PCLinuxOS Gnome 2008 Wireless Network Setup

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Pegesus

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If anyone has used this or is familiar with PCLinuxOS. Please advise.

I am new to Linux and am having an enormously hard time getting my Acer Aspire 5050 to have wireless internet access. I have been to numerous Linux forums and still cannot seem to get it to work. If anyone has a link to a site that can help please let me know.

I have downloaded the appropriate drivers but whenever i try to set up the network it keeps saying"

Unable to find network interface for selected device (using ath_pci driver)


Thanks
 
Based on the 'ath_pci' part of the module (you said driver, I'm assuming its a module), you will need to use madwifi to get the card to work. been awhile since I did anything with atheros but those cards are the bomb.

but just to be on the safe side.. run lspci and show us the results.
 
lspci results:

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-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

lspci -n results:

00:00.0 0600: 1002:5950 (rev 10)
00:01.0 0604: 1002:5a3f
00:04.0 0604: 1002:5a36
00:05.0 0604: 1002:5a37
00:06.0 0604: 1002:5a38
00:07.0 0604: 1002:5a39
00:12.0 0101: 1002:4379 (rev 80)
00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4374 (rev 80)
00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4375 (rev 80)
00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4373 (rev 80)
00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 83)
00:14.1 0101: 1002:4376 (rev 80)
00:14.2 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01)
00:14.3 0601: 1002:4377 (rev 80)
00:14.4 0604: 1002:4371 (rev 80)
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
01:05.0 0300: 1002:5975
02:00.0 0200: 168c:001c (rev 01)
08:01.0 0607: 1524:1412 (rev 10)
08:01.1 0501: 1524:0530 (rev 01)
08:01.2 0805: 1524:0550 (rev 01)
08:01.3 0501: 1524:0520 (rev 01)
08:01.4 0501: 1524:0551 (rev 01)
08:02.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
 
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Yup, okay.

What's an 'ifconfig' and 'iwconfig' show?

Should be an ath0 for the wireless stuff. I don't know much about pclinuxos, but gnome has a network util to change the wireless settings using NetworkManager.. look at what ifconfig/iwconfig says.
 
every time type either ipconfig or iwconfig i get the following:

bash: ipconfig: command not found.

am i doing something wrong?
 
ifconfig yields:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:24:32:AE:9B
inet addr:10.0.0.2 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4250 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4258 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4172762 (3.9 MiB) TX bytes:734350 (717.1 KiB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xcc00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1160 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:1160 (1.1 KiB)

iwconfig yields:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.
 
Hmm, only other advice I have would be to check out the madwifi svn trunk for the latest version and compile it for yourself, then modprobe ath_pci, then try the above again to see if you can bring the interface up.
 
ifconfig ath0 up
dmesg | tail

any errors?

does atheros chipsets require firmware..? I can't remember. I know its a binary driver, so it needs some sort of microcode..
 
Pegesus said:
ifconfig yields:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:24:32:AE:9B
inet addr:10.0.0.2 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4250 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4258 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4172762 (3.9 MiB) TX bytes:734350 (717.1 KiB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0xcc00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1160 (1.1 KiB) TX bytes:1160 (1.1 KiB)

iwconfig yields:

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.
Click to expand...

you only have drivers loaded for yr ehternet (eth0)
what is the output if /sbin/lsmod

cause I don't think you have the wireless drivers loaded for your card, otherwise ifconfig and iwconfig would list your card
 
/sbin/lsmod yields:

Module Size Used by
8139too 22784 0
mii 5408 1 8139too
ath_pci 88064 0
wlan 190116 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 190480 1 ath_pci
fuse 38996 1
af_packet 18088 2
snd_seq_dummy 3556 0
snd_seq_oss 29824 0
snd_seq_midi_event 7008 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 47152 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 7340 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
video 15560 0
thermal 11560 0
sbs 16840 0
snd_pcm_oss 37376 0
snd_mixer_oss 14592 1 snd_pcm_oss
fan 4452 0
snd_hda_intel 283644 1
snd_pcm 69124 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
container 4192 0
snd_timer 19748 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8648 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 7556 1 snd_hda_intel
button 6896 0
dock 7728 0
snd 45188 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore 6752 1 snd
battery 10568 0
ac 4612 0
ide_cd 35360 0
cdrom 34176 1 ide_cd
binfmt_misc 9640 1
loop 14340 0
nls_utf8 2624 1
ntfs 253928 1
dm_mirror 20416 0
dm_mod 48224 1 dm_mirror
cpufreq_ondemand 7532 1
cpufreq_conservative 6696 0
cpufreq_powersave 2368 0
powernow_k8 14624 0
freq_table 4768 2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8
processor 26408 2 thermal,powernow_k8
amd64_agp 10308 0
nvram 8328 0
intel_agp 22388 0
agpgart 27880 2 amd64_agp,intel_agp
mmc_block 9732 0
sdhci 15500 0
mmc_core 23108 2 mmc_block,sdhci
ohci1394 32592 0
ieee1394 81432 1 ohci1394
bttv 166452 0
video_buf 20644 1 bttv
ir_common 30660 1 bttv
compat_ioctl32 1984 1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit 6436 1 bttv
btcx_risc 4808 1 bttv
tveeprom 15024 1 bttv
i2c_core 20448 3 bttv,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom
videodev 27392 1 bttv
v4l2_common 16192 2 bttv,videodev
v4l1_compat 14436 2 bttv,videodev
pcmcia 33516 0
yenta_socket 23820 1
rsrc_nonstatic 12064 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 33524 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
capability 4168 0
commoncap 6240 1 capability
ehci_hcd 31084 0
ohci_hcd 20132 0
usbcore 114568 3 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
joydev 9088 0
tsdev 7328 0
evdev 8672 6
sd_mod 25856 4
sata_sil 8616 3
libata 106736 1 sata_sil
scsi_mod 125132 2 sd_mod,libata
 
eeyrjmr said:
you only have drivers loaded for yr ehternet (eth0)
what is the output if /sbin/lsmod

cause I don't think you have the wireless drivers loaded for your card, otherwise ifconfig and iwconfig would list your card
Click to expand...

Pegesus said:
/sbin/lsmod yields:

Module Size Used by
ath_pci 88064 0
wlan 190116 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 190480 1 ath_pci
Click to expand...

Looks like it's loading correctly.

What's dmesg say?

dmesg | grep -i ath
 
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