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**SharkMachine** · Apr 09, 2008, 06:19 AM

Re: Wifi support on Acer Aspire 5570Z notebook not possible yet - help request

Have you tried loading acer_acpi, enablind wifi and then reloading madwifi?

Code:

sudo su
modprobe acer_acpi
echo "1">/proc/acpi/acer/wireless
modprobe -r ath_pci
modprobe ath_pci

**meinhardt_jgbr** · Apr 15, 2008, 12:04 PM

Re: Wifi support on Acer Aspire 5570Z notebook not possible yet - help request

Now that I'm back home and with access to wired broadband, I've updated my testing installation of Kubuntu Hardy Heron - 8.04 and applied your suggestion commands.

Following is transcription of it:

root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm# modprobe acer_acpi
root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm# echo "1">/proc/acpi/acer/wireless
root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm# modprobe -r ath_pci
root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm# modprobe ath_pci

root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
0a:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0a:09.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)

root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ath_pci 101024 0
wlan 207728 1 ath_pci
ath_hal 192592 1 ath_pci
ipv6 267780 10
xt_limit 3584 8
xt_tcpudp 4096 7
ipt_LOG 7296 8
ipt_MASQUERADE 4608 0
ipt_TOS 3200 0
ipt_REJECT 5632 1
nf_conntrack_irc 7576 0
nf_conntrack_ftp 10144 0
xt_state 3328 6
af_packet 23812 2
binfmt_misc 12808 1
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap
i915 32512 2
drm 82580 3 i915
ppdev 10372 0
acpi_cpufreq 10796 2
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
freq_table 5536 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
dock 11280 0
nls_iso8859_1 4992 1
nls_cp437 6656 1
vfat 14464 1
fat 54556 1 vfat
aes_i586 33536 0
dm_crypt 15364 0
dm_mod 62660 1 dm_crypt
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13120 0
pcmcia 40876 0
snd_hda_intel 344600 1
acer_acpi 18112 0
led_class 6020 1 acer_acpi
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
tifm_7xx1 8576 0
psmouse 40336 0
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
serio_raw 7940 0
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
yenta_socket 27276 1
rsrc_nonstatic 13696 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 40596 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
uvcvideo 58116 0
evdev 13056 7
tifm_core 11012 1 tifm_7xx1
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
compat_ioctl32 2304 1 uvcvideo
pcspkr 4224 0
iTCO_wdt 13092 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
videodev 29440 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15492 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common 18304 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
usblp 15872 0
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
wmi_acer 9644 1 acer_acpi
sky2 47492 0
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
container 5632 0
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
battery 14212 0
ac 6916 0
button 9232 0
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 56996 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
intel_agp 25492 1
soundcore 8800 1 snd
agpgart 34760 3 drm,intel_agp
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
iptable_nat 8324 0
nf_nat 20396 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 19080 8 iptable_nat
nf_conntrack 66752 7 ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_conntrack_ftp,x t_state,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4
iptable_mangle 3712 0
iptable_filter 3840 1
ip_tables 14820 3 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 9 xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,ipt_LOG,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_TOS, ipt_REJECT,xt_state,iptable_nat,ip_tables
reiserfs 239616 4
usbhid 31872 0
hid 38784 1 usbhid
usb_storage 73664 0
libusual 19108 1 usb_storage
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 7
ata_piix 19588 6
ata_generic 8324 0
pata_acpi 8320 0
ehci_hcd 37900 0
libata 159344 3 ata_piix,ata_generic,pata_acpi
scsi_mod 151436 5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
uhci_hcd 27024 0
usbcore 146028 8 uvcvideo,usblp,usbhid,usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hc d,uhci_hcd
thermal 16796 0
processor 36872 4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50580 3
root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm#

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Apparently it is loaded, so I will try to configure it.

Thanks

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Complementing, after trying to configure wifi:

root@jgm-5570z:/home/jgm# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

Using KWifiManager or Wireless Assistant, the msg that appears is that :

The scan is complete, but no networks have been found.

or for Wireless Assistant:

No usable wireless devices found.
Wireless Assistant will now quit.

Therefore I'm back to zero!!

**Guest** · Jun 07, 2008, 07:10 PM

Re: Wifi support on Acer Aspire 5570Z notebook not possible yet - help request

Hello, I am having the same problem as meinhardt_jgbr. My chipset is the AR5007EG and I am using an Acer Aspire model 5100-3357 notebook.
-This chipset works with the windows driver NET5211.INF under Windows XP
- I am running Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (the 64 bit version)

I would really like to be a full time user of Kubuntu but on my laptop I really need wireless support. I am a total noob when it comes to running linux so any help you give is appreciated and please type code so a noob can copy and paste it.
Thanks in advance.

**meinhardt_jgbr** · Jun 11, 2008, 08:38 AM

Re: Wifi support on Acer Aspire 5570Z notebook not possible yet - help request

I was able to solve this problem after searching on the Internet for the proper madwifi.org module for wireless AR5007E used on the Acer Aspire 5570Z NoBo.
Linux modules are the equivalent to the M$ drivers.

After download of the correct madwifi module, I followed exactly the installation instructions and "voila" my wifi became fully operative under kernel 8.04 Hardy Heron.

**yulester** · Jun 11, 2008, 09:40 AM

Re: Wifi support on Acer Aspire 5570Z notebook not possible yet - help request

Message for Paraguy

The Atheros setup and 64 bit require a different set using ndiswrapper and the XP drivers. I kinda had it working under 7.10, but have not tried it under 8.04 and 64 bit yet. There is a rather large archive post about this on the Ubuntu side - search for Atheros 5007EG as I recall

Also - seems KDE network management applications seem to have problems with Atheros setup. An other application called 'wicd' was highly recommended. Worth checking out.

- - - I can't get my winmodem to initialize yet, so I'm kinda stuck at the moment. No modem - no internet.

**meinhardt_jgbr** · Jun 11, 2008, 10:28 AM

Re: Wifi support on Acer Aspire 5570Z notebook not possible yet - help request

In the case of my Acer Aspire 5570z NoBo, I did not need to use ndiswrapper.
Wifi came to life just by applying the madwifi correct module and configuring it by strictly following the install instructions.
Actually, during the install process, it re-compiles the kernel with the madwifi module.

**yulester** · Jun 11, 2008, 11:55 AM

Re: Wifi support on Acer Aspire 5570Z notebook not possible yet - help request

Good to hear, and it also tells me your running 32 bit version.

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