Netgear WNA1100 (N150 Wireless USB Adapter)

[hamilito]

I know there is no real suppor for it but I read in a few posts that there are a few drivers that work with some netgear cards so I'm wondering if there is any that would work with mine - Netgear WNA1100 (N150 Wireless USB Adapter).

By the way I'm doing a fresh install of gentoo on an old pc I have and thats what I want to use on it so if these is a driver that will work, is it possible to get it working for the installation.

I loaded a few atheros drivers from the installation media (install minimal x86 04 26 2011) but didn't recognize the stick. Is there any there that will work for it?

Thanks in advance.

[DONAHUE]

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lspci -n #pls post output
lspci -vv #pls post output for the adapter

[hamilito]

it doesn't appear it's not recognizing it I guess

[hamilito]

lspci isn't showing any entry for any network controller other than the ethernet controller of the mobo also all USB listed aren't showing anything connected to them.
I think it is not being recognized by the PC

[DONAHUE]

I really really must learn to read.
You were perfectly clear about the adapter being usb.
I gather you have usbutils installed and the adapter does not show up in lsusb output?
if so the either the adapter or the usb port appears to be dead.

[hamilito]

I think usbutils doesn't come in the minimal install media. I guess I'll have to install the system and after that usbutils to try it out.
I don't think it is the USB port though I tried connecting it to a different USB port and nothing and the stick is brand new so it must be firmware cause I know netgear don't support Linux.
I completely forgot to check support for Linux when shopping. I just saw it and picked it up cause my router is the same brand so...

[DONAHUE]

Still not reading well. Current system rescue cd or an ubuntu livecd can be used instead of the minimal install.
If sysresccd: Select a kernel of the same bitness as your intended install at the sysresccd opening menu. When booted to the xfce4 GUI, find the network manager icon in the lower right corner of the desktop and connect.
If Ubuntu: Download and make an ubuntu cd of the same bitness as your intended install. When booted in ubuntu run

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sudo su --
mkdir /mnt/gentoo

in terminal.
For either:
Then use the gentoo handbook in a browser next to a terminal for installing; copy and paste.

[gentooP4]

Hello Donahue / hamilito,

I thought I'd jump on this thread as I have just purchased the same piece of equipment (my BT Home hub has been installed down the hallway out of reach of my Ethernet cable!)

I have managed to get it working fairly painlessly in my Linux Mint install (been working my way up to Gentoo ) using the ath9k_htc-installer_1.0.3.deb and htc_7010.fw & htc_9271.fw firmware files.

I am hoping the deb installer only patches the kernel and so a similar route might be applied to Gentoo?

A search on the net suggests I need to make these changes to the Kernel

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CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=m
CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC=m

This is where I'm struggling! I use "/" to search but I still can't find them when going to where I think they should be! I guess I need to enable something else to make them visible?

Many thanks for any assistance!

[DONAHUE]

I don't have atheros, my search for ath9k gives:

ATH9K
Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && MAC80211 [=m]
ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL [=n]
Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && ATH9K [=n]
ATH9K_HTC
Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && USB [=y] && MAC80211 [=m]
ATH9K_HW
Selected by: ATH9K [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && MAC80211 [=m] || ATH9K_HTC [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && USB [=y] && MAC80211 [=m]
ATH9K_COMMON [=n]
Selected by: ATH9K [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && MAC80211 [=m] || ATH9K_HTC [=n] && NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && USB [=y] && MAC80211 [=m]
ATH9K_PCI [=n]
Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && ATH9K [=n] && PCI [=y]
ATH9K_AHB [=n]
Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=n] && ATH9K [=n]

so I have some =[n]. You should not. You probably have MAC80211 [=n]. Edit menuconfig to:

[*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
--- Wireless
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[ ] nl80211 testmode command
[ ] enable developer warnings
[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
[*] enable powersave by default
[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
[*] Wireless extensions sysfs files
<M> Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[ ] lib80211 debugging messages
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features --->

Which should expose:

Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
<M> Atheros Wireless Cards --->
--- Atheros Wireless Cards
[ ] Atheros wireless debugging (NEW)
< > Atheros 5xxx wireless cards support (NEW)
[ ] Atheros 5xxx PCI bus support (NEW)
<M> Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support
[*] Atheros ath9k PCI/PCIe bus support
[*] Atheros ath9k AHB bus support[/color]
[ ] Atheros ath9k debugging (NEW)
[*] Atheros ath9k rate control (NEW)[/color]
<M> Atheros HTC based wireless cards support
[ ] Atheros ath9k_htc debugging (NEW)
<M> Linux Community AR9170 802.11n USB support
[*] SoftLED Support (NEW)[/color]

Not sure whether you need or want these.

