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Fr33Th1nk3r · 10-12-2015, 09:32 PM

I'm on a HP Pavillion notebook with having just replaced Windows Vista. I could use my wireless card no problem but with Linux it is not being detected. I think maybe it's the proprietary driver.

The card is a AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter um Qualcomm I think. If anyone knows how i can get it working I would be most grateful.

I had no problems with my dell laptop and L.L. but this HP *shakes head*

Wirezfree · (This post was last modified: 10-12-2015, 10:32 PM by Wirezfree.)

Hi,

Couple of things..
When I first installed on My HP TS15 laptop I thought I had no wireless..
Till I pressed my F12 key to turn it on. Do you have a F key with a Wireless(WiFi) symbol on it, or Wireless switch..??

Click on Menu, then type Drivers, click on Install Drivers, is anything listed or suggested..??

It will help if we could have more detail on your Laptop.
Open a terminal(Ctrl-Alt-t), then type:

Code:
inxi -F

Then highlight and copy the results back here using code tags [ code ]copy the text in between the tags[ /code ]
remove the spaces before and after the code and /code
It should look like this:

Code:

System:    Host: hp-lappy1 Kernel: 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard (portable) product: HP Pavilion TS 14 Notebook PC version: 0881100000305E00000620100

           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2161 version: 29.42 Bios: Insyde version: F.62 date: 03/06/2014

CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-4200U CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 

           Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 1600.00 MHz 4: 759.00 MHz

Graphics:  Card: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller 

           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected] 

           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3

Audio:     Card-1: Intel Lynx Point-LP HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.13.0-40-generic

           Card-2: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel 

Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169 

           IF: em1 state: down mac: a0:48:1c:20:8a:81

           Card-2: Realtek RTL8188EE Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8188ee 

           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 70:18:8b:c9:63:ad

Drives:    HDD Total Size: 256.1GB (23.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_840 size: 256.1GB 

Partition: ID: / size: 25G used: 6.3G (27%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 25G used: 513M (3%) fs: ext4 

           ID: swap-1 size: 17.18GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 

RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present

Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0C mobo: N/A 

           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info:      Processes: 213 Uptime: 1 day Memory: 1674.0/15825.4MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

avj · 10-12-2015, 10:38 PM

I have: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter, and it works out of the box no drivers needed, on Acer aspire one netbook.

If it isn't the wireless switch, it may be the result of a corrupted download. Did you check the md5 sum on the download page, if not that is where I would look next.

Fr33Th1nk3r · 10-12-2015, 10:47 PM

Hello and yes the light for wireless is on and no burning smells.

Code:

System:    Host: HP-Pavilion-dv7-Notebook-PC Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit) 

           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC version: 1

           Mobo: Compal model: 30FC version: 01.91 Bios: Hewlett-Packard version: F.43 date: 03/04/2009

CPU:       Dual core AMD Turion X2 Mobile RM-72 (-MCP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 svm) 

           Clock Speeds: 1: 525.00 MHz 2: 2100.00 MHz

Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RS780M [Mobility Radeon HD 3200] 

           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected] 

           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RS780 GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3

Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RS780 HDMI Audio [Radeon (HD) 3000 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel 

           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel 

           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic

Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller driver: r8169 

           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:23:5a:3d:38:12

           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver: ath5k 

           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:24:2b:d9:fb:de

Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (1.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHZ2320B size: 320.1GB 

Partition: ID: / size: 290G used: 3.5G (2%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 4.02GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 

RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present

Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 94.4C mobo: N/A 

           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 

Info:      Processes: 163 Uptime: 1:37 Memory: 496.4/3776.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

Fr33Th1nk3r · (This post was last modified: 10-12-2015, 10:52 PM by Fr33Th1nk3r.)

(10-12-2015, 10:38 PM)avj link Wrote: I have: Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter, and it works out of the box no drivers needed, on Acer aspire one netbook.

If it isn't the wireless switch, it may be the result of a corrupted download. Did you check the md5 sum on the download page, if not that is where I would look next.

I think it might be some HP spooky magic. I had 0 problems putting this distro on a dell notebook. Also I tried Lubuntu and LXLE and had the same problem. No wireless network connectivity. Just grayed out.

Fr33Th1nk3r · 10-12-2015, 11:03 PM

(10-12-2015, 10:27 PM)Wirezfree link Wrote: Click on Menu, then type Drivers, click on Install Drivers, is anything listed or suggested..??

nope

rokytnji · (This post was last modified: 10-12-2015, 11:48 PM by rokytnji.)

Code:
$ sudo rfkill list

0: hci0: Bluetooth

   Soft blocked: no

   Hard blocked: no

1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN

   Soft blocked: no

   Hard blocked: no

2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth

   Soft blocked: no

   Hard blocked: no

3: phy0: Wireless LAN

   Soft blocked: no

   Hard blocked: no

posting this because inxi shows wlan0 enabled and driver loaded but wireless is down.

"
driver: ath5k
IF: wlan0 state: down"

So your wireless is detected. Just not turned on.

Fr33Th1nk3r · 10-13-2015, 12:16 AM

(10-12-2015, 11:45 PM)rokytnji link Wrote:
Code:
$ sudo rfkill list 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 2: dell-bluetooth: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no 3: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no

posting this because inxi shows wlan0 enabled and driver loaded but wireless is down.

"
driver: ath5k
IF: wlan0 state: down"

So your wireless is detected. Just not turned on.

Thank you so much Roky!
And thanks everyone!

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