No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

[sp00k]

I have a Toshiba Satellite A205-S5843, 2.5 x32, 2g SDRAM, 160GB HD. I have no other OS installed on the system. The system is brand new and every thing worked fine (except for constant crashes related to windows explorer) for the 3 weeks I had Vista. I deleted Vista with a KillDisk bootdisk and everything in Kubuntu is working magnificently except for wireless and sound. I deleted my last post after reading many guides on linux and learning how to ask the right questions and provide proper information. I also split the two problems I am having in each of their own threads. Thanks for reading.

On Another note, I want to thank SirCaptain for his help and guidance. He has been invaluable in pointing me towards the right direction. Thank you, Sir.

CODE: lspci

OUTPUT:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
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)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (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)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
0c:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0c:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
0c:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
0c:04.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ______________

CODE: lsusb

OUTPUT:

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ___________

CODE: lshw -C network

OUTPUT:

WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 01
serial: 00:1e:ec:36:bb:cc
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK ip=192.168.11.5 latency=0 module=r8169 multicast=yes
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0

[Snowhog]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

I 'might' be able to provide some help on your sound. Open Konqueror and navigate to /boot/grub

Right-click on the menu.lst file and select Actions > Edit as Root

Scroll down until you see this line:

## ## End Default Options ##

on the kernel /boot/vmlinuz-..... line, cursor to it's end and press the space bar and then type:

acpi=off

Save and quit. Then perform a normal shutdown and restart of your system. See if this provides you with functioning sound. If it does, then we can ensure that this 'change' is incorporated when ever a kernel update is received.

Please post back the results.

[sp00k]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

Snowhog,

I am sorry, sir. It seems to be some thing I might have done. But I follow your instructions to the letter and unfortunately the edit as root option does not appear. I am sorry if I got some thing confused.

edit: the only options are "email file" and "send with bluetooth"

Thanks for your time.

[Snowhog]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

No problem. Let's approach it another way.

Open a console shell ( K Menu > System > Konsole )
Type:

kdesu kate /boot/grub/menu.lst

After providing your password, the file will open for editing.

[sp00k]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

Thanks for your help, pal. But it didn't work. Thanks any way.

[Snowhog]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

Meaning, you were able to edit the file and the suggestion didn't result in working sound, or you couldn't get the file opened with kate?

Comprehensive Sound Problem Solutions Guide v0.5e This is probably the most referred to guide on sound problems here, and on the Ubuntu Forum (where this is guide is posted). You might want to look it over.

[sp00k]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

I got no working sound as a result. Thanks for the link. I will read after I somehow fix my new, very annoying problem - no titlebar.

[Snowhog]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

What version of Kubuntu are you using? I'm guessing Hardy Heron (8.04), but am I also correct in guessing that you are using the remix version that comes with KDE 4? If true on both, you really should download and install HH with KDE 3.5.9 (which is the non-remix LiveCD). KDE 3.5.9 is rock stable. KDE 4 is a release candidate and still being fine tuned.

[sp00k]

Re: No wireless on laptop: Code outputs included.

Snow,

Yes! I am running 4. Thanks for the advice. I will read up on how to get the earlier version right away.