[SOLVED] Atheros AR9485 does not work after installation

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[SOLVED] Atheros AR9485 does not work after installation

Post by gas_85 »

Hallo dear community, I do apologise for my question, because I'm sure it is simple issue, but after I do install Mint 17, I have no Wifi. Funny thing is that if I boot from the USB stick - it works, but terribly.
Some code output:

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sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 168c:0032 (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=16 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr bc:ee:7b:20:xx:xx:xx  
          inet addr:192.168.66.46  Bcast:192.168.66.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::beee:ff:fe20:75a6/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:11299 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9654 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:10460034 (10.4 MB)  TX bytes:1211860 (1.2 MB)

lo        Link encap:Локальная петля (Loopback)  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:5428 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5428 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:341242 (341.2 KB)  TX bytes:341242 (341.2 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:f0:2f:xx:xx:xx  
          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)

wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:f0:2f:xx:xx:xx  
          inet addr:169.254.11.13  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		192.168.66.1
Address:	192.168.66.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.152
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.154
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.155
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.151
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.148
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.153
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.149
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.150
Hotkey Fn+F2 does not work. I even tried to run acapi_listen, there is no output exactly for Fn+F2 exists.
Thanks a lot!
P.S. Asus F552E, AMD A4-5000
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Re: Atheros AR9485 does not work after installation

Post by JeremyB »

I would unplug the ethernet cable, delete any wireless connections and then redo the wireless.

My atheros is a different model but the one time it did give me issues I noticed that the BCAST was strange. Your BCAST is likely the issue, I would have expected 169.254.11.255
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gas_85

Re: Atheros AR9485 does not work after installation

Post by gas_85 »

Thanks a lot, it works now. :D
What I did:
1. check whatever interfaces are up by command

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ifconfig -a
2. run this command to disable wlan0

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sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
Enable it back

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sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
And this one to be sure:

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sudo ifdown wlan0
3. restart --> Profit!

But this does not solve the issue with hotkeys (Fn+F2) to enable/disable wlan.
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Re: [SOLVED] Atheros AR9485 does not work after installation

Post by JeremyB »

So does ifconfig show a BCAST that is is the same as you IP address except for the 255 at the end?

FN+ combos only show up in acpi_listen if they are connected to an acpi event, and that is a deep rabbit hole trying to figure the FN+ keys out unless you are lucky enough to find something with

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dmesg | grep unknown
after using the FN+ combo
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gas_85

Re: [SOLVED] Atheros AR9485 does not work after installation

Post by gas_85 »

I do run script one more time, here the output:

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sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for user: 
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 168c:0032 (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Agutin"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.472 GHz  Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   
          Bit Rate=150 Mb/s   Tx-Power=16 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=51/70  Signal level=-59 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:226   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr bc:ee:xx:xx:xx:xx  
          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)

lo        Link encap:Локальная петля (Loopback)  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:1979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:174567 (174.5 KB)  TX bytes:174567 (174.5 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:f0:xx:xx:xx:xx  
          inet addr:192.168.66.42  Bcast:192.168.66.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::42f0:ff:ff:ff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:94367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24378 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:122562973 (122.5 MB)  TX bytes:7935392 (7.9 MB)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		192.168.66.1
Address:	192.168.66.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.152
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.154
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.149
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.148
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.155
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.153
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.150
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.151
Thanks for help!
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Re: [SOLVED] Atheros AR9485 does not work after installation

Post by JeremyB »

gas_85 wrote:I do run script one more time, here the output:

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sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for user: 
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 168c:0032 (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:"Agutin"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.472 GHz  Access Point: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   
          Bit Rate=150 Mb/s   Tx-Power=16 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=51/70  Signal level=-59 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:226   Missed beacon:0

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr bc:ee:xx:xx:xx:xx  
          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)

lo        Link encap:Локальная петля (Loopback)  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:1979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:174567 (174.5 KB)  TX bytes:174567 (174.5 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:f0:xx:xx:xx:xx  
          inet addr:192.168.66.42  Bcast:192.168.66.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::42f0:ff:ff:ff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:94367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24378 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:122562973 (122.5 MB)  TX bytes:7935392 (7.9 MB)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		192.168.66.1
Address:	192.168.66.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.152
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.154
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.149
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.148
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.155
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.153
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.150
Name:	google.com
Address: 64.15.112.151
Thanks for help!
Thank you, my suspicion of the BCAST is confirmed in this case
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