[gentooP4]

Thanks DONAHUE, will see how I get on.

[gentooP4]

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lspci -n #pls post output
lspci -vv #pls post output for the adapter

I'm having no luck. Any chance you can put me in the right direction DONAHUE?

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sudo zgrep ATH9K /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_ATH9K_HW=m                                                                               
CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON=m                                                                           
CONFIG_ATH9K=m                                                                                  
# CONFIG_ATH9K_DEBUGFS is not set
CONFIG_ATH9K_RATE_CONTROL=y
CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC=m
# CONFIG_ATH9K_HTC_DEBUGFS is not set

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sudo lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 1002:5a33 (rev 01)
00:02.0 0604: 1002:5a34
00:11.0 0101: 1002:437a (rev 80)
00:12.0 0101: 1002:4379 (rev 80)
00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4374 (rev 80)
00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4375 (rev 80)
00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4373 (rev 80)
00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 82)
00:14.1 0101: 1002:4376 (rev 80)
00:14.2 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01)
00:14.3 0601: 1002:4377 (rev 80)
00:14.4 0604: 1002:4371 (rev 80)
01:00.0 0300: 10de:00c1 (rev a2)
02:05.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
02:06.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80)

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sudo lspci -vv
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge (rev 01)
        Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Xpress 200 Host Bridge
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64
        Region 0: Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Region 1: Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Region 3: Memory at <ignored> (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
                Status: RQ=16 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4
                Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>

00:02.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI-X Root Port (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
        Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fcffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
                PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [58] Express (v1) Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
                        ExtTag+ RBE- FLReset-
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                        MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us
                        ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk-
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
                RootCtl: ErrCorrectable- ErrNon-Fatal- ErrFatal- PMEIntEna- CRSVisible-
                RootCap: CRSVisible-
                RootSta: PME ReqID 0000, PMEStatus- PMEPending-
        Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5a33
        Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+
        Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                CEMsk:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn-
        Capabilities: [140 v1] Virtual Channel
                Caps:   LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
                Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
                Ctrl:   ArbSelect=Fixed
                Status: InProgress-
                VC0:    Caps:   PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
                        Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
                        Ctrl:   Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
                        Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:11.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
        Region 0: I/O ports at ff00 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at fe00 [size=4]
        Region 2: I/O ports at fd00 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at fc00 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at fb00 [size=16]
        Region 5: Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: sata_sil

00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
        Region 0: I/O ports at fa00 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at f900 [size=4]
        Region 2: I/O ports at f800 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at f700 [size=4]
        Region 4: I/O ports at f600 [size=16]
        Region 5: Memory at fdffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: sata_sil

00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at fdffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
        Region 0: Memory at fdffa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
                Bridge: PM- B3+
        Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 82)
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Region 0: I/O ports at 0400 [size=16]
        Region 1: Memory at fdff9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c-piix4

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 82 [Master PriP])
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
        Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
        Region 3: I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
        Region 4: I/O ports at f400 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp

00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at fdff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0

00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop+ ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdefffff
        Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
        BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
                PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV41.1 [GeForce 6800] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device 0245
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
        Region 0: Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 3: Memory at fb000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fc000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
                DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
                        ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
                DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
                        MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s, Latency L0 <1us, L1 <16us
                        ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
                LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk-
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
        Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel
                Caps:   LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
                Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
                Ctrl:   ArbSelect=Fixed
                Status: InProgress-
                VC0:    Caps:   PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
                        Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
                        Ctrl:   Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
                        Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
        Capabilities: [128 v1] Power Budgeting <?>
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nvidia

02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Packard Bell B.V. Device e017
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
        Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256]
        Region 1: Memory at fddff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: 8139too
        Kernel modules: 8139too

02:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 64 (8000ns max), Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
        Region 0: Memory at fddfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

Many thanks

[DONAHUE]

your wifi is usb?
if so and if you have internet connection (from chroot if necessary):

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emerge usbutils wgetpaste
lsusb -vv | wgetpaste

post url returned

[gentooP4]

http://paste.pocoo.org/show/473264/

Thanks

[DONAHUE]

Try:

[*] Networking support --->
-*- Wireless --->
--- Wireless
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[ ] nl80211 testmode command
[ ] enable developer warnings
[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
[ ] enable powersave by default
[ ] cfg80211 DebugFS entries
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
[*] Wireless extensions sysfs files
<M> Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[ ] lib80211 debugging messages
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
[ ] Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS
[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features --->

