trouble with eth0 and wlan0

widger · #1 25th December 2007, 09:31 PM

I have recently installed Fedora 8 (x86_64) on an Acer Aspire laptop with AMD Athlon64/x2.
When the system boots up, I get the following failures:

eth0....failed;no link present. Check cable
wlan0....SIOCSIFFLAGS: invalid arguement.

I am unable to configure these devices in the Network Configuration window.
What should I do? (Besides buy a Mac)

Widger

Brian1 · #2 25th December 2007, 10:23 PM

Post info of hardware with this command. ' /sbin/lspci -v '
As far as eth0 I assume it is a wired nic and you have no cable connected to it.

Brian

stoat · #3 25th December 2007, 10:52 PM

Hello widger,

You can probably stop the eth0 failure during booting by opening the Network Configuration utility (System>Administration>Network) and editing the eth0 device to not be activated when the computer starts. The wlan0 error will probably stop when you get the wireless card configured. That's where Brian1 is going with that lspci information. But also mentioning the make and model of the card, if you know it or can get it from your documentation might bring help from someone who has set up that same card.

widger · #4 2nd January 2008, 11:35 PM

Thanks for the info Brian, here are the main items from the report
I am very new to Linux, I will have to configure several other devices in future.

[root@localhost ~]# /sbin/lspci -v
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0547 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
Capabilities: [dc] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0548 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at 1d00 [size=256]

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0542 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 3080 [size=64]
I/O ports at 3040 [size=64]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0541 (rev a2)
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel

00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0543 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f2400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 193
Memory at f2686000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209
Memory at f2689000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [44] Debug port
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 201
Memory at f2687000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 217
Memory at f2689400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [44] Debug port
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at 30c0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 209
Memory at f2680000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [6c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0561 (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
Memory behind bridge: f2300000-f23fffff
Capabilities: [b8] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [8c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0550 (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 225
I/O ports at 30f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 30e4 [size=4]
I/O ports at 30e8 [size=8]
I/O ports at 30e0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 30d0 [size=16]
Memory at f2684000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [8c] #12 [0010]
Capabilities: [b0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable+
Capabilities: [cc] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 054c (rev a2)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 233
Memory at f2688000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 30f8 [size=8]
Memory at f2689c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Memory at f2689800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable+
Capabilities: [6c] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f21fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f2800000-00000000f2900000
Capabilities: [40] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0563 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f2200000-f22fffff
Capabilities: [40] #0d [0000]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [60] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel

00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7000M (rev a2) (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

01:04.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0126
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at f2301400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Unknown device 0428
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at f2200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: [60] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Mask- TabSize=1
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel

[root@localhost ~]#

bradchaus · #5 3rd January 2008, 02:53 AM

i am keen to see response to this myself

r00ksy · #6 3rd January 2008, 03:01 AM

Not sure if this will help but is a link for the AR700 wireless card.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...hlight=atheros

I assume you had the wireless card up and working on the previous distro, with the same router/Access Point configuration before? If so what were you using?

ndiswrapper? any wpa? MadWiFi programme

r00ksy · #7 3rd January 2008, 03:06 AM

Sorry I didn't read the new install bit!

widger · #8 19th January 2008, 06:12 PM

Thanks for help everybody - I've had to abandon this project.
After trying to install some drivers etc, I am in over my head and spending all my free time trying to get this thing working.
Maybe during my vacation this summer I'll get back into it....