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Hello people,
First of all, I'm not very experienced with Linux. I used Ubuntu and Windows last year on my desktop computer, then I had to migrate to MSI VR610x laptop, where I have Windows and installed Arch yesterday. Ubuntu 8.10 was slow as hell, so I wanted to try something faster. Everything was perfect, except my wireless card. I simple cannot install it. I tried everything I found on the Internet, and nothing worked. Tried with madwifi, with ndiswrapper, and both failed. Here are my configs:
lspci :
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
ifconfig -a :
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:92:54:9B:79
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST 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:19 Base address:0xa000
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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lsmod :
Module Size Used by
ntfs 220128 1
joydev 10048 0
serio_raw 5508 0
pcspkr 2816 0
psmouse 36880 0
k8temp 4608 0
video 16656 0
ati_agp 7052 0
agpgart 28244 1 ati_agp
output 3200 1 video
shpchp 29460 0
pci_hotplug 26276 1 shpchp
i2c_piix4 8076 0
i2c_core 19348 1 i2c_piix4
sg 27188 0
thermal 15260 0
evdev 9472 0
processor 32096 1 thermal
fan 4356 0
button 6416 0
battery 10372 0
ac 4484 0
snd_seq_oss 30336 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6656 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 48432 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6796 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_hda_intel 336440 0
snd_hwdep 7428 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss 38656 0
snd_pcm 68228 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 19848 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8072 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 14848 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 46628 9 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 6496 1 snd
ath_pci 184364 0
wlan 238064 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 231136 1 ath_pci
r8169 25476 0
rtc_cmos 9120 0
rtc_core 15516 1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib 2944 1 rtc_core
ext3 124040 1
jbd 44052 1 ext3
mbcache 7172 1 ext3
dm_crypt 12932 0
dm_mod 52840 1 dm_crypt
usb_storage 84800 0
sd_mod 23320 4
ehci_hcd 33804 0
sr_mod 15300 0
cdrom 33952 1 sr_mod
ohci_hcd 21764 0
usbcore 129776 4 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ahci 25224 3
ata_generic 5636 0
pata_atiixp 5760 0
pata_acpi 4992 0
libata 142096 4 ahci,ata_generic,pata_atiixp,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 92204 5 sg,usb_storage,sd_mod,sr_mod,libata
dock 7952 1 libata
rc.conf :
#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Canada/Pacific"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(r8169 !ath5k ath_hal ath_pci wlan snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss
snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="w0nderland"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond)
/etc/conf.d/wireless
#
# Settings for wireless cards
#
# For each wireless interface declared in INTERFACES (in rc.conf), declare
# a wlan_${IF} variable that contains the arguments to be passed to
# iwconfig(8). Then list the original interface name in the
# WLAN_INTERFACES array.
#
#wlan_eth0="eth0 mode managed essid default"
#WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth0)
P.S. Sorry for my bad English, I'm not native English speaker...
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Just to mention, I tried almost everything I found online, so my system is probably screwed up a bit
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It seems you have to revert on ndiswrapper. Check the wiki for wireless connections, then mix it up with these ones. You should be able to install the drivers needed and connect via wifi.
HTH.
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Thanks syntaxerrormmm !
It works with xp-6.0.3.85.zip drivers only
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Damn, I have problems with wireless again
Something unusual is happening. When I boot my system, I get:
"err, wlan0: timed out", or something like that. BUT! sometimes, it connects and works beautiful. At first, I was always able to connect to my network, and now I can connect on every 10th or 15th boot and I haven't changed anything in my configuration files. Really weird... Then I was searching internet and figured out that I have problem with dhcpcd.
Any suggestions? I'll post my conf files if needed...
P.S. Sorry again for my bad English...
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Take a look at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Profiles. You should change TIMEOUT to something higher (maybe 20).
If the network doesn't connect at init use netcfg2 <your network profile> to connect.
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This bug: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11770
may be affecting you. Try to upgrade to the dhcpcd in testing, and see if that fixes it.
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This bug: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/11770
may be affecting you. Try to upgrade to the dhcpcd in testing, and see if that fixes it.
Thanks a lot !
I upgraded dhcpcd to 4.0.4 and now it works
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