wireless issue Mint 11 ar9285 [solved]

[NaughtyBadFun]

Finally I've gotten up the nerve to get rid of Windows. I did a dual boot of Ubuntu with Vista to get a handle on it and now its time for a fresh start. I've done an install of Katya (LM11) and found my new operating system. But that is not without a problem. My wireless doesn't work. I have a connection through cable but need the wireless. Please help!
Laptop Lenovo G575 E300 AMD core.
Here are some outputs from the terminal on whats installed:

lshw

configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 memory:90000000-900fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:90000000-9000ffff

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"VIZIO"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=17 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

Its a VIZIO router using WPA/WPA2 security

uname -r

2.6.38-8-generic

inxi -N

Network: Card-1 Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver ath9k
Card-2 Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet driver atl1c

rfkill list

0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py

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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...

-- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

==> PCI ID = 168c:002b (rev 01)

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* II. querying ndiswrapper...

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* III. querying iwconfig...

lo no wireless extensions.



eth0 no wireless extensions.



wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"VIZIO"

Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

Tx-Power=17 dBm

Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Encryption key:off

Power Management:off



-------------------------

* IV. querying ifconfig...

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:70:f4:3d:eb:42

inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: 2002:18b7:d8d:1234:ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Global

inet6 addr: fe80::ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:253639 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:165450 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:9

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:343477910 (343.4 MB) TX bytes:17340810 (17.3 MB)

Interrupt:40



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:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:2932 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:2932 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:232536 (232.5 KB) TX bytes:232536 (232.5 KB)



wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:1514 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:1686 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:1194263 (1.1 MB) TX bytes:283958 (283.9 KB)



-------------------------

* V. querying DHCP...

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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...

Server: 192.168.1.1

Address: 192.168.1.1#53



Non-authoritative answer:

Name: google.com

Address: 74.125.225.51

Name: google.com

Address: 74.125.225.50

Name: google.com

Address: 74.125.225.49

Name: google.com

Address: 74.125.225.52

Name: google.com

Address: 74.125.225.48


Remember please..... NEW USER here.
I've looked at doing Wicd, Madwifi, enabling old respositories, I dont know if Iive done it right.

[pacifico]

wow for a newbie seemss to be you know a lot,


I'm not an expert but seems to be your mint wireless is up, what i can see is your router is not configured to give automatic DHCP, whether you configure your router to give ip number automatic or you put a static ip number for your wireless.

Google to know how to do any of those


regards

[fjordenBaby]

Had the same problem, seems like 2.6.38 dont work well with ath9k. If your graphics work on the 3.0 kernel i would just get Lisa instead. Had no problem with the wireless on 3.0. If the graphics become an issue just get netinstall of ubuntu or something and install the ati driver in the recovery console.

If you manage to update your kernel to 2.6.39 that should fix the problem aswell.

[NaughtyBadFun]

@pacifico
Thanks for the help. I just did a fresh install of Katya. I have a home router with WPA/WPA2 security and I've also tried on my college's public network, neither place could I connect. You said the mint wireless is up, so would removing it through software center be the way to go?

@fjordenBaby
Just restating... fresh install of Katya, I tried Lisa today and had horrible problems with graphics so I went back to LM11. Plus Im liking Katya better, not a big fan of the Unity. I just checked the kernel and its still the 2.6.38 generic. How do I go about updating the kernel to 2.6.39?
Thanks to both of you

[fjordenBaby]

The guy that helped me on this forum told me that i had to get 2.6.39 kernel. I never tried this because i just went straight for the 3.0 with a netinstall.

A friend of mine told me that you probably just need to download madwifi and compile it with module-assistant.
You should execute the code in the code tag anyway.
execute as root:

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apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare


do as root:
download http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ ... .4.tar.bz2
find a guide for building a custom kernel, just remember to run make oldconfig to use the current kernel config as a base
then find a guide for adding the new kernel to grub

[NaughtyBadFun]

This is where it stands at the moment:
After the fresh install, enabled backported repositories in Synaptic Manager. Did all the updates through Update Manager. Still on the 2.6.38 generic kernel.
Installed Wicd (sudo apt-get install wicd)
Removed Network Manager (sudo apt-get purge network-manager)
Rebooted
Wicd detects the wireless network and that it had WPA security. Try to access the network it fails due to a "bad password".
Seems to be a lot closer than Network Manager ever got, any ideas??
I think this is now more of a router/connection problem and less of a LM11 issue. I could be wrong but... Any help?

[TBABill]

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sudo su
echo "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf


If that doesn't work, try it again but remove the k at the end where it says /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf and make it ath9.conf instead. Hopefully one of those methods works.

