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#1 2020-04-26 19:41:24

kamelie1706
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[SOLVED] AR2413/AR2414/ath5k/ Fuji Amilo A1650 /WIFI Hadrware disabled

Hi,

I tried to give a second chance to a very old Fuji Amilo 1650G.
I am struggling with the infamous "wifi disabled at hardware level".

hwinfo --short 

cpu:                                                            
                       AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-32, 1800 MHz
keyboard:
  /dev/input/event4    AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
mouse:
  /dev/input/mice      Trust GXT 101 Gaming Mouse
  /dev/input/mice      SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
monitor:
                       CPT LCD Monitor
graphics card:
                       ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
sound:
                       ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller
storage:
                       ATI IXP SB4x0 IDE Controller
                       Texas Instruments PCIxx21/PCIxx11 Flash Media Controller
network:
  enp2s7               Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
  wlp2s5               Qualcomm Atheros Compex Wireless 802.11 b/g  MiniPCI Adapter, Rev A1 [WLM54G]
modem:
                       ATI IXP SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller
network interface:
  wlp2s5               Ethernet network interface
  enp2s7               Ethernet network interface
  lo                   Loopback network interface
disk:
  /dev/sda             SAMSUNG MP0804H
partition:
  /dev/sda1            Partition
  /dev/sda2            Partition
cdrom:
  /dev/sr0             _NEC DVD+-RW ND-6650A
usb controller:
                       ATI IXP SB4x0 USB2 Host Controller
                       ATI IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller
                       ATI IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller
bios:
                       BIOS
bridge:
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
                       ATI RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx]
                       ATI IXP SB4x0 PCI-ISA Bridge
                       Texas Instruments PCIxx21/PCIxx11/PCIx515 PC Card Controller
                       ATI RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
                       AMD K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
                       ATI IXP SB4x0 PCI-PCI Bridge
hub:
                       Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
                       Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
                       Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
memory:
                       Main Memory
firewire controller:
                       Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
unknown:
                       FPU
                       DMA controller
                       PIC
                       Keyboard controller
                       ATI IXP SB4x0 SMBus Controller

uname -a 

Linux amilo 5.6.6-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:35:16 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS480/RS482/RS485 Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RC4xx/RS4xx PCI Bridge [int gfx]
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller
00:13.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB Host Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 USB2 Host Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 SMBus Controller (rev 11)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 IDE Controller
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 PCI-ISA Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB4x0 PCI-PCI Bridge
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:14.6 Modem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] IXP SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS480M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200]
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR2413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] (rev 01)
02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
02:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/PCIxx11/PCIx515 PC Card Controller
02:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
02:09.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/PCIxx11 Flash Media Controller

lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 65536  0
hid                   147456  2 usbhid,hid_generic
ath5k                 212992  0
radeon               1638400  5
ath                    36864  1 ath5k
mac80211             1032192  1 ath5k
joydev                 28672  0
mousedev               24576  0
snd_atiixp_modem       24576  0
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 radeon
ttm                   122880  1 radeon
cfg80211              884736  3 ath,ath5k,mac80211
drm_kms_helper        241664  1 radeon
snd_atiixp             32768  2
powernow_k8            36864  0
sparse_keymap          16384  0
snd_ac97_codec        155648  2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
cec                    65536  1 drm_kms_helper
edac_mce_amd           32768  0
ac97_bus               16384  1 snd_ac97_codec
pcmcia                 77824  0
psmouse               180224  0
rc_core                61440  1 cec
8139too                45056  0
snd_pcm               143360  3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_atiixp
yenta_socket           53248  0
rfkill                 28672  3 cfg80211
8139cp                 36864  0
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
libarc4                16384  1 mac80211
input_leds             16384  0
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
pcspkr                 16384  0
pcmcia_rsrc            24576  1 yenta_socket
mii                    16384  2 8139cp,8139too
k8temp                 16384  0
snd_timer              40960  1 snd_pcm
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
pcmcia_core            32768  3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
snd                   110592  9 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
battery                24576  0
soundcore              16384  1 snd
ac                     16384  0
evdev                  24576  11
mac_hid                16384  0
wmi                    36864  0
i2c_piix4              28672  0
drm                   565248  8 drm_kms_helper,radeon,ttm
agpgart                53248  2 ttm,drm
ip_tables              36864  0
x_tables               53248  1 ip_tables
ext4                  794624  1
crc32c_generic         16384  2
crc16                  16384  1 ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  139264  1 ext4
sr_mod                 28672  0
cdrom                  77824  1 sr_mod
serio_raw              20480  0
atkbd                  36864  0
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
firewire_ohci          49152  0
ohci_pci               20480  0
firewire_core          81920  1 firewire_ohci
ehci_pci               20480  0
tifm_7xx1              20480  0
ata_generic            16384  0
pata_acpi              16384  0
ehci_hcd               98304  1 ehci_pci
tifm_core              16384  1 tifm_7xx1
crc_itu_t              16384  1 firewire_core
ohci_hcd               57344  1 ohci_pci
pata_atiixp            16384  2
i8042                  32768  0
serio                  28672  9 serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042

rfkill list all

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: yes

What I tried:
- reset bios to factory
- WIFI is on in bios
- dedicated wifi key or Fn+F10 do not have any effect. The other short key Internet and fan do not seem to work either.

