[SOLVED] LMDE 64 bits: no wireless on Fujitsu AMILO Li 2727

[sedibald]

Hi all,

Wireless on my Fujitsu Li 2727 doesn't work. There is a lot of advice on the web for Ubuntu, but I can't make it work for my laptop. I use up-to-date LMDE 201012 64 bits.

A way to solve this problem would be very much appreciated. Many thanks.

PS.: Here's my uname -a:
Linux magasin 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 25 18:02:11 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

PS2: here is my lspci:
roxane@magasin ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 04)

[seeley]

Hi!
Please see link1 below, especially III. H)
seeley

[sedibald]

Hi

OK, hereunder the complete description of my system. Do you need more info?

General
LMDE 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 25 18:02:11 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
installed from live USB<-UNetbootin/ Single Boot
Disks: HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (3.9% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD1600BEVT 160.0GB 39C
Gnome 2.30.2

sudo hwinfo
53: None 00.0: 1070a WLAN
[Created at net.124]
Unique ID: AYEt.QXn1l67RSa1
Parent ID: y9sn.3+GlKz8DCKB
SysFS ID: /class/net/wlan0
SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:08:00.0
Hardware Class: network interface
Model: "WLAN network interface"
Driver: "ath5k"
Driver Modules: "ath5k"
Device File: wlan0
HW Address: 00:16:44:e8:6a:ae
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #32 (WLAN controller)

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 04)


sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

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

pan0 no wireless extensions.

[seeley]

Hi sedibald!
"hwinfo" and "lspci" outputs are printing your WLAN / Adapter. But "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
...

shows, that you have to configure your WLAN.
Networkmanager (lower panel)

Shot-Network.png (19.18 KiB) Viewed 1536 times

choose wireless and - if available - Edit or Add connection.
seeley

[sedibald]

After more searching on compiling issues for the acerhk module that I thought was required for getting my wireless going, I dug up the following discussion:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/555828

of which the self-explanatory most relevant part was :

I too was frustrated by this, having struggled for months to get my laptop wifi running on Ubuntu before discovering acerhk, only to be facing the same problem again! However, I discovered that Acerhk appears to be no longer maintained. Instead, use acer-wmi. I have tried out the following and it works in Lucid rc and Karmic - probably in earlier versions too as acer-wmi has been round for a while.

If you have acerhk, remove it with:

sudo modprobe -r acerhk

then install acer-wmi:

sudo modprobe acer-wmi

You should now be able to connect to your hub via Network Manager. On my FSC Amilo Li 2735, this works straight 'out of the box' on a fresh install with no ethernet connection, though some laptops possibly require extra drivers.

To tidy up, and make wifi run automatically at start-up:

sudo nano /etc/modules

Delete 'acerhk' if present, and add 'acer-wmi' (without apostrophes) to the bottom of the text. Press Ctrl + O, then press Enter, then Ctrl + X to save and close. I also used Synaptics to remove acerhk and acerhkgui

That was a tough one. thanks for helping!