[NaughtyBadFun]

OK,
I've updated to LM12 Lisa. so the new kernel is 3.0.0.13 generic

Here's the new results from mintwifi: Network Manager shows my network, I try to connect and it fails. Fails to verify authenication/ encryption??

* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 168c:002b (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:70:f4:3d:eb:42
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2002:18b7:d8d:1234:ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3450 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2535 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3947705 (3.9 MB) TX bytes:292330 (292.3 KB)
Interrupt:41

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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac
inet6 addr: fe80::76de:2bff:fe23:b2ac/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:75 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1984 (1.9 KB) TX bytes:15419 (15.4 KB)

wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac
inet addr:169.254.8.194 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

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* V. querying DHCP...
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service smbd reload

Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the reload(8) utility, e.g. reload smbd
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.51
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.50
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.49
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.48
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.52

[AlbertP]

If that doesn't work, try it again but remove the k at the end where it says /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf and make it ath9.conf instead. Hopefully one of those methods works.

The filename does not matter at all, as long as it ends in .conf. You can even name it abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.conf.

[NaughtyBadFun]

@AlbertP:
Ive tried -$sudo echo "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf
and
-$sudo echo "options ath9k nohwcrypt=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/ath9.conf
both times my result is the same "permission denied"
I know there's something Im doing wrong, could you point me in the right direction?

Could you give me a list of commands "iwconfig, lshw, etc" so I can post them and maybe see if Im on the right path to fixing this or if a different direction that needs to be taken?
Thanks

[AlbertP]

The echo command does not like sudo.

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sudo sh -c 'echo "options ath9k nohwcrypt" > /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf'

[NaughtyBadFun]

@AlbertP:
Wow thanks for the quick response. I opened terminal and copied and pasted the command directly from your last post. Still no joy. Network Manager does see the network and it tries to connect, but it says "activation of the network failed."
Thanks
Any other ideas??

[TBABill]

Have you logged out and back in or restarted since the changes? Or you can

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sudo modprobe -r ath9k

and then reactivate it by

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sudo modprobe ath9k

[NaughtyBadFun]

Here's the result
FATAL: Error inserting ath9k (/lib/modules/3.0.0-13-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko): Invalid argument
Thanks

[NaughtyBadFun]

Alright Im getting super frustrated here. I did a fresh install back to LM11. LM12 starting to get glitchy with the graphics. So Im now back on LM11 and the only things that Ive done is do the updates and add a driver to ndiswrapper for the ar9285. It connected to the network for about 10 seconds and then disconnected and repeated this process once more. Here are the inputs from Terminal, starting fresh, I apologize to all those who have tried to help solve this issue. Please remember that Im pretty new to Linux.
~ $ sudo /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintWifi/mintWifi.py
[sudo] password for aaron:
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 168c:002b (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
netathrx : driver installed
device (168C:002B) present (alternate driver: ath9k)
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"VIZIO"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=17 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:70:f4:3d:eb:42
inet addr:192.168.1.105 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2002:18b7:d8d:1234:ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12671 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11185 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:14001894 (14.0 MB) TX bytes:1446951 (1.4 MB)
Interrupt:41

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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1464 (1.4 KB) TX bytes:1464 (1.4 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac
inet6 addr: 2002:18b7:d8d:1234:76de:2bff:fe23:b2ac/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::76de:2bff:fe23:b2ac/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:94 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:9349 (9.3 KB) TX bytes:19616 (19.6 KB)

wlan0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac
inet addr:169.254.8.194 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.81
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.82
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.83
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.80
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.225.84

