Wireless Network Card
Hi all,
My first post... so I hope this is the right place for such queries.
I'm having trouble getting my system to recognize the presence of the wireless network card.
I'm running trisquel 7, kernel 3.16 on a libreboot x200 with an atheros AR5B95 card.
ifconfig output only displays eth0
and lspci is only showing the ethernet controller.
The network card is not being displayed.
I've installed the firmware packages: atheros-firmware, firmware-carl9170, open-ath9k-htc-firmware
I've also opened up the laptop physically removed the card and re-installed to ensure everything was secure. No issues there.
And help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
If absolutely nothing else works, consider getting a wireless adapter compatible with free software: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux
If the laptop was bought from Gluglug (which the OP suggests by calling the laptop a Libreboot X200), then not working wireless would suggest either a mistake or broken hardware. So in that case, Gluglug should be contacted to resolve the problem.
Yup! Hopefully it's not Gluglug's fault. I'm thinking of getting one myself soon. I'm already kind of dismayed because of it's age. I'm probably wrong of being dismayed with it's age, hmmmm :-/
On June 8, 2015 4:45:16 AM AST (Arabian), name at domain wrote:
>If the laptop was bought from Gluglug (which the OP suggests by calling
>the
>laptop a Libreboot X200), then not working wireless would suggest
>either a
>mistake or broken hardware. So in that case, Gluglug should be
>contacted to
>resolve the problem.
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I'm imagining your talking about performance when you say its age. The problems with older systems tend to be less related to performance (even if that is an issue due to your use cases) and more with failing parts. Refurbished stuff in particular. I'm not going to jump to conclusions the wifi is failing here. I suspect its a user-related issue (is the wifi on- you might have an on/off switch and/or FN key that you need to hold down whiling pressing one of the F1-F12 keys which have a wifi symbol).
Replacing the wifi card won't solve this problem unless it really is a bad wifi card.
Did you try toggling the switch on the left side of the machine? Does it show up with ifconfig -a ?
i spent about a week trying to get the wifi to work on my x60 and this was the problem!
I also own an X60, that's hilarious.
Hi all, thanks for the replies.
Chris: Yes, I'd tried the wifi toggle switch on the left side and the FN+F5 command for wifi before posting.
risci_atom: ifconfig -a doesn't display anything other than eth0 as well.
It seems like this may be a hardware issue?
onpon4: I'm going to contact gluglug next.
gary02121993: I wouldn't let this deter you if you're considering purchasing one of their machines. I've been using the x200 for ~3months with no problems except the wifi. I just haven't had time to troubleshoot until now.
pizzaiolo: Thanks for the suggestion, if all else fails I'll go this route.