Dear Linuxers, (about debian on Netbook Acer AO-722, BZ-893)
Some days ago I've got an Asus Eee-PC 1215B and I had a lot of trouble to make wireless and cable to work. To the point I got near a deadline of 7 days before returning it to the store, and I decided to return it. I changed to an Acer Aspire One 722 BZ893, hoping it would work out of the box. I even got a live debian distro in a pendrive to boot there in the store, to be sure it would work. Well, it worked with wrong resolution, but ok. The internet (cable) was fine for a while. Then I brought it home. For some unknow reason, I discovered that the internet only work for a few moments, then it stops. That is eth0. For wlan0 never appear. In this rare moments of useful internet using my KDE live distro, now installed, I was able to install synaptic, update the apt-get, install wireless-tools, google-chrome, and some other basic stuff. Now I can't get any internet time anymore. I don't know why... eth0 simple doesn't get an IP address, and ifconfig doesn't show wlan0. I'm in kind of a deadline because I need to decide if I'll keep it and keep trying, or return it for good. I feel very frustrated and although you doesn't need to know, I could barely sleep this night because of this problem that is ruining my vacations and finances. Please, if someone would be kind to guide my step-by-step and make it work, or if someone knows for sure I better return and buy something else more "compatible", I'm all ears. Finished the history, now some tech info: lspci -nn gives (among other things): 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device [1022:1510] 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:9807] 00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc Device [1002:1314] 00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Axalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 42) 06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet [1969:2062] (rev c1) 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Device [168c:0032] (rev 01) Audio is working ok. Just VGA, eth0 and wlan0 needs my attention. I even don't really care about HDMI or other things I can live without. A friend of mine gave me an old usb wireless adapter to help me out. It is a Netgear WPN111. But that doesn't work either. lsusb gives: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1385:5f01 Netgear, Inc WPN111 (no firmware) lsmod gives: Module Size Used by powernow_k8 10978 0 cpufreq_powersave 902 0 parport_pc 18855 0 cpufreq_conservative 5162 0 ppdev 5030 0 cpufreq_stats 2740 0 lp 7462 0 cpufreq_userspace 1992 0 parport 27954 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp sco 7225 2 bridge 39646 0 stp 1440 1 bridge bnep 9427 2 rfcomm 29629 0 l2cap 24752 6 bnep,rfcomm crc16 1319 1 l2cap bluetooth 41827 6 sco,bnep,rfcomm,l2cap vboxnetadp 4193 0 vboxnetflt 12525 0 vboxdrv 1723671 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt uinput 6376 1 fuse 50924 1 joydev 8459 0 loop 11799 0 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 2251 1 snd_hda_intel 20035 3 snd_hda_codec 54292 2 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 5380 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm 60487 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec snd_seq 42881 0 snd_timer 15598 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 4493 1 snd_seq uvcvideo 52127 0 videodev 30089 1 uvcvideo psmouse 49985 0 i2c_piix4 8328 0 snd 46526 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device rfkill 13044 2 bluetooth v4l1_compat 11442 2 uvcvideo,videodev v4l2_compat_ioctl32 8474 1 videodev led_class 2433 0 soundcore 4598 1 snd video 17445 0 pcspkr 1699 0 serio_raw 3752 0 output 1692 1 video i2c_core 15819 2 videodev,i2c_piix4 evdev 7352 24 snd_page_alloc 6249 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm wmi 4323 0 battery 4998 0 processor 29935 3 powernow_k8 fglrx 2610490 0 ac 2192 0 button 4650 1 fglrx ext3 106710 2 jbd 37317 1 ext3 mbcache 5050 1 ext3 usb_storage 40217 0 sd_mod 29937 4 crc_t10dif 1276 1 sd_mod ahci 32870 3 thermal 11674 0 ohci_hcd 19343 0 ehci_hcd 32097 0 libata 133776 1 ahci atl1c 27315 0 scsi_mod 126725 3 usb_storage,sd_mod,libata thermal_sys 11942 3 video,processor,thermal usbcore 123122 5 uvcvideo,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd nls_base 6377 1 usbcore I tried to install with modprobe some other modules, but nothing happened: ath 8006 1 ath9k ath9k 249976 0 button 4650 0 cfg80211 101496 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath hid 63257 1 usbhid led_class 2433 1 ath9k rfkill 13044 3 cfg80211,bluetooth usbcore 123122 6 uvcvideo,usb_storage,usbhid,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd usbhid 33292 0 If I give ifconfig, I get: eth0 and lo My /etc/network/interfaces is: auto lo iface lo inet loopback I tried to write eth0 here, but maybe I'm confused with interfaces, wicd and network-manager, how to chose one, and how to manage it. Too much options, none make sense to me. Maybe if someone could help with one alone... iwconfig gives: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. vboxnet0 no wireless extensions. pan0 no wireless extensions. route -n gives an empty table. ping 192.168.0.1 gives: connect: Network is unreachable The computer is an LED LCD 1366x768, multi-gesture touchpad CPU AMD Dual-Core Processor C-50 (1.0GHZ) 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, 3 cell battery. >From a site with the same model I gathered (not confirmed, though): • Vision AMD - C-Series processor C-50 (Dual Core, 1 MB L2 cache, 1 GHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, 9 W) • Windows® 7 Starter Edition • 11.6" HD Resol. 1366 x 768, high-brightness Hardware • Video ATI Radeon™ HD 6250 Graphics, 256 MB • AMD A50M Fusion™ Controller Hub 3-cell Li-ion Battery (2200 mAh) • 2 GB DDR3 (mine is 4 GB) • 500GB SATA 2.5 • 5 in 1-Build in • 3rd Wi-Fi 1x1 BGN Wireless Setup Card • Webcam Acer Crystal Eye 0.3M • 2 Stereos • High-Definition Audio Support & MS-Sound • Multi-gesture Touchpad • 3 USB 2.0 ------ Also, I've tried to install AMD catalyst 12.6 driver, but the monitor is still in the wrong resolution. fglrxinfo gives: X Error of failed request: Badrequest (invalid request code or no such operation) Major opcode of failed request: 135 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString) Serial number of failed request: 12 Current serial number in output stream: 12 I'm not sure what else can I inform to help. Please, if someone has the patience and time, I'll try this for the next days and I'll reply as soon as I test the suggestions. Every help is welcome. My best, Beco -- Dr. Beco A.I. research, Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher Linux Counter #201942 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caluyw2ypakvopmmbtugesuml7muiwnjmmwtcxce11m3vxaq...@mail.gmail.com
