source package in Baltix: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules
>
> The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available
> from the madwifi website:
>
> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679
>
> I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to
> patch/compile manually :)

[Bob Gotthardt (dell-gotthardt)]

AGAIN! [for sebass benefit]. All works fine for me on HP dv6809 w/Atheros, using Madberry procedure only.

I've upgraded each hardy kernel, since worked out in August 2008, using that procedure. [intrepid live cd fails 267198 ].
But [again] I do not use backport modules, NDISWRAPPER, blacklists or any of that. See 10/21/08 for reinstall info.
Hope this helps. Merry Christmas.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

If the Hardy madwifi driver in linux-restricted-modules doesn't work for you, then try the DKMS madwifi package in the PPA http://ppa.launchpad.net/timg-tpi/ubuntu. Beyond that, you'll have upgrade to Intrepid for better Atheros 5K support.

[sebass (js-bruzzone)]

Hi, I will try that, the only thing is that I installed Intrepid since it
has a better 3g usb modeminterface, with Hardy I couldn't connect to
internet with that kind of modem.
(there is also a bug there with the dns server addresses, that doesn't allow
you to
surf the web, each time it uses 11.12.13.14 instead of the one you choose,
so I can't
connect either, wireless at work only (via atheros with hardy))
Thank you and happy hollidays!!
seba

2008/12/22 Bob Gotthardt <email address hidden>

> AGAIN! [for sebass benefit]. All works fine for me on HP dv6809
> w/Atheros, using Madberry procedure only.
>
> I've upgraded each hardy kernel, since worked out in August 2008, using
> that procedure. [intrepid live cd fails 267198 ].
> But [again] I do not use backport modules, NDISWRAPPER, blacklists or any
> of that. See 10/21/08 for reinstall info.
> Hope this helps. Merry Christmas.
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Won't Fix
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu: In
> Progress
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Won't Fix
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Baltix: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules
>
> The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available
> from the madwifi website:
>
> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679
>
> I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile
> manually :)
>

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Tim,

should I understand from your latest comment that there are no plans to try to backport a fix here to lrm-2.6.24, and we should mark this 'wontfix' for hardy?

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

People can try a DKMS package that I developed for Hardy that solves the problem for some.

https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Etimg-tpi/+archive/ppa/+files/madwifi-kernel-source_0.3862-1_all.deb

[sebass (js-bruzzone)]

Alleluya !!!!!!!!!!!!
Alleluya Brothers and Sisters!
Yes yes yes yes yes!!!
Go to Synaptics, install the following:

linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic

and surf the web!
also, full 3g usb-modem support!

For the very first time in more than one year, I'm enjoying ubuntu
graphics, sound, wifi, 3g, everything!
Thanks to all of you for your time and dedicated support!!!
About the upgrades, I don't know wich one is it, I will carefully
look them before installung, for sure, no new kernel for me.
Cheers

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 182489 ***
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489

I think ath5k is blacklisted in Intrepid so as not to interfere with the
venerable madwifi which does not support atheros 5007 with the hal
ubuntu shipped.

The better work around for atheros 5007 based wireless cards in intrepid
is to install the linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic module

The intrepid release notes [ located here
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseNotes ] have the workaround which
I have copy pasted for your benefit.

"Atheros ath5k wireless driver not enabled by default

The version of the ath5k driver for Atheros wireless devices included in
Linux 2.6.27 interferes with the use of the madwifi driver for some
wireless devices and as a result has been disabled by default. Many
Atheros chipsets will work correctly with the madwifi driver, but some
newer chipsets may not, and the madwifi driver may not work with WPA
authentication. If you have an Atheros device that does not work with
madwifi, you will want to install the linux-backports-modules-intrepid-
generic package, which includes an updated version of the ath5k driver.
While not installed by default, this linux-backports-modules-intrepid-
generic package is included on the Ubuntu 8.10 CD and DVD images for
ease of installation."

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 182489
  Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
ASUS Eee PC

--
atheros 5007eg Intrepid update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307933
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug (via bug 182489).

Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
I tried this a few times and it happed each time. I install Intrepid 8.10. I
can get the Atheros 5007eg to work just by deactivating the restricted
drivers. It works fine until I download and install the hundred and some
Ubuntu updates. One or more of the updates kills the wireless lan. I can't
get it to work until I wipe the drive and reinstall Ubuntu 8.10 again. It
will work as long as I don't update. Once I do, the wlan stops working
again. I tried to figure out which update is the culprit, but I got tired of
reinstalling Ubuntu and went back to Vi$ta. Do you have any idea which
update is the one?

2009/1/22 Tim Gardner <email address hidden>

> People can try a DKMS package that I developed for Hardy that solves the
> problem for some.
>
> https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Etimg-tpi/+archive/ppa/+files/madwifi-
> kernel-source_0.3862-1_all.deb<https://edge.launchpad.net/%7Etimg-tpi/+archive/ppa/+files/madwifi-kernel-source_0.3862-1_a...