~ $ lshw
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
secrest
description: Computer
width: 64 bits
capabilities: vsyscall64 vsyscall32
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 1607MiB
*-cpu
product: AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 780MHz
capacity: 780MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3 cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: Pavilion DM1Z-3000 Host bridge
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: ATI Technologies Inc
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:40 memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:3000(size=256) memory:90200000-9023ffff
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
resources: irq:19 ioport:3118(size=8) ioport:3124(size=4) ioport:3110(size=8) ioport:3120(size=4) ioport:3100(size=16) memory:90248000-902483ff
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:90247000-90247fff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 12.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:90246000-902460ff
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:90245000-90245fff
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:90244000-902440ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 42
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 40
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:90240000-90243fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: ATI Technologies Inc
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 15
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:90100000-901fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c1
serial: b8:70:f4:3d:eb:42
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.105 latency=0 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:41 memory:90100000-9013ffff ioport:2000(size=128)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: ATI Technologies Inc
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 15.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 memory:90000000-900fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=N/A latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:17 memory:90000000-9000ffff
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 43
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k10temp
resources: irq:0
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 106
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 107
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.6
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:8
description: Host bridge
product: Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 108
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.7
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
WARNING: output may be incomplete or inaccurate, you should run this program as super-user.
-$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
cryptd 20510 0
aes_x86_64 17208 0
aes_generic 38279 1 aes_x86_64
ath9k 118238 0
mac80211 294370 1 ath9k
ath9k_common 13851 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 323077 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 23773 2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
cfg80211 178528 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
ndiswrapper 249811 0
binfmt_misc 17565 1
parport_pc 36959 0
ppdev 17113 0
dm_crypt 22993 0
snd_hda_codec_conexant 57511 1
snd_hda_intel 33211 2
snd_hda_codec 103804 2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 13604 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96625 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
arc4 12529 2
snd_rawmidi 30486 1 snd_seq_midi
joydev 17606 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61621 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29602 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14462 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
uvcvideo 72195 0
videodev 82052 1 uvcvideo
snd 67382 13 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 12680 1 snd
ideapad_laptop 13494 0
psmouse 73535 0
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 17078 1 videodev
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 13166 0
sparse_keymap 13898 1 ideapad_laptop
lp 17825 0
sp5100_tco 13744 0
parport 46458 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
i2c_piix4 13303 0
k10temp 13119 0
dm_raid45 77827 0
xor 12890 1 dm_raid45
btrfs 550402 0
zlib_deflate 27074 1 btrfs
libcrc32c 12644 1 btrfs
radeon 982197 3
ttm 76664 1 radeon
ahci 25951 2
drm_kms_helper 42136 1 radeon
drm 227495 5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
atl1c 41171 0
video 19438 0
libahci 26642 1 ahci
i2c_algo_bit 13400 1 radeon
~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:70:f4:3d:eb:42
inet addr:192.168.1.105 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2002:18b7:d8d:1234:ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::ba70:f4ff:fe3d:eb42/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12683 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:14003770 (14.0 MB) TX bytes:1452119 (1.4 MB)
Interrupt:41

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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:23 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1464 (1.4 KB) TX bytes:1464 (1.4 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:de:2b:23:b2:ac
inet6 addr: 2002:18b7:d8d:1234:76de:2bff:fe23:b2ac/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::76de:2bff:fe23:b2ac/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:38 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:94 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:9349 (9.3 KB) TX bytes:19616 (19.6 KB)

$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"VIZIO"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=17 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on

~ $ uname -r
2.6.38-8-generic

Any other inputs needed?? Thanks for all help and patience.

[TBABill]

Why are you using ndiswrapper? That's to enable a Windows driver in Linux. Your card is fully supported in Linux. All you need is the standard Linux driver and add the nohwcrypt line.

[AlbertP]

Did you use ndiswrapper all the time?

You shouldn't use it at all with Atheros hardware. Linux supports those cards much better than ndiswrapper does.

[NaughtyBadFun]

Thanks,
I have removed the driver from ndiswrapper.
I then did "sudo apt-get purge ndiswrapper " and said ok for it to remove mintwifi too.
I rebooted and went through Software Manager and reinstalled mintwifi, which reinstalled ndiswrapper. I did it this way to ensure that both were fresh and nothing was being used by ndiswrapper.

I then tried the command in terminal to modprobe the ath9k.conf file. It said permission denied.
I went into the File System. opened the etc folder, then the modprobe.d folder, then the ath9k folder. In the folder it says "options ath9k nohwcrypt" without the parenthesis.
It will not let me add =1 or =0 or whatever I need to add. It says its a read only file.
If I understand correctly this is where it needs to be. How do I add it or what can I do?

[NaughtyBadFun]

I think I got it.
I did "gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/ath9k.conf" it opened the folder and I was able to edit it and I added the "=1" to the end.

I saved and closed the folder but this is what terminal showed:

(gedit:2093): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.1UCU5V': No such file or directory

(gedit:2093): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory

(gedit:2093): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.380R5V': No such file or directory

(gedit:2093): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to set the permissions of `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: No such file or directory

I went back into the File system and look at the ath9k folder and it was saved. So I dont know if this worked.
Im going to close all programs and reboot and see if it connects to wifi.

[NaughtyBadFun]

Reboot complete and nothing, Network Manager isnt even showing wireless connections.
lsmod isnt showing the ath9k at all
lwlist wlan0 scan isnt supported.
iwconfig and ifconfig dont show wlan0
sudo lshw shows
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 memory:90000000-900fffff
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
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:90000000-9000ffff
Uh oh lol. I think if I can get Network Manager to claim the wlan0 I should be ok. I dont know how to do that or if that is going to work.
Thanks for looking.