No wireless after upgrading to linux kernel 3.0 in opensuse 11.4. I’m using Kde and gnome 3, everything was working fine under the 2.6.39 kernel, but now both only detects my wired connection. Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated. I have a Netgear WNDA3100 adapter that uses the Atheros drivers. It also is no longer detected in my Fedora 15 after upgrading the kernel, but it still works in Mint 11 with the 2.6.38.8 kernel.
On 08/18/2011 12:06 AM, Bajan74 wrote:
>
> No wireless after upgrading to linux kernel 3.0 in opensuse 11.4. I’m
> using Kde and gnome 3, everything was working fine under the 2.6.39
> kernel, but now both only detects my wired connection. Any help
> resolving this would be greatly appreciated. I have a Netgear WNDA3100
> adapter that uses the Atheros drivers. It also is no longer detected in
> my Fedora 15 after upgrading the kernel, but it still works in Mint 11
> with the 2.6.38.8 kernel.
>
> Thanks, any help would be appreciated.
Output from logs and common commands would also be appreciated. Without
diagnostics, we can do nothing. The Atheros drivers in 3.0 generally work. What
else did you change?
The commands we need are as follows:
/sbin/rflill list
sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
/usr/sbin/iwconfig
dmesg only selected output that refer to wireless
/sbin/lspci -nnk again selected output
Put the copied output between code tags as I did above.
I don’t know how to put output between coded tags.
bajan@linux-gdav:~> /sbin/rflill list
bash: /sbin/rflill: No such file or directory
bajan@linux-gdav:~> sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
root’s password:
lo Interface doesn’t support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn’t support scanning.
bajan@linux-gdav:~> /usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
dmesq
The only output refers to my mouse.
/sbin/lspci -nnk
The same output as the above #4
looking at other post on the web it seems the atheros 9k drivers has been remove from the new kernel and replace with something call*** carl9170 firmware***. which i cannot find to install in tumbleweed.
it’s not anything i did since i reinstall to the old kernel and everything worked fine until i do an update. Then only my wired connections is detected which i’m using right now, but i need my wireless to work.
On 08/24/2011 03:06 PM, Bajan74 wrote:
> 5. /sbin/lspci -nnk
>
> The same output as the above #4
I am not using the browser-based interface to the forum, but NNTP. There is no
Comment #4 in the thread I see - this posting will be #4. Please humor me and
post the output.
> looking at other post on the web it seems the atheros 9k drivers has
> been remove from the new kernel and replace with something call*-
> carl9170 firmware-*. which i cannot find to install in tumbleweed.
That is clearly not true. The driver carl9170 has replaced a staging driver, but
I don’t know if that is what you have until I see the lspci output.
On 08/25/2011 12:46 PM, Bajan74 wrote:
>
> lwfinger;2377909 Wrote:
>> On 08/24/2011 03:06 PM, Bajan74 wrote:
>>> 5. /sbin/lspci -nnk
>>>
>>> The same output as the above #4
>>
>> I am not using the browser-based interface to the forum, but NNTP.
>> There is no
>> Comment #4 in the thread I see - this posting will be #4. Please humor
>> me and
>> post the output.
>>
>>> looking at other post on the web it seems the atheros 9k drivers has
>>> been remove from the new kernel and replace with something call*-
>>> carl9170 firmware-*. which i cannot find to install in tumbleweed.
>>
>> That is clearly not true. The driver carl9170 has replaced a staging
>> driver, but
>> I don’t know if that is what you have until I see the lspci output.
>
>
>
> Here is the lspci output. I’m a noob so i couldn’t see any reference to
> my adapter in this or any hardware or system info i run under this
> kernel.
There is no reference to a wireless device. Is it USB? Look at the output of lsusb.
I don’t understand how the two network managers can be conflicting, when both are on separate partitions. Both Suse kde and Suse gnome 3 works fine with the previous Kernel. The same thing happen when i updated my Fedora 15 to the 3.0 Kernel, only the wired connection is detected. In the Fedora forum they said that the atheros 9k drivers was remove from the new kernel and replace with something call carl9170 firmware. This is suppose to make all the atheros 9k series adapters work with the new kernel, bot so far no one has showed me how to do this.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c315 Logitech, Inc. Classic New Touch Keyboard
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 045e:00e1 Microsoft Corp. Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 Reciever
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 03f0:8c07 Hewlett-Packard Digital Stereo Headset
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1a40:0101 TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0846:9010 NetGear, Inc. WNDA3100v1 802.11abgn Atheros AR9170+AR9104
I just need the steps for installing the Firmware which i have already downloaded. The carl9170 drivers are already install but this adapter will not work without the firmware added to the kernel.
> I just need the steps for installing the Firmware which i have already
> downloaded. The carl9170 drivers are already install but this adapter
> will not work without the firmware added to the kernel.
That firmware is in the kernel-firmware package. You use YaST or zypper to
install it - that puts the file(s) in the correct place. If you downloaded them
from somewhere else, then you need to copy them (as root) to /lib/firmware.