No interface fetching: no device found

sushan · 08-01-2011, 08:55 AM

Dear Linuquestion team,

I was able to boot into the backtrack 3 final withusb device and amnt able to fetch the wireless device which i have artheros ar9245 wireless adapter in thmy laptop.Whenever i type with "iwconfig" in the root console,i geting "device not found:error fetching interface"

Thanks in advance.

Cheers.

corp769 · 08-01-2011, 09:49 AM

Hello,

What is outputted when you enter the following?

Code:

ifconfig -a

Also, could you post the output of lspci for me too? Most likely, you need to modprobe the correct drivers for your device. Try the following to see if the standard ath9k driver works for your device:

Code:

(as root)
modprobe ath9k

After you perform that, try ifconfig and iwconfig again accordingly, and post back your results.

Cheers,

Josh

sushan · 08-01-2011, 10:00 AM

DeAR jOSH,

Thanks for the prompt response.

I had alreaddy tried modprobe ath9k but no response with no errors but i havenot tried ifconfig -a;i will try it out but in the mean time,if you could give some ideas and concept for the resolutions for the issue.

Thanks

Cheers
Sunil

corp769 · 08-01-2011, 10:14 AM

No problem man.

Could you post the output of the following commands for further troubleshooting? Please remember to use code tags.

Code:

ifconfig -a
iwconfig
lspci
lsmod

Thanks!

Josh

sushan · 08-01-2011, 10:42 PM

Dear Josh, please see the output for the following command:

ifconfig--a

lo encap:loo loopback
inet addr: 128.0.0.1 mac 255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 METRIC:1
Rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 force:0
Tx packets:0 errors: 0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Collossions:0 txquestions:0
Rxbytes:0(0.0 b) Txbytes (0.0 b)

modprobe ath9k
FATAL: MODULLE ATH9K NOT FOUND

Ispci: no response after typing the command

iwconfig:

No device found

Hope to see the resolutions asap.

Cheers

corp769 · 08-02-2011, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Ispci: no response after typing the command

Wrong command..... it is lspci, not Ispci.

sushan · 08-02-2011, 12:56 AM

no response.....