Netbook acer ao-722 bz-893
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
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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
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