[SOLVED] Mint 16 Mate/32 wifi not working

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[SOLVED] Mint 16 Mate/32 wifi not working

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Hi, on my PC I have dual boot of Mint 16 Mate 32 bit (older system) / Mint 17.1 Mate 64 bit (new one). I once installed 32 bit because i didn't know this machine was 64-capable. In the new OS wifi works regularly (this excludes hardware malfunctions), but in Mint 16 it doesn't. The icon about network near the clock shows the symbol of 'disconnected cable' and if I click on it I see that the menu items about wireless functions are written in grey and not available. The wifi led of chassis is on. If I use the switch on the case to turn it off and on again, it doesn't turn on again and I have to reboot. At this moment I am connected to my wifi network through usb tethering using my smartphone. No wifi network at all is detected through internal wifi hardware. My suspect is that this was caused by some system update.
I can't simply stop using the old 32-bit OS because it contains some important software (i.e. AutoCAD) that runs correctly on it and I still haven't succeded in making it run on the new OS as well. So the old OS will be working until the new one will be able to make the same things the old one does.
Some code:

Condition when using only internal hardware (not connecting):

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spix@spix-TravelMate-5330 ~ $ LC_ALL=C sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 168c:002a (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.

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:2d:74:66:38  
          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)
          Interrupt:16 

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:200133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:200133 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:15806839 (15.8 MB)  TX bytes:15806839 (15.8 MB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:c4:d8:98:27  
          inet addr:192.168.2.119  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          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)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
^C-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
^C
(I manually interrupted the last two lines because the system looked to be waiting indefinitely for something that wouldn't come)

When connected in usb tethering:

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spix@spix-TravelMate-5330 ~ $ LC_ALL=C sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
      ==> PCI ID = 168c:002a (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.

usb0      no wireless extensions.

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:2d:74:66:38  
          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)
          Interrupt:16 

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:200145 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:200145 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:15807866 (15.8 MB)  TX bytes:15807866 (15.8 MB)

usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6a:04:83:d0:f1:68  
          inet addr:192.168.42.204  Bcast:192.168.42.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::6804:83ff:fed0:f168/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:55 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2271 (2.2 KB)  TX bytes:13292 (13.2 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:17:c4:d8:98:27  
          inet addr:192.168.2.119  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          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)

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		127.0.1.1
Address:	127.0.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.130
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.134
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.128
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.132
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.135
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.129
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.137
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.136
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.131
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.142
Name:	google.com
Address: 74.125.232.133
Inxi:

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spix@spix-TravelMate-5330 ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: spix-TravelMate-5330 Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.1) 
           Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 16 Petra
Machine:   System: Acer product: TravelMate 5330 version: 0100
           Mobo: Acer model: Homa version: Rev Bios: Phoenix version: V1.36 date: 10/30/2009
CPU:       Dual core Pentium CPU T4400 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 8778.28 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2200.00 MHz 2: 2200.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 
           X.Org: 1.14.6 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@59.9hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.11.0-12-generic
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath9k bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 ver: 3.132 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1200.3GB (92.5% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST9200827AS size: 200.0GB 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: STORY_Station_3 size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 8.6G used: 6.0G (74%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 8.6G used: 3.6G (44%) fs: ext4 
           ID: swap-1 size: 2.00GB used: 0.05GB (2%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0C mobo: 53.0C 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 205 Uptime: 2 days Memory: 1214.5/1946.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.1 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
lshw (usb tethering):

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spix@spix-TravelMate-5330 ~ $ lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  *-network               
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 10
       serial: 00:26:2d:74:66:38
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.132 firmware=5764m-v3.34 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:46 memory:f4500000-f450ffff
  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:17:c4:d8:98:27
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.11.0-12-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.119 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:f4600000-f460ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: usb0
       serial: c2:d9:46:26:46:8f
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.42.157 link=yes multicast=yes
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
(run during usb tethering)

My wifi hardware is Qualcomm Aetheros ar928x. I searched various pages about it:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8X#p902361
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=894177
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 8X#p976841
but none seemed to be my case. I also opened an old thread, that is unanswered, that contains some other code about this problem.
I've also seen a page that suggested to make

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gksudo pluma /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k_htc.conf
and append

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options ath9k_htc nohwcrypt=1
to the file. The file was completely empty when I opened it, so this line is the only one it contains. anyway I rebooted but nothing changed.

This situation is going on since some month. Do you have any idea on how to solve it, please?
thank you to everyone
Last edited by Spix73 on Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:51 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Mint 16 Mate/32 wifi not working

Post by Pjotr »

Fixing this might not really help you.... As Mint 16 has become very unsafe to use (no more security updates), it's much better to use it offline *only*.
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Re: Mint 16 Mate/32 wifi not working

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Thanks, in the end I guess I'll make a "makeshift choice" by tranforming my Mint/32 into a virtual HD file and load it into Virtualbox aside with the other VM of XP. At least until I fix on Mint/64 all the softwares I need and that worked fine on Mint/32. I set the thread as solved.
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Re: [SOLVED] Mint 16 Mate/32 wifi not working

Post by d4dapo »

I am sorry for posting my question here on this thread! I have basically tried everythng under the sun to get my wifi working. I just downloaded mint about a week ago and haven't had a solution with getting the wifi to work. Any help will be appericiated I use a hp probook 455 g2 and have mint 17 installed runnung on it. PLEASE ANY HELP, will appericiated. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE...
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Re: [SOLVED] Mint 16 Mate/32 wifi not working

Post by Oscar799 »

d4dapo
Your question is about Mint 17 and this thread,as well as being marked as solved, is about Mint 16
Please start a new thread with your question
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