[k browne (kbrowne1)]

I didn't find it at the Synaptics web site. All I get is touchpad drivers.

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
sebass
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:13 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on
variouslaptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

Alleluya !!!!!!!!!!!!
Alleluya Brothers and Sisters!
Yes yes yes yes yes!!!
Go to Synaptics, install the following:

linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic

and surf the web!
also, full 3g usb-modem support!

For the very first time in more than one year, I'm enjoying ubuntu
graphics, sound, wifi, 3g, everything!
Thanks to all of you for your time and dedicated support!!!
About the upgrades, I don't know wich one is it, I will carefully
look them before installung, for sure, no new kernel for me.
Cheers

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 182489 ***
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489

I think ath5k is blacklisted in Intrepid so as not to interfere with the
venerable madwifi which does not support atheros 5007 with the hal
ubuntu shipped.

The better work around for atheros 5007 based wireless cards in intrepid
is to install the linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic module

The intrepid release notes [ located here
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseNotes ] have the workaround which
I have copy pasted for your benefit.

"Atheros ath5k wireless driver not enabled by default

The version of the ath5k driver for Atheros wireless devices included in
Linux 2.6.27 interferes with the use of the madwifi driver for some
wireless devices and as a result has been disabled by default. Many
Atheros chipsets will work correctly with the madwifi driver, but some
newer chipsets may not, and the madwifi driver may not work with WPA
authentication. If you have an Atheros device that does not work with
madwifi, you will want to install the linux-backports-modules-intrepid-
generic package, which includes an updated version of the ath5k driver.
While not installed by default, this linux-backports-modules-intrepid-
generic package is included on the Ubuntu 8.10 CD and DVD images for
ease of installation."

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 182489
  Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
ASUS Eee PC

--
atheros 5007eg Intrepid update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307933
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug (via bug 182489).

Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu:
New

Bug description:
I tried this a few times and it happed each time. I install Intrepid 8.10. I
can get the Atheros 5007eg to work just by deactivating the restricted
drivers. It works fine until I download and install the hundred and some
Ubuntu updates. One or more of the updates kills the wireless lan. I can't
get it to work until I wipe the drive and reinstall Ubuntu 8.10 again. It
will work as long as I don't update. Once I do, the wlan stops working
again. I tried to figure out which update is the culprit, but I got tired of
reinstalling Ubuntu and went back to Vi$ta. Do you have any idea which
upda...

[Andrew Paulin (trash-eighty)]

Um, you want Synaptic (the program in System-Admin, not Synaptics, the touchpad driver :)
--
Andrew Paulin
<email address hidden>
[phone]
BlackBerry:24429309

-----Original Message-----
From: k browne <email address hidden>

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:12:35
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: RE: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on
 variouslaptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

I didn't find it at the Synaptics web site. All I get is touchpad
drivers.

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of
sebass
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:13 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Bug 182489] Re: Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on
variouslaptops, including the ASUS Eee PC

Alleluya !!!!!!!!!!!!
Alleluya Brothers and Sisters!
Yes yes yes yes yes!!!
Go to Synaptics, install the following:

linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic

and surf the web!
also, full 3g usb-modem support!

For the very first time in more than one year, I'm enjoying ubuntu
graphics, sound, wifi, 3g, everything!
Thanks to all of you for your time and dedicated support!!!
About the upgrades, I don't know wich one is it, I will carefully
look them before installung, for sure, no new kernel for me.
Cheers

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 182489 ***
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489

I think ath5k is blacklisted in Intrepid so as not to interfere with the
venerable madwifi which does not support atheros 5007 with the hal
ubuntu shipped.

The better work around for atheros 5007 based wireless cards in intrepid
is to install the linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic module

The intrepid release notes [ located here
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseNotes ] have the workaround which
I have copy pasted for your benefit.

"Atheros ath5k wireless driver not enabled by default

The version of the ath5k driver for Atheros wireless devices included in
Linux 2.6.27 interferes with the use of the madwifi driver for some
wireless devices and as a result has been disabled by default. Many
Atheros chipsets will work correctly with the madwifi driver, but some
newer chipsets may not, and the madwifi driver may not work with WPA
authentication. If you have an Atheros device that does not work with
madwifi, you will want to install the linux-backports-modules-intrepid-
generic package, which includes an updated version of the ath5k driver.
While not installed by default, this linux-backports-modules-intrepid-
generic package is included on the Ubuntu 8.10 CD and DVD images for
ease of installation."

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 182489
  Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
ASUS Eee PC

--
atheros 5007eg Intrepid update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307933
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug (via bug 182489).

Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu:
New

Bug description:
I tried this a few times and it happed each time. I install Intrepid 8.10. I
can get the Ath...

[be4truth (short-unique-name-in-use)]

You might have to enable the proposed updates in your sources list. Go to System/Administration/software sources , then the tab called "updates" and check the proposed updates.

