topic title: Atheros wireless problems
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appealsman
Joined: 19 Jul 2013
#1
Installed Luddite on a Toshiba Satellite A70-S249 laptop with Atheros 5212/5213 internal wireless. WLAN0 is nowhere to be found, ETH0 is the only listed linterface. lspci -vv shows the card and lists ath5k as the driver, but I am getting no joy. Wireless switch is on, light stays orange.

How do I get wlan0 and the wireless card to be detected?
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rust collector
Joined: 27 Dec 2011
#2
Are you using wicd, ceni, or ??? to connect to the network?
I am guessing it is wicd.
Open wicd, preferences, then add wlan0 in the wireless box, and try again.

If you use something else, let us know!
I use the ath5k driver on this machine, so it is in there, somewhere...but I use ceni to connect, so I am going by memory here
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#3
Watch the video and report back if unsuccessful.

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appealsman
Joined: 19 Jul 2013
#4
rust collector wrote:Are you using wicd, ceni, or ??? to connect to the network?
I am guessing it is wicd.
Open wicd, preferences, then add wlan0 in the wireless box, and try again.

If you use something else, let us know!
I use the ath5k driver on this machine, so it is in there, somewhere...but I use ceni to connect, so I am going by memory here
Tried that, to no avail, WLAN0 is just totally undetected by the system. No such device.
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rust collector
Joined: 27 Dec 2011
#5
if you don't have a good reason to use wicd, maybe try ceni? I have had good luck with it?

uh, you did remember to refresh, after adding wlan0 to the box in preferences?

If you could run this in a terminal:

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inxi -nxx
and post the text it spit out?
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appealsman
Joined: 19 Jul 2013
#6
rokytnji wrote:Watch the video and report back if unsuccessful.

Watched it last night.Good video but unhelpful for this particular problem.
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rust collector
Joined: 27 Dec 2011
#7
And if that doesn't work, type this into a root terminal:

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echo uname: && uname -a -m -p && echo lspci: && lspci -knn && echo lsusb: && lsusb && echo lsusb -t: && lsusb -t && echo lsmod: && lsmod && echo ifconfig: && ifconfig && echo ifconfig -a: && ifconfig -a && echo iwconfig: && iwconfig && echo resolv.conf: && cat /etc/resolv.conf && echo route: && route -n && echo ip link show: && ip link show  && echo inxi -Fxz: && inxi -Fxz
then post the output here
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appealsman
Joined: 19 Jul 2013
#8
rust collector wrote:if you don't have a good reason to use wicd, maybe try ceni? I have had good luck with it?

uh, you did remember to refresh, after adding wlan0 to the box in preferences?

If you could run this in a terminal:

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inxi -nxx
and post the text it spit out?

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$ inxi -nxx
Network:   Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller 
           port: 0000a000-0000afff bus-ID: 00:14.4 chip-ID: 1002:4342
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:0f:b0:38:8a:46
           Card-2: Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter bus-ID: 02:02.0 chip-ID: 168c:0013
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
           Card-3: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: a000 bus-ID: 02:03.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:0f:b0:38:8a:46
Posts: 6
appealsman
Joined: 19 Jul 2013
#9
rust collector wrote:And if that doesn't work, type this into a root terminal:

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echo uname: && uname -a -m -p && echo lspci: && lspci -knn && echo lsusb: && lsusb && echo lsusb -t: && lsusb -t && echo lsmod: && lsmod && echo ifconfig: && ifconfig && echo ifconfig -a: && ifconfig -a && echo iwconfig: && iwconfig && echo resolv.conf: && cat /etc/resolv.conf && echo route: && route -n && echo ip link show: && ip link show  && echo inxi -Fxz: && inxi -Fxz
then post the output here

