No WLAN on Acer Extensa 4014
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ndiswrapper (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On Acer Extensa notebook WLAN does not work. Wlan option is not listed in Network Settings.
Normal cable lan works ok.
uname -a
Linux vla-acer 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:06.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc 4379 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
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
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
08:01.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller (rev 10)
08:01.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:01.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:01.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: (rev 01)
08:01.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
08:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/
the card is there:
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
however in Windows XP the card works under AR5007EG name.
ndiswrapped does not work with WORKING winxp drivers:
ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)
dmesg | grep ndis:
[ 48.000084] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=
[ 48.062343] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 2682.156000] usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
[ 2708.956000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=
[ 2709.000000] ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,11/15/
[ 2709.000000] ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2467): closing handle 0xd3ab12a8 not implemented
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteError
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteError
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteError
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteError
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (NdisWriteError
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (miniport_
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (pnp_start_
[ 2709.004000] ndiswrapper (miniport_
[ 2709.008000] ndiswrapper: device eth%d removed
[ 2709.008000] ndiswrapper: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -22
[ 2709.020000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:24:2B:B1:2C
inet addr:192.168.1.3 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21b:
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:129028 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:70635 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:186700873 (178.0 MiB) TX bytes:5278425 (5.0 MiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
RX bytes:5300 (5.1 KiB) TX bytes:5300 (5.1 KiB)
iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lsmod | grep ath:
ath_pci 97312 0
wlan 204484 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 192592 1 ath_pci
What else could I provide... ?
Thanks in advance.
ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)
Try to remove the module ath_pci to let ndiswrapper to use the wifi.
"sudo rmmod ath_pci" or "sudo modprobe -r ath_pci"
also try put that module in the blacklist of modprobe to avoid his loading on the startup:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe. d/blacklist- common
Insert this line:
blacklist ath_pci
Then restart.
#ndiswrapper -r net5211
#ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf
#ndiswrapper -m
When u will boot again. Try to remove the old ndiswrapper driver:
and load again:
then install to modprobe
Then you should be able to see from ifconfig the new lan named wlan0
Tell me the results.