Device Drivers --->
[*] Network device support --->
[*] Wireless LAN --->
<M> Atheros Wireless Cards --->
--- Atheros Wireless Cards
[ ] Atheros wireless debugging (NEW)
< > Atheros 5xxx wireless cards support (NEW)
[ ] Atheros 5xxx PCI bus support (NEW)
< > Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support
[ ] Atheros ath9k PCI/PCIe bus support
[ ] Atheros ath9k AHB bus support
[ ] Atheros ath9k debugging (NEW)
[ ] Atheros ath9k rate control (NEW)
<M> Atheros HTC based wireless cards support
[ ] Atheros ath9k_htc debugging (NEW)
< > Linux Community AR9170 802.11n USB support

help for <M> Atheros HTC based wireless cards support should look like:

Symbol: ATH9K_HTC[=m]
Type :tristate
Prompt: Atheros HTC based wireless cards support
Defined at drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig:61
Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && WLAN [=y] && ATH_COMMON [=m] && USB [=m] && MAC80211 [=m]
Location:
-> Device Drivers
-> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
-> Wireless LAN (WLAN [=y])
-> Atheros Wireless Cards (ATH_COMMON [=m])
Selects: ATH9K_HW [=m] && MAC80211_LEDS [=m] && LEDS_CLASS [=m] && NEW_LEDS [=m] && ATH9K_COMMON [=m]

[gentooP4]

Thanks Donahue. I need to spend more time on this. Am using a 5 meter cable for now as I can't get it working in Arch Linux either.

Even in windows with the drivers off the cd it's sometimes still hit and miss.

[gentooP4]

Having another crack at this tonight and still no joy.

iwconfig is still saying no wireless extensions found and the dongle isn't lighting up like it should.

Are there any config files or anything else I might need to update?

Many thanks

[DONAHUE]

does

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 ifconfig -a

show wifi interface?
does

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ifconfig

show wifi interface?
does

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ls /lib/firmware

show htc_7010.fw & htc_9271.fw firmware files? available at http://linuxwireless.org/download/htc_fw/1.3/ or better yet get them by

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 emerge linux-firmware

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drive ... =%28htc%29 does list your equipment as supported.
what does

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modprobe ath9k_htc
dmesg | tail

show?

[gentooP4]

does

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 ifconfig -a

show wifi interface?

no, just ethernet

does

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ifconfig

show wifi interface?

no, just ethernet

does

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ls /lib/firmware

show htc_7010.fw & htc_9271.fw firmware files? available at http://linuxwireless.org/download/htc_fw/1.3/ or better yet get them by

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 emerge linux-firmware

http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drive ... =%28htc%29 does list your equipment as supported.

yes, they're there. removed them and installed via emerge to be sure

what does

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modprobe ath9k_htc
dmesg | tail

show?

modprobe ath9k_htc returns, FATAL module not found. I guess my problem?!

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hayden@sidcup /usr/src $ dmesg | tail
[   52.046443] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   53.390474] EXT4-fs (sda4): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   53.396329] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   53.403394] EXT4-fs (sdb3): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   53.414896] EXT4-fs (sdb1): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   53.418247] EXT4-fs (sdb5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   53.421589] EXT4-fs (sdb7): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   97.139968] firefox-bin used greatest stack depth: 4024 bytes left
[ 2778.458033] plugin-containe used greatest stack depth: 3896 bytes left
[ 2778.773502] firefox-bin used greatest stack depth: 3528 bytes left

Many thanks!

[DONAHUE]

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lsmod | wgetpaste

and post the url
may be a bad dongle. has it worked with anything? ubuntu livecd might be a good test.

[gentooP4]

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lsmod | wgetpaste

and post the url
may be a bad dongle. has it worked with anything? ubuntu livecd might be a good test.

I'll try and get this done tonight. The dongle is working fine with Linux Mint so a bit baffling.

Might be time to get the drill out and run some ethernet through the stair case

[gentooP4]

Here's the lsmod DONAHUE,

http://paste.pocoo.org/show/498108/

Many thanks!

[DONAHUE]

everything except ifconfig says it works

modprobe ath9k_htc returns, FATAL module not found

does not fit with the lsmod result. modprobe for an already installed module should just return with no printed output.

reboot and as soon as up

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dmesg | wgetpaste

and post url
when convenient boot mint and compare dmesg

time for the drill or blow $20 on a not netgear not atheros not broadcom dongle. I'd send you my broadcom chip netgear packaged dongle ... but ... it has no linux driver ... not even one that doesn't work ...

[Gusar]

Just a wild guess... Are you using a separate /boot partition?

[gentooP4]

Thanks DONAHUE, will do that tonight (at work now)

Gusar, yes I am.

[Gusar]

Gusar, yes I am.

But of course you are. Which makes it very, very obvious what the issue is.