I believe this is a conflict with one of the loaded module but I cannot guess which one.

Any idea?

Thx

Last edited by kamelie1706 (2020-04-26 20:39:53)

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#2 2020-04-26 20:11:30

seth
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Registered: 2012-09-03
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Re: [SOLVED] AR2413/AR2414/ath5k/ Fuji Amilo A1650 /WIFI Hadrware disabled

Try to pass "ath5k.no_hw_rfkill_switch=true" to the kernel.

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#3 2020-04-26 20:31:48

kamelie1706
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Registered: 2014-02-19
Posts: 176

Re: [SOLVED] AR2413/AR2414/ath5k/ Fuji Amilo A1650 /WIFI Hadrware disabled

Probably worked too well :-)

GRUB boot loader configuration

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="loglevel=3 quiet ath5k.no_hw_rfkill_switch=true"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
...

rfkill list all => returns nothing

ath5k does not seem to load
lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
radeon               1638400  5
ath                    36864  0
mac80211             1032192  0
joydev                 28672  0
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 radeon
ttm                   122880  1 radeon
sparse_keymap          16384  0
drm_kms_helper        241664  1 radeon
cfg80211              884736  2 ath,mac80211
powernow_k8            36864  0
snd_atiixp             32768  2
snd_atiixp_modem       24576  0
edac_mce_amd           32768  0
cec                    65536  1 drm_kms_helper
snd_ac97_codec        155648  2 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_atiixp
pcmcia                 77824  0
ac97_bus               16384  1 snd_ac97_codec
psmouse               180224  0
rc_core                61440  1 cec
8139too                45056  0
snd_pcm               143360  3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_ac97_codec,snd_atiixp
yenta_socket           53248  0
8139cp                 36864  0
rfkill                 28672  2 cfg80211
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
input_leds             16384  0
k8temp                 16384  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
pcmcia_rsrc            24576  1 yenta_socket
libarc4                16384  1 mac80211
mousedev               24576  0
pcmcia_core            32768  3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
mac_hid                16384  0
snd_timer              40960  1 snd_pcm
mii                    16384  2 8139cp,8139too
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
snd                   110592  9 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec,snd_atiixp,snd_pcm
i2c_piix4              28672  0
evdev                  24576  11
soundcore              16384  1 snd
ac                     16384  0
battery                24576  0
wmi                    36864  0
drm                   565248  8 drm_kms_helper,radeon,ttm
agpgart                53248  2 ttm,drm
ip_tables              36864  0
x_tables               53248  1 ip_tables
ext4                  794624  1
crc32c_generic         16384  2
crc16                  16384  1 ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  139264  1 ext4
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 65536  0
hid                   147456  2 usbhid,hid_generic
sr_mod                 28672  0
cdrom                  77824  1 sr_mod
serio_raw              20480  0
atkbd                  36864  0
libps2                 20480  2 atkbd,psmouse
firewire_ohci          49152  0
ohci_pci               20480  0
firewire_core          81920  1 firewire_ohci
ata_generic            16384  0
ehci_pci               20480  0
tifm_7xx1              20480  0
pata_acpi              16384  0
ehci_hcd               98304  1 ehci_pci
crc_itu_t              16384  1 firewire_core
tifm_core              16384  1 tifm_7xx1
ohci_hcd               57344  1 ohci_pci
pata_atiixp            16384  2
i8042                  32768  0
serio                  28672  9 serio_raw,atkbd,psmouse,i8042

dmesg

[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=66ba624e-79ed-4b9d-bf6c-df65648a1b2e rw loglevel=3 quiet ath5k.no_hw_rfkill_switch=true
[    0.143116] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=66ba624e-79ed-4b9d-bf6c-df65648a1b2e rw loglevel=3 quiet ath5k.no_hw_rfkill_switch=true
[   10.944064] systemd[1]: Reached target Paths.
[   24.692795] ath5k: `true' invalid for parameter `no_hw_rfkill_switch'

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#4 2020-04-26 20:35:44

seth
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Re: [SOLVED] AR2413/AR2414/ath5k/ Fuji Amilo A1650 /WIFI Hadrware disabled

Try "…=1" - it's a boolean value.

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#5 2020-04-26 20:39:16

kamelie1706
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Re: [SOLVED] AR2413/AR2414/ath5k/ Fuji Amilo A1650 /WIFI Hadrware disabled

Perfect! Works now.

Thx

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