[SOLVED] eth on a ASUS eee PC 1005HA

[masarin]

Hi.

I have a ASUS eee PC 1005HA netbook with fully updated PCLOS2009.2 and can't get the wired network to work.
I have the wireless working by setting it up with ndiswrapper.

The card is a "Atheros AR8132 /L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter" using Module: atl1c

Wen trying to set the network up from PCC I get this:
unable to find network interface for selected device (using atl1c driver)

/masarin

[ElCuervo]

Google shows quite a few Linux questions about this card, like this one:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/atheros-ar-8132-on-my-acer-aspire-one-d250-749646/

[masarin]

Some more info.
Found some comands in the forum that I tried out:

Identification
Vendor: ‎Attansic Technology Corp.

Description: ‎Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Media class: ‎Ethernet controller
Connection
Bus: ‎PCI
PCI domain: ‎0
Bus PCI #: ‎1
PCI device #: ‎0
PCI function #: ‎0
Vendor ID: ‎0x1969
Device ID: ‎0x1062
Sub vendor ID: ‎0x1043
Sub device ID: ‎0x838a
Misc
Module: ‎atl1c

[pedro@localhost ~]$ lspci | grep -i eth
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)

[pedro@localhost ~]$ dmesg | grep -i eth
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
eeepc: Get control methods supported: 0x101711
wlan0: ethernet device 00:25:d3:7c:97:ef using serialized NDIS driver: netathw, version: 0x70007, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 168C:002B.5.conf


[pedro@localhost ~]$ ifconfig
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:192 (192.0 b)  TX bytes:192 (192.0 b)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:D3:7C:97:EF
          inet addr:192.168.0.189  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2312 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1691 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3435621 (3.2 MiB)  TX bytes:99075 (96.7 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Memory:fbff0000-fc000000

[masarin]

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[pedro@localhost ~]$ ifconfig eth0 up
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
[pedro@localhost ~]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
i915                   29184  2
drm                    73960  3 i915
fuse                   48956  1
i2c_dev                 6152  0
i2c_i801                8656  0
af_packet              16192  4
rfcomm                 32720  0
hidp                   13312  2
hid                    33028  1 hidp
l2cap                  19424  8 rfcomm,hidp
bluetooth              51812  3 rfcomm,hidp,l2cap
wmi                     6568  0
sbs                    11208  0
sbshc                   5280  1 sbs
fan                     4260  0
container               3488  0
binfmt_misc             8488  1
loop                   14188  0
dm_mirror              17216  0
dm_log                  9604  1 dm_mirror
dm_mod                 49668  2 dm_mirror,dm_log
cpufreq_ondemand        7020  0
cpufreq_conservative     6472  0
cpufreq_powersave       1952  0
acpi_cpufreq            7116  0
freq_table              4576  2 cpufreq_ondemand,acpi_cpufreq
nvram                   7788  0
sdhci                  14788  0
amd64_agp               9540  0
mmc_block               9796  0
mmc_core               43420  2 sdhci,mmc_block
8250_pci               23776  0
ohci1394               29360  0
ieee1394               84728  1 ohci1394
bttv                  160404  0
firmware_class          7296  1 bttv
ir_common              40196  1 bttv
i2c_algo_bit            6020  1 bttv
v4l2_common            11392  1 bttv
videobuf_dma_sg        11812  1 bttv
videobuf_core          17284  2 bttv,videobuf_dma_sg
btcx_risc               4648  1 bttv
tveeprom               12260  1 bttv
i2c_core               22196  6 i2c_dev,i2c_i801,bttv,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,tveeprom
yenta_socket           22956  0
rsrc_nonstatic         11616  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            35764  2 yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
snd_hda_codec_realtek   193892  1
snd_hda_intel          25192  1
snd_hda_codec          73536  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               6852  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_dummy           2756  0
snd_seq_oss            27456  0
snd_seq_midi_event      6912  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                48496  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          7180  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            36032  0
snd_pcm                72004  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              19944  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          13952  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd                    53284  14 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
uvcvideo               53864  0
compat_ioctl32          1344  2 bttv,uvcvideo
rtc_cmos                9376  0
videodev               30240  2 bttv,uvcvideo
rtc_core               14620  1 rtc_cmos
v4l1_compat            14404  2 uvcvideo,videodev
rtc_lib                 3104  1 rtc_core
soundcore               7072  1 snd
iTCO_wdt               10208  0
ndiswrapper           178684  0
snd_page_alloc          8552  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sg                     30260  0
intel_agp              24676  1
agpgart                31560  4 drm,amd64_agp,intel_agp
video                  16560  0
output                  3104  1 video
eeepc_laptop            8016  0
thermal                15260  0
ac                      4292  0
battery                10308  0
button                  6224  0
hwmon                   2716  1 eeepc_laptop
processor              32544  4 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
joydev                  9280  0
evdev                   9056  9
ata_piix               16420  0
ahci                   25224  3
libata                159040  2 ata_piix,ahci
sd_mod                 25752  4
scsi_mod              141228  3 sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3                  120552  2
jbd                    41940  1 ext3
uhci_hcd               21260  0
ohci_hcd               20996  0
ehci_hcd               32492  0
usbcore               129328  6 uvcvideo,ndiswrapper,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd

[masarin]

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[root@localhost pedro]# lsmod | grep atl1c
[root@localhost pedro]# modprobe atl1c
FATAL: Module atl1c not found.
[root@localhost pedro]#

[pedro@localhost ~]$ ethtool -i eth0
Cannot get driver information: No such device

[ElCuervo]

It's pretty clear the driver isn't loaded, and from what I can see, it isn't available yet in PCLinuxOS. You could bite the bullet and use the driver link and instructions in the link I posted earlier, or you could just wait for it to show up - it surely will, sooner or later. Personally, if I could get by with a working wireless connection, I would probably choose to wait - I don't like mucking up my installation with outside packages if I don't have a need.

[masarin]

Followed the guide ElCuervo posted above and now I have a working eth.


1)first remove old driver using modprobe -r atl1c
2)download l1c-linux-v1.0.0.11-test.tar.gz driver from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=355728
3)untar it with tar -zxvf l1c-linux-v1.0.0.11-test.tar.gz
4) enter src directory with cd src
5) compile driver with make install
6) enable it modprobe atl1e
7)enable eth0 ifconfig eth0 up

and it works fine

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$ ethtool -i eth0
driver: ATL1C
version: 1.0.0.11-test
firmware-version: L1e
bus-info: 0000:01:00.0

[ElCuervo]

Alrighty then! Congratulations, I am glad you had what it took to make it happen!

Good on you for posting back, too. Hopefully someone else will benefit from that as well.

[masarin]

Thank you ElCuervo! for pointing me on the right direction.

[Chrisboo]

I just encountered this problem with the 2010.7 kde edition but upgrading to the newest kernal (2.6.33.7) fixed the ethernet without any hassel. wlan worked out of the box. Again a very pleasant PCLinuxOS experience, thanks a lot!