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Wireless card works okay. The card is Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10). The card is Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10). I have read that there's a workaround for 12.04 but not for 12.10.
For whatever reason, Atheros Ethernet drivers are not included in the Fedora installation disks. This can lead to huge problems, and in order to get them working you will need to have a working internet connection. I understand this can be hard without a working Ethernet card. The workaround I used for this, is use my (Android) phone as a WiFi card.
Connect it to the computer, and choose on the phone the option 'USB Tethering' or something similar. With this, I could complete the following guide, and now my AR8161/8165 ethernet card works. Step 1: Install all the tools needed to compile something. Su - yum -y groupinstall 'Development Tools' yum -y install gcc yum -y update just to be sure; see Note #1 below for details exit Step 2: Download the un-compiled driver (the source).
You'll need this (file from the Linux Foundation (Save this file somewhere secure (where you won't delete it, see Note #1 for details), and unpack it to - for example - your desktop. Step 3: Compilation and installation. Open a terminal and type something like: cd /path/to/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc This is the folder you've just unpacked the source to; for me this was cd /home/me/Desktop/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc./scripts/driver-select alx make If this ends in an error, read Note #2 make install Now reboot. This reboot will take some time, but now it works. Note #1: Apparently this thing will need to be recompiled, and reinstalled at every Kernel update. This is a bit of a headache, but as long as you've saved the file somewhere safe, you won't need an internet connection to do so. Just unpack the file again, and repeat Step 3.
Note #2: If the make command ends in an error, this most likely contains the text: error: implicit declaration of function ‘netdevprintk’ Assuming this is the case, this can be fixed by opening the file /path/to/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/alxmain.c and commenting out lines 124, 125, and 126. This is done by adding // at the beginning of the line. The lines in the end shout look like this: // netdevprintk(level, hw-adpt-netdev, &vaf); // else // printk('%salxhw:%pV', level, &vaf); Note #3: I'm not a coding wiz. I got this together with kind help (I don't think I'll be able to answer many questions, but perhaps people struggle with the same issues I had.
You will have compiled the driver for your currently running kernel only. When Update Manager installs a later linux-image, after reboot, re-compile: cd compat-wireless-3.6.6-1-snpc sudo su make clean./scripts/driver-select ath9k make make install modprobe ath9k exitThe change to compat-3.8.h need not be repeated.
Choda@Lappy:$ lspci -nn grep 0280 08:00.0 Network controller 0280: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter 168c:0036 (rev 01) choda@Lappy:$ sudo dpkg -s build-essential head -n5 sudo password for choda: Package: build-essential Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: devel Installed-Size: 37 I disabled wireless connection in upper right corner and since then I don't have option to enable it again. While looking for solution on internet I found this command, maybe it can help.
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Choda@Lappy:$ sudo lshw -C network.-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Greater love for the forum hath no Chili than he installeth 12.04 LTS on an old harddrive and compile the driver.
It compiles for me with a couple of warnings and NO errors. I am mystified. Chili@ThinkT60:/Desktop/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc$ modinfo drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko filename: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL description: Support for Atheros 802.11n wireless LAN cards.
Author: Atheros Communications srcversion: 4ADBC452D2F0E3C7755CB89 alias: platform:qca955xwmac alias: platform:ar934xwmac alias: platform:ar933xwmac alias: platform:ath9k alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000036sv.sd.bc.sc.i. alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000037sv.sd.bc.sc.i. May I assume you did do this step before you did 'make?' ./scripts/driver-select ath9kIf you didn't or you are unsure, please do: cd /home/choda/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc make clean./scripts/driver-select ath9k make sudo make installWeird. Yes I did, here's the rest of code: choda@Lappy:$ cd compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc/ choda@Lappy:/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc$ sudo su sudo password for choda: root@Lappy:/home/choda/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc# make clean make1: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic' make1: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-55-generic' root@Lappy:/home/choda/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1-snpc#./scripts//driver-select ath9k Processing new driver-select request.