No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

jocom · 2010-10-26 11:04:52

Hi,

Recently I kicked ubuntu off my laptop, but now installed Arch. I tried following the guide http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ace … e_One#WLAN to setup WLAN, but I isn't working. I guess it is because of my wireless card which is AR5001.

I read some pages about it, and gave ndiswrapper a try. Now I couldn't find 32bit drivers for the card, only 64bit. But my AA1 is 32bit.

So to make things clear:

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

and

$ lsmod | grep ath
ath5k
mac80211
ath
cfg80211
ath_rate_sample
ath_pci
wlan
ath_hal
led_class

Then we also have

$ iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
...

And trying to 'up' it gives

$ ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

What to do now?

Thanks in advance,
jocom

Gusar · 2010-10-26 11:31:19

Install rfkill and run it, see what it says. Also, have you tried simply flicking the hardware switch for the wireless?

Last edited by Gusar (2010-10-26 11:32:03)

jocom · 2010-10-26 20:34:51

I tried the hardware switch, (obviously) but that didn't do any good.
I will try and install rfkill, to see what that does.

jocom · 2010-10-27 05:38:35

Hmmm, I am actually considering a reinstall, for I just installed Arch on it yesterday. The install goes swift and simple, but I just selected the wrong packages.

Can anyone give a hint on which packages to select for the AR5001?
The interwebs arn't clear about whether to use ndiswrapper or ath5k, and which corresponding driverfiles to select from base-dev category...

Gusar · 2010-10-27 09:08:27

I have AR5001 wireless on an AA1 netbook. ath5k works, as does the hardware switch. I didn't do anything special to get it working. No networks were found at first, but I flicked the hardware switch and voila, networks. What did rfkill say?

Edit: Alright, did some testing. X assigns XF86WLAN to the hardware switch, which screws things up. It tends to hardblock the radio and only a reboot will unblock it. I have this in /etc/rc.local:

/usr/bin/setkeycodes e055 159
/usr/bin/setkeycodes e056 158

It's a dirty hack, assigning XF86Back and XF86Forward to the hardware switch. But strangely enough it makes the switch work.

Last edited by Gusar (2010-10-27 11:07:42)

neoanima · 2011-08-24 07:56:49

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1698290

sudo rmmod -f ath5k
sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo odprobe ath5k

you just open terminal then;

gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper

add;

sudo rmmod -f ath5k; sudo rfkill unblock all; sudo modprobe ath5k
save, close it, then reboot.

maybe works!

neoanima · 2011-08-24 10:37:19

the solution is not going well. it works occasionally.
ath5k module is not mature as ath_pci/hal provided by madwifi on Arothes AR5001 chip.

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#1 2010-10-26 11:04:52

No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

#2 2010-10-26 11:31:19

Re: No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

#3 2010-10-26 20:34:51

Re: No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

#4 2010-10-27 05:38:35

Re: No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

#5 2010-10-27 09:08:27

Re: No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

#6 2011-08-24 07:56:49

Re: No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

#7 2011-08-24 10:37:19

Re: No wifi on Aspire One with AR5001

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