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No wireless on Acer Aspire One ZG5 using Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix

Asked by yerac75

Please could you help with the following problem. I am very new to Linux and decided to try Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook remix on my Acer Aspire One ZG5 with an Atheros AR5001 rev01.

The only thing I can not make work is the wireless. I am unable to see any wireless networks in the Network Manager and the wireless led comes on intermitantly. After looking through the forums and trying some suggestions I had to reinstall the OS.

The data below is from the lspci, ifconfig and iwconfig commands.

paul@paul-laptop:~$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

paul@paul-laptop:~$ iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""

Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

Tx-Power=20 dBm

Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Power Management:off

Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0

Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0

Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

paul@paul-laptop:~$ ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:68:f1:82:24

inet addr:192.168.80.113 Bcast:192.168.80.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::21e:68ff:fef1:8224/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:92235 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

Any help would be appreciated. I am very new to this so good detail if possible.

Thank You

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Horst Seeger (horstseeger) said : 		#1

I also am using an Acer Aspire One Netbook. It was delivered with a very low quality Linux-Version called LINPUS. It was so small in its possibilities that I have changed it to Ubuntu Netbook Remix. My first shock was then the missing WLAN. At least the LED didn't show anymore WLAN-activity.
But I got it with additional installing some packet material. Sorry to say, I don't know anymore, what it was. I am also not a LINUX- or UBUNTU-freak.
My advice: try to find something in the Packet installer when you have linked the netbook with a wired LAN. It will work even if the LED will not show activity.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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yerac75 (paul-carey) said : 		#3

Thanks for the info people. It was working, just me being a noob. Sorry for wasting anyones time.