Howdy folks...

I bought an Acer Aspire D250 netbook and installed Mandriva 2009.1.
When I did lspci -v no ethernet card is shown. the wireless is there but wants more packages installed. So I'm pretty much screwed.

Is there an easy fix for this?

Would it be possible to buy a USB to Ethernet adapter?

Does anyone know which ones will work with Linux? I was hoping if I went this way I could get a connect and maybe there are some updates to fix this problem.

dad

The Sitecom network usb adaptor, Model No. LN-013 works with Mandriva.

Click the link below to view.

Sitecom Network USB Adaptor

I went to Office depot and got a linksys usb300m and it work in 10 seconds. So that saved me.
Looks like the wireless is up too but I don't have wireless at home. Ethernet is still dead after the updates.

thanks

Can you start a konsole (terminal) session and type: /usr/bin/lspci then post the output here.

Also open Configure Your Computer (mcc) and have a look under the Hardware--> Browse and Configure Hardware and see if there's anything noted there.

I checked under hardware too and there is nothing. I seen an old post from August I think that said someone was working on a fix. I figured by now it should have been done but I guess not. Its working now with this adapter, however it would be nice if it worked correctly.


[dad@localhost ~]$ /usr/bin/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 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

It seems you need to install the Atheros drivers and possibly update the kernel. See here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5/#post3713225

I went to the easyurpmi and installed something not sure what it was. I restarted the computer and unplugged the adapter i installed. When it booted up it now shows another Ethernet device in the network monitor screen.
I did lspci and here's what was added.

Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 022f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at 55000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: atl1c
Kernel modules: atl1c

I tried to set it up but it didn't want to cooperate, didn't connect. I'll fool around with it some more and dig through some of the posts and see if I can figure out what others did.
Thanks Nexus


Thanks Nexus!!!! I just plugged the cable back into the Ethernet port and it came up on its own. I didn't do anything else. Thanks.. now this netbook is completely functional. Woo whooo.


DOH! I just came back and turned on the computer and no network connection!!! I did lspci -v and nothing, I've been robbed!
Oh well I got my trusty doo dad that works. Maybe an update some day will fix it....thanks

Perhaps it's not loading the kernel module atl1c at startup. Once your system is up and if the ethernet port is still not working do: lsmod which will list all modules currently loaded. See if atl1c is in the list. This list can be long, it might be better to pipe the output to a file which you can then go through at your leisure.

Do: lsmod > modcheck, if you then look in your home folder you will see a file called modcheck waiting for your interrogation.

Or another thought, you could try going through a connection setup and make sure you check the option to start your connection at boot.

No alt1c in lsmod.
The network comes up at boot, but its just the usb/ethernet adapter.
The wireless looks ok, I can see signals in its window, but I don't use it in our house. But when I go back to work soon I might.
Its strange it worked once.

thanks

what does ifconfig show?

Try this: modprobe alt1c once done check lsmod again. If the module is listed check to see if the ethernet port is shown on the system.

eth0 is the USB adapter and eth1 is the wireless, lo not sure, that's always there.


[root@localhost dad]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:25:9C:3A:2E6
inet addr:192.168.1.68 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::225:9cff:fe3a:2ed6/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6053 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4691 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4442752 (4.2 MiB) TX bytes:863557 (843.3 KiB)

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0C:60:76:1E:84:3E
inet6 addr: fe80::e60:76ff:fe1e:843e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:16

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:2112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:116192 (113.4 KiB) TX bytes:116192 (113.4 KiB)


[root@localhost dad]# modprobe alt1c
FATAL: Module alt1c not found.

I have read some other stuff about this problem being a kernel / driver problem. I don't know much about kernels.

[root@localhost dad]# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.29.6-desktop-2mnb (qateam@titan.mandriva.com) (gcc version 4.3.2 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Sun Aug 16 23:23:47 EDT 2009

dad

The lo is nothing to worry about.

What output do you get when you type this: iwlist eth1 scan

Looks like its the wireless I also did eth0 which is the USB adapter

[root@localhost dad]# iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:A0:F8:6B:8F:F4
ESSID:""
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality:1/5 Signal level:-87 dBm Noise level:-93 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Cell 02 - Address: 00:A0:F8:6B:8F:F5
ESSID:""
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality:1/5 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Cell 03 - Address: 00:A0:F8:6B:8F:F6
ESSID:""
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality:1/5 Signal level:-88 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Cell 04 - Address: 00:25:3C:B9:B1:F1
ESSID:"2WIRE575"
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:4/5 Signal level:-66 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
Encryption keyn
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Cell 05 - Address: 00:22:3F8:35:BA
ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality:2/5 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level:-91 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

[root@localhost dad]# iwlist eth0 scan
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


I also did the following to try and install a driver for it...

I downloaded this driver
AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz

cd src
make
root make install
root modprobe atl1e

still wouldn't work. I was told elsewhere that Mandriva may not support this device yet.

Your wireless is working, we just need to figure out why you can't connect to a wireless network. Are either of those ESSID's (2WIRE575 or NETGEAR) the name of your wireless router?