Atheros AR9380 not detected by Mint 17.1 Live USB

[hitchhikerkiller]

Hi!

I created a Mint 17.1 Live USB and unfortunatelly it is not detecting my Atheros AR9380 Wireless Card.
When I open the Network Connections, it just shows the wired connection. There is no Wifi connection available.

Then I ran "sudo lshw -C network" and the wireless card appears as " *-network UNCLAIMED"

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mint@mint ~ $ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 19
       bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 03
       serial: 00:1d:72:9c:30:15
       size: 1Gbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=2.3.2-k duplex=full firmware=0.3-0 ip=192.168.0.11 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
       resources: irq:42 memory:f8200000-f821ffff memory:f8425000-f8425fff ioport:1840(size=32)
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: Qualcomm Atheros
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:f7f00000-f7f1ffff memory:f8600000-f860ffff

more information:

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mint@mint ~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
netathrx : driver installed
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* III. querying iwconfig...
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

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* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1d:72:9c:30:15  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:9750 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6780 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:10619709 (10.6 MB)  TX bytes:923086 (923.0 KB)
          Interrupt:20 Memory:f8200000-f8220000 

lo        Link encap:Local 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:785 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:785 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:103767 (103.7 KB)  TX bytes:103767 (103.7 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

I simply do not know what to do. Anyone please could give me a help?

[JeremyB]

Strange that it gets detected as ethernet rather than wireless. Lets see the result of

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

[hitchhikerkiller]

Strange that it gets detected as ethernet rather than wireless. Lets see the result of

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

JeremyB, here is the result:

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mint@mint ~ $ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1049] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20de]
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
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03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:abcd] (rev 01)
05:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ba)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad R61 [17aa:20c6]
mint@mint ~ $ 

[JeremyB]

Are there any BIOS updates available for this PC as some chatter on the ath9k-dev mail list indicates this is a BIOS issue

[hitchhikerkiller]

Are there any BIOS updates available for this PC as some chatter on the ath9k-dev mail list indicates this is a BIOS issue

JeremyB,
No, there isn't. It's a Thinkpad X61S and I'm using the Middleton BIOS, that is based on the last one made by Lenovo. It is a pretty old BIOS version, from 2010 if I remember well, and there isn't a BIOS newer than that.

Actually, this machine came with an Intel 4965G Wifi Card that worked well on linux and windows during years. But Windows 8 discontinued this Wifi Card support (it works on windows 8, but there are some alleatory reboots).
Then I replaced it by an Atheros AR9380. Now, it is working fine on Windows 8 (where it was recognized automatically) but it stopped to work on linux.
So, it is just a guess, but I think it is not a BIOS problem, because it works fine on Windows. If it was a BIOS problem, it wouldn't work even on windows (I guess).

[JeremyB]

Can you do some reboots to see if the

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

changes for the info on the Atheros card- especially to see if [168c:abcd] changes to something else

[hitchhikerkiller]

Can you do some reboots to see if the

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lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net

changes for the info on the Atheros card- especially to see if [168c:abcd] changes to something else

Hi!
As you asked, I Rebooted 3 times and the output was exactly the same every time:

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mint@mint ~ $ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection [8086:1049] (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:20de]
	Kernel driver in use: e1000e
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03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:abcd] (rev 01)
05:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev ba)
	Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad R61 [17aa:20c6]
mint@mint ~ $