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larmbr
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 Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:06 pm Post subject: No driver for buggy ethernet card Atheros QCA8171 ? |
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I am installing gentoo on a new Lenovo laptop.
Unfortunately , I choke on the first step - setting up the internet connection
ifconfig gives out no info about eth*, so I think gentoo mini-CD doesn't detect my ethernet card.
lspci gives this:
| Code: | | 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8171 Gigabit Ethernet (rev10) |
lspci -nn tells
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vender ID: 0x1969
device ID: 0x10a1
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uname -r give this:
I searched the kernel source : include/linux/pci_ids.h
and found
| Code: | | #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATTANSIC 0x1969 |
but sadly, not found any
| Code: | | #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_* 0x10a1 |
but I found that in source drivers/pci/quirks.c, there is :
| Code: | DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATTANSIC, 0x10a1,
quirk_msi_intx_disable_qca_bug); |
All the infos above mean that there is no driver for this specific card and it seems this card is buggy
So what driver or what workaround should I use to make my install process going on ?
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larmbr
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| eyoung100 wrote: | | Start Here |
Hi,
This solution is based on a working gentoo, but I still not install it yet ;-(
But thank you all the same, I now get some clues. |
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Jaglover
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larmbr
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| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| Jaglover wrote: | | ifconfig -a output please. |
Hi,
ifconfig -a :
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lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 2 bytes 36 (36.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2 bytes 36 (36.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlp9s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 48:d2:24:4a:57:92 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
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And for the wireless interface wlp9s0, lspci -k tells me that ath9k is in use,
but after I run net-setup wlp9s0, it still retrieved no IP address. |
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marmoras
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| Hi I also have a Lenovo g500 that uses similar card. For Ethernet alx module you need very recent kernel. I installed from a live Ubuntu through terminal chroot etc. I find it easier and I could connect wireless from Ubuntu. After installation I use wpa suppl, it proved to be more rock solid than wild. You can install wild and use it through curses and upgrade your kernel afterwards |
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marmoras
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| Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| Damn spellchecker, I meant wicd not wild |
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