Problem with Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x [SOLVED]

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Problem with Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x [SOLVED]

Post by HellzBellz »

Hi all. Just installed Xfce 4.11.8 (Gtk 2.24.23) Distro: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca and having problems with the wifi

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System:    Host: jbe-laptop Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 (Gtk 2.24.23) Distro: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
Machine:   System: ASUSTeK (portable) product: F5R version: 1.0
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: F5R version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: 505 date: 12/21/2007
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core Duo CPU T2250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 6916.36 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 798.00 MHz 2: 1729.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RC410M [Mobility Radeon Xpress 200M] bus-ID: 01:05.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RC410 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-37-generic
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath5k bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L2 Fast Ethernet driver: atl2 ver: 2.2.3 bus-ID: 06:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.3GB (3.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST9160821AS size: 160.0GB temp: 50C 
           2: id: /dev/sdb model: xD/SDMMC/MS/Pro size: 0.3GB temp: 0C 
Partition: ID: / size: 145G used: 4.6G (4%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.01GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 147 Uptime: 58 min Memory: 460.8/1888.8MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4 

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=off   
          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 00:1e:8c:d2:b1:55  
          inet addr:192.168.11.4  Bcast:192.168.11.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:8cff:fed2:b155/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:287985 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:171731 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:4
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:421483785 (421.4 MB)  TX bytes:13453020 (13.4 MB)
          Memory:feac0000-feb00000 

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:2094 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2094 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:281307 (281.3 KB)  TX bytes:281307 (281.3 KB)

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* V. querying DHCP...
RTNETLINK answers: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server:		192.168.11.1
Address:	192.168.11.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:	google.com
Address: 216.58.210.78
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Re: Problem with Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x

Post by Laurent85 »

Can you open a terminal and post the command output :

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rfkill list all
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HellzBellz

Re: Problem with Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x

Post by HellzBellz »

Fixed. Thanks for the reply Laurent85. I did some updates, rebooted and hey presto!
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