[vnieto (vnieto)]

Work fine in jaunty fresh install.
Use the ath5k driver

[sebass (js-bruzzone)]

Thanks for the info, I will try it.
Is it coming with ext4 from default?
I hope that I comes also with the 3g usb modem support.
best regards
seba

2009/2/17 vnieto <email address hidden>

> Work fine in jaunty fresh install.
> Use the ath5k driver
>
> --
> Atheros wireless (AR5007) not working on various laptops, including the
> ASUS Eee PC
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182489
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in MadWifi - Atheros Drivers: Won't Fix
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in "linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24" source package in Ubuntu: Won't
> Fix
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Released
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix
> Status in linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Invalid
> Status in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 in Ubuntu Intrepid: Won't Fix
> Status in "linux-backports-modules-2.6.24" source package in Baltix: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules
>
> The Eee PC has non-working wireless out of the box. A patch is available
> from the madwifi website:
>
> http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679
>
> I'd like to have working wireless in hardy, without having to patch/compile
> manually :)
>

[jap1968 (jap1968)]

> Work fine in jaunty fresh install.

Are you sure?

On what model?

I tested on EeePC 701 Jaunty alfa 4 (may be it was alfa 3???) and I was not able to make the wireless working.
I did not install it, I just run it from a live-usb.

[geert.vl2 (geert-vl2)]

Hello,
I am just a not nowing person.
But when i installed EEEBUNTU Standerd everything was just working perfect automatical.
So that could giff the answer to all problems.
And to go even on, I just put Kubuntu 8.04.2 on my Netbook and it looks very good it boots good and everything is working as far as i can see.
So Boys and Girls maby there is the solution to tge problems.
Geatings Geert vl2

[kseise (kevin-seise)]

Not working on my Jaunty system on a Thinkpad A21M.

kseise@old-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9/0/1 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 09)
00:03.1 Serial controller: Xircom Mini-PCI V.90 56k Modem
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
kseise@old-laptop:~$

[vnieto (vnieto)]

I am Shure.
I using it in this moment.

Also work from live cd alfa 4
lspci:
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
02:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
02:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
02:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
02:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

vnieto, your atheros is a different one, no? this bug is about ar5007, and you have ar242x...

[vnieto (vnieto)]

I am not sure, but i think is the same.

[Bob Gotthardt (dell-gotthardt)]

Atheros card works fine [not sure about Intrepid]!

Upgraded my HP DV6809 to Intrepid and followed new MadBerry procedure to install [thanks again].
[ http://madberry.org/2008/11/how-to-get-atheros-ar242x-to-work-on-810-intrepid-ibex/ ]

[joshua.solidum (joshua-solidum)]

Hi Ubuntu Team your reading this mail all the way from South East Asia Phil..I decided to post this questions here because there is no Linux/Ubuntu community here in my location(Phil. Mindanao).
I have Installed Ubuntu hardy Heron on my compaq c700 presario Laptop as a virtual machine Operating system which enables me to run windows vista starter and Ubuntu hardy heron at the same time,It works but Im having alot of issues with it:
1.Wireless connection is not working!?I have the option to add a wireless networks but Im not finding any network at all.
2.Every Time I launch the Ubuntu hardy as a virtual machine Im getting a High I/O in my harddrive!

And would there be any website, community forums and computer group in the Phil.
 in Mindanao region that I can link with? It seems that Im the only one using Ubuntu in my neigborhood!? and if this system would crash I need perhaps some guidance with it any links or online manual that I can get from the net?
Im new with the system.

The specs of the laptops are

1.5 ram
80 gb harddrive
celeron r processor
wifi adapter atheros(which I think may not support ubuntu not unless theres a driver for it?)

[jap1968 (jap1968)]

...I have Installed Ubuntu hardy Heron on my compaq c700 presario Laptop as a virtual machine ...

If you installed it as a virtual machine, the physical hardware has nothing to do with the virtual hardware, as seen from the guest operating system.

I think that your problem is not related at all with the topic of this thread.

[Bob Gotthardt (dell-gotthardt)]

What hardware does Linux quest VM think it is using?

For those unaware [and have no other reason for 'linux restricted modules'], MadBerry's procedures [see 2/19] work on all ubuntu kernels [for me] since 2008-08-25. Check this log for any details.

[mercutio22 (macabro22)]

Guys, the wirelless device is still problematic in karmic. Dmesg shows:

[ 2483.325516] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 2616.601183] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 2834.055473] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 2841.692099] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 2896.072732] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3032.987866] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3195.345404] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3225.722805] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3310.922771] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3317.450791] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3560.978110] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3573.727252] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3616.676045] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3813.206013] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3844.361229] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 3982.939615] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo
[ 4081.575872] ath5k phy0: unsupported jumbo

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

Please don't change the Status unless you know what you are doing.
Any update on this? The bug watch points to nothing now, maybe a website change or something, but I searched and couldn't find the reported upstream bug report.