Atheros AR5001 WiFi continues not to function

[Donovan Johnson]

Binary package hint: udev

"adminuser@grandXXXX:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up"
[sudo] password for dreamsit:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132

also receiving after running "dmesg | grep wlan0"
"adminuser@grandXXXX:~$ dmesg | grep wlan0"
[ 17.003255] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 117.111289] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.106 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: irq:26 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:d0410000-d0410fff(prefetchable) memory:d0400000-d040ffff(prefetchable) memory:d0420000-d043ffff(prefetchable)
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: udev 151-12.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.43-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 10-vboxdrv.rules
Date: Sat Sep 25 13:31:19 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP G60 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=4cd1280e-6bd7-4d60-a2af-f6abbf04dd6e ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: udev
dmi.bios.date: 11/20/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.32
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: 3612
dmi.board.vendor: Wistron
dmi.board.version: 09.48
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Wistron
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.32:bd11/20/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPG60NotebookPC:pvrF.32:rvnWistron:rn3612:rvr09.48:cvnWistron:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: HP G60 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: F.32
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard

[zob (zob)]

This, unfortunately, is true for maverick beta as well. (eeepc 702, with atheros ar5001 card).
Works ok with 100% signal but when signal drops below 80% network traffic stops or connection simply drops.
The earlier report unfortunately expired. But info is available here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/601457

[zob (zob)]

Interesting. Might be fixed with a later version of network manager. Crossing my fingers this will make it to maverick.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/588375

[zob (zob)]

Sorry. Forget what I just said about the later version of network manager. The version in maverick beta that I tested IS already version 0.8.1, so that doesn't seem to fix anything.

In the meantime I also tried substituting network-manager for wicd. Changing to wicd unfortunately doesn't solve the problem. I still can't get a usable connection when signal-strength drops belows approximately 100%. (I've tried to change freq. channel in my router, as well as disabling encryption - nothing helps).

[Michael Kotsarinis (mk73628)]

It's also not working on Oneiric Beta1

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Could you please attach the output of "rfkill list" ?

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Actually, nevermind that, I misread ;)

Please attach /var/log/syslog after reproducing the issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for network-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]