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uname:
Linux antiX1 3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp #1 SMP Sat Jun 1 13:59:18 EEST 2013 i686 GNU/Linux
lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS300 Host Bridge [1002:5831] (rev 02)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: agpgart-ati
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Radeon 9100 IGP AGP Bridge [1002:5838]
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI OHCI USB Controller #1 [1002:4347] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI OHCI USB Controller #2 [1002:4348] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI EHCI USB Controller [1002:4345] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SMBus [1002:4353] (rev 18)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Dual Channel Bus Master PCI IDE Controller [1002:4349]
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device [1002:434c]
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller [1002:4342]
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller [1002:4341]
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff01]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_atiixp
00:14.6 Modem [0703]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP AC'97 Modem [1002:434d] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0001]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_atiixp_modem
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP] [1002:5835]
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff02]
    Kernel driver in use: radeon
02:02.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0013] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Askey Computer Corp. Device [144f:7064]
02:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: 8139too
02:04.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller [1524:1410] (rev 01)
    Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:ff00]
    Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
lsusb -t:
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci_hcd/3p, 12M
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ohci_hcd/3p, 12M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci_hcd/6p, 480M
lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by
cpufreq_powersave        575  0 
cpufreq_conservative     3562  0 
cpufreq_stats           2600  0 
ppdev                   4124  0 
lp                      6127  0 
uinput                  5093  1 
nfsd                  156046  2 
auth_rpcgss            19755  1 nfsd
nfs_acl                 1576  1 nfsd
nfs                    88586  0 
lockd                  42731  2 nfs,nfsd
fscache                21695  1 nfs
sunrpc                122417  6 nfs,nfsd,auth_rpcgss,lockd,nfs_acl
af_packet              19031  2 
dm_crypt               10846  0 
snd_atiixp              9472  1 
snd_atiixp_modem        6942  0 
snd_ac97_codec         78826  2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
snd_pcm_oss            27139  0 
snd_mixer_oss          10395  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                50892  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
snd_page_alloc          5091  3 snd_pcm,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
joydev                  6702  0 
snd_seq_dummy           1000  0 
snd_seq_oss            20961  0 
snd_seq_midi            3497  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      3597  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
radeon                667381  2 
snd_rawmidi            12946  1 snd_seq_midi
i2c_algo_bit            3774  1 radeon
ttm                    38821  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         18634  1 radeon
snd_seq                35033  6 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi
drm                   154481  4 ttm,drm_kms_helper,radeon
snd_seq_device          3878  5 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_midi
parport_pc             23969  1 
pcmcia                 24870  0 
parport                21942  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
psmouse                52159  0 
mac_hid                 2214  0 
serio_raw               3177  0 
pcspkr                  1273  0 
evdev                   6815  13 
acpi_cpufreq            5622  0 
i2c_piix4               6769  0 
mperf                    870  1 acpi_cpufreq
snd_timer              12249  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd                    36962  15 snd_pcm_oss,snd_ac97_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_device,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_dummy,snd_atiixp,snd_seq_midi
yenta_socket           15802  0 
soundcore               3463  1 snd
ac97_bus                 691  1 snd_ac97_codec
microcode               8484  0 
video                   9631  0 
processor              23837  1 acpi_cpufreq
battery                 5391  0 
container               1854  0 
pcmcia_rsrc             5995  1 yenta_socket
shpchp                 18904  0 
pcmcia_core             8446  3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
pci_hotplug            17192  1 shpchp
thermal_sys            10423  2 video,processor
ati_agp                 3907  1 
ac                      1753  0 
button                  3513  0 
agpgart                18196  3 drm,ttm,ati_agp
btrfs                 555574  0 
zlib_deflate           15207  1 btrfs
dm_mod                 51354  1 dm_crypt
8139too                15143  0 
8139cp                 13254  0 
mii                     2764  2 8139cp,8139too
ifconfig:
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:b0:38:8a:46  
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fe38:8a46/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7627 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8244 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:4865501 (4.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1781317 (1.6 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:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:2832 (2.7 KiB)  TX bytes:2832 (2.7 KiB)

ifconfig -a:
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:b0:38:8a:46  
          inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fe38:8a46/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:7627 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8244 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:4865501 (4.6 MiB)  TX bytes:1781317 (1.6 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:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:2832 (2.7 KiB)  TX bytes:2832 (2.7 KiB)

iwconfig:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

resolv.conf:
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 67.131.78.5
nameserver 65.101.125.5
nameserver 192.168.1.1
route:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
ip link show:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0f:b0:38:8a:46 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inxi -Fxz:
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.3) 
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13_386-full Luddite 01 June 2013
Machine:   System: TOSHIBA product: Satellite A70 version: PSA70U-00L00F
           Mobo: TOSHIBA model: EDW10 version: Null Bios: TOSHIBA version: V1.30 date: 09/10/2004
CPU:       Single core Mobile Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6133.64 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1867.00 MHz 2: 1867.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP] bus-ID: 01:05.0 
           X.org: 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 80x28 Advanced Data: N/A for root 
Audio:     Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_atiixp bus-ID: 00:14.5 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI IXP200 3COM 3C920B Ethernet Controller 
           port: 0000a000-0000afff bus-ID: 00:14.4
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Atheros AR5212/AR5213 Wireless Network Adapter bus-ID: 02:02.0
           IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
           Card-3: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: a000 bus-ID: 02:03.0
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (5.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: IC25N060ATMR04 size: 60.0GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 54G used: 3.0G (6%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.18GB used: 0.04GB (2%) fs: swap 
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 91 Uptime: 8 min Memory: 118.9/182.8MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.37) inxi: 1.9.7
Posts: 1,308
BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#10
Over on the Mepis forums I told you to first run"lsmod | grep ath5k" and if nothing showed up to run:

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sudo modprobe ath5k
It will ask you for the user password, not the root password.

I don't see ath5k in your lsmod output so I think the modprobe command will solve your problems. If not, it is an essential first step.


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appealsman
Joined: 19 Jul 2013
#11
BitJam wrote:Over on the Mepis forums I told you to first run"lsmod | grep ath5k" and if nothing showed up to run:

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sudo modprobe ath5k
It will ask you for the user password, not the root password.

I don't see ath5k in your lsmod output so I think the modprobe command will solve your problems. If not, it is an essential first step.


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contains instruction on how to make sure that module gets loaded every time you boot.

Thought I tried that one last night, but I must have been up too late because I just tried again and it works! Thanks!
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BitJam
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
#12
Great! Glad to hear it. If you don't mind, please edit your first post and add"[Solved]" to the title.

Welcome to the antiX forums. Please post again if you run into any other problems.