I am using a Ubuntu 11.04 on an Acer aspire 3680 laptop and my wifi is not working. I followed the below commands to install the madwifi driver:
sudo su
apt-get install subversion
cd /usr/src
svn checkout http://madwifi-project.org/svn/madwifi/trunk madwifi
tar cfvz madwifi.tgz
cd madwifi
make && make install
echo "blacklist ath5k" /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
echo "ath_pci" /etc/modules
modprobe ath_pci
sudo reboot
After installation I am facing the same problem. My wifi wont work after I shutdown. Infact it didn't work after suspend but I rectified that problem by the following commands:
Command 1:
sudo rmmod -f ath_pci
sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo modprobe ath_pci
along with the command SUSPEND_MODULES=ath_pci added to the /etc/pm/config.d/madwifi directory.
So if I suspend and then on my laptop the wifi loads well and doesn't create a problem.
But if I shutdown my laptop the wifi never loads again and eachtime I have to run a Ubuntu 9.04 live CD to load it. I did try adding the Command 1 to the /etc/rc.local directory but still it doesn't work.
So my question is: What should I do in order to make my wireless work without having to run a live CD of ubuntu 9.04 everytime after shutdown?
Thanks.
Here are the outputs which one might need:
Output 1
chandru@chandru-acer:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML 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 N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 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 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
0a:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
0a:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0a:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
Output 2:
lsmod
Module Size Used by
wlan_tkip 17074 2
binfmt_misc 13213 1
parport_pc 32111 0
ppdev 12849 0
snd_hda_codec_si3054 12924 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 255882 1
joydev 17322 0
snd_atiixp_modem 18624 0
snd_via82xx_modem 18305 0
snd_intel8x0m 18493 0
snd_ac97_codec 105614 3 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m
snd_hda_intel 24113 2
ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_hda_codec 90901 3 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
i915 451053 3
snd_hwdep 13274 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 80042 7 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13132 0
snd_rawmidi 25269 1 snd_seq_midi
drm_kms_helper 40971 1 i915
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 51291 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
pcmcia 39671 0
snd_timer 28659 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14110 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
drm 184164 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
yenta_socket 27230 0
tifm_7xx1 12898 0
wlan_scan_sta 21945 1
ath_rate_sample 17279 1
pcmcia_rsrc 18292 1 yenta_socket
psmouse 73312 0
tifm_core 15040 1 tifm_7xx1
snd 55295 18 snd_hda_codec_si3054,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
serio_raw 12990 0
i2c_algo_bit 13184 1 i915
soundcore 12600 1 snd
pcmcia_core 21505 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc
video 19112 1 i915
ath_pci 183044 0
snd_page_alloc 14073 5 snd_atiixp_modem,snd_via82xx_modem,snd_intel8x0m,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
wlan 224640 5 wlan_tkip,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 398701 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
lp 13349 0
parport 36746 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
usbhid 41704 0
hid 77084 1 usbhid
sky2 49172 0
Output 3
root@chandru-acer:~# lshw -C network
PCI (sysfs)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 14
serial: 00:16:36:fb:aa:64
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.28 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:43 memory:44000000-44003fff ioport:2000(size=256)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR2413 802.11bg NIC
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:0a:03.0
logical name: wifi0
version: 01
serial: 00:19:7d:d3:0c:fd
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci ip=192.168.1.6 latency=96 maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
resources: irq:18 memory:d0000000-d000ffff
Output 4
root@chandru-acer:~# lsmod | grep ath_pci
ath_pci 183044 0
wlan 224640 5 wlan_tkip,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 398701 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
