• From: Brisbane, Australia
  • Registered: 2010-12-21
  • Posts: 4

Topic: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

I have just bought myself a new Asus laptop, and when loading #! on to it it says It could not detect ethernet device but I have been unable to find a driver for Atheros AR813X/AR815X for linux. All responses on Google point to http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx but that is cactus.

Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi 100 Series
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1005
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
    Memory at ddc00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Device 1083 (rev c0)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1851
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
    Memory at dc800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
    I/O ports at 9000 [size=128]

Can anyone please help with where to from here? Thanks in advance

Last edited by askinsey (2012-02-09 11:34:08)

  • From: A kingdom in transition
  • Registered: 2011-06-24
  • Posts: 2,138

Re: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

What kernel are you using?
Post output of 

uname -a

Does 

sudo modprobe atl1e

make it work?

If not
Post output of following commands:
(you can copy/paste the commands into a terminal window, press enter for the last command)

uname -a
lspci -knn | grep -i net -A2 
lsusb
egrep -v "^$|^#" /etc/network/interfaces
egrep -v "^$|^#" /etc/resolv.conf
egrep -v "^$|^#" /etc/hosts
cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
ip a
ip route
ip n
ip addr
rfkill list
lsmod
dmesg | egrep 'net|eth|sky|sis|via|3c3|3c5|e100|8139|8169|acx|air|ath|atl|ar9|carl|atme|at7|herm|iwl|ipw|rtl8|r81|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|tg3|ssb|wl|b43|b44|ori|pri|p5|zd|ndis|wmi|ns8|FW'
cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
nm-tool
iwconfig
iwlist chan
sudo iwlist scan
sudo cat /var/log/syslog | egrep 'rtl|firmware|wlan|wpa|eth' | tail -n 75
If you poke the bear it is going to come after you.
  • Registered: 2011-03-09
  • Posts: 3,235

Re: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

please follow xaos' instructions to the letter, but when you start posting terminal output, please remember to use code-tags. that keeps things readable instead of one big blob of text. smile

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  • From: Brisbane, Australia
  • Registered: 2010-12-21
  • Posts: 4

Re: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

Thanks for the quick detailed response, in the interim I had a thought that it may be kernel related and had a stab that maybe the .bpo version may fix it, i installed that, I still go the same message re ethernet driver but once completed and rebooted I can get wireless networks which I couldn't get before. Does this mean I am good to go or will this potentially cause me dramas down the track? Should I still go ahead with your instructions? Thanks again

  • From: A kingdom in transition
  • Registered: 2011-06-24
  • Posts: 2,138

Re: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

No harm will be done by executing the commands.
If your eth should start working by executing the modprobe command, network-manager will try to switch your connection from wireless to eth.
The other commands are there only to find out why your eth is not working. But it may be interesting to see the output of those commands, should there be warnings or errors...
Its up to you. smile
hth

If you poke the bear it is going to come after you.
  • From: Brisbane, Australia
  • Registered: 2010-12-21
  • Posts: 4

Re: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Last edited by askinsey (2012-02-09 11:27:42)

  • Registered: 2011-03-09
  • Posts: 3,235

Re: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

^ i wished you had listened to me. now look at the mess you made. http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/187951/#p187951

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  • Registered: 2011-11-30
  • Posts: 92

Re: (Solved) Atheros Ethernet Controller

askinsey wrote:

Sorry for the wall of text but wasn't sure what you do and don't want and please forgive the noob for not knowing what and how to use code tags

Select the text you want to put between brackets, then click the icon between brush+A and text-balloon containing " above the text-entry box, or manually type [ code] at the beginning and [ /code] at the end (without space after the [ ).

Please edit your post and apply it smile

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