Acer Aspire One with AMD C50 - no internet connection or audio available

[Juanito]

I created a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. Contents:
blacklist bcma
blacklist ssb
blacklist b43

Use bootcodes blackist=b43 blacklist=bcma blacklist=ssb

Also, another question. The processor on this netbook is 64 bit. The wl driver is in the 3.0.3 directory, not the 3.0.3-64 directory. It seems to work, but should a 64 bit version be used instead.

It was build as a 32bit driver, if it works, then you're using 32bit

[sci_fi]

Hi juanito,

Thanks for the information. I will use the blacklist cheatcodes.

Regarding, the 64bit vs 32 bit. Interesting, perhaps the specs are misleading. See below. I will try using 32 bit versions of everything.
Using 64bit modules, the WL driver does not work acceptably. After blacklisting and modprobing as described earlier. I can find wireless networks. When I attempt to log onto my network, the pc hangs. Only recourse is to re-boot.

I have had better success using the 64bit version of Porteus. Sometimes it works perfectly. Sometimes hangs as above.

No problems using Windows 7, although I, obviously, prefer not to.

Thanks again for your help.

Best regards,

sci-fi

processor and pc info:

Series   AMD C-Series
Codename   Ontario
Clock Rate   1000 MHz
Level 1 Cache   128 KB
Level 2 Cache   1024 KB
Number of Cores / Threads   2 / 2
Max. Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)   9 Watt
Manufacturing Technology   40 nm
Die Size   75 mm2
Socket   FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Features   MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A, AMD-V
64 Bit   64 Bit support  **********************************************
Hardware Virtualization   AMD-V


Technical Specifications
Acer Aspire One 722
Operating System   MS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) ***********************************************
RAM
   4GB
RAM Upgradable to
   4GB
Hard Drive Size
   500GB
Hard Drive Speed
   5,400rpm
Hard Drive Type
   SATA Hard Drive
Display Size
   11.6
Native Resolution
   1366x768
Optical Drive
   
Optical Drive Speed
   
Graphics Card
   ATI Radeon HD 6250 Graphics
Video Memory
   256MB
Wi-Fi
   802.11b/g/n
Wi-Fi Model   Broadcom
Bluetooth
   
Mobile Broadband
   
Touchpad Size   3.4 x 2.0 inches
Ports (excluding USB)
   Ethernet; HDMI; Headphone; Kensington Lock; Microphone; VGA
USB Ports
   3
Card Slots
   5-1 card reader
Warranty/Support   One-year International Travelers Limited Warranty
Size   11.2 x 7.9 x 1.0 inches
Weight   3.0 pounds

[Juanito]

Regarding, the 64bit vs 32 bit. Interesting, perhaps the specs are misleading. See below. I will try using 32 bit versions of everything.
Using 64bit modules, the WL driver does not work acceptably.

..there are two choices with tinycore:

tinycore/microcore: uses 32bit everything
microcore64: uses 32/64bit kernel, 64bit kernel modules and 32bit everything else.

The wl extension was compiled to use with tinycore/microcore, not microcore64.

[sci_fi]

Thanks, juanito.

Everything is working when I use my own script to connect using wpa. I have trouble with wicd carried over from tc 3.8.4. Seems to connect but then hangs. If/when wicd is available on 4.x, I will try again.

Thanks again for the help. Much appreciated.

sci_fi

[Juanito]

You could use the wifi.tcz extension in the meantime?

[sci_fi]

Hi juanito,

Wifi.tcz is great. Small, fast, fewer dependencies. Works fine. Thanks for the suggestion.

sci_fi

[cefcom]

Hi everyone:
I cannot connect to internet via wifi.tcz either.  My netbook has a BCM4312 wi-fi card and I use a resticted wep.  Have followed all of Juanito's recommendations, but with no luck so far. 

The wi-fi led is on and the modules: cfg80211, lib80211_crypt_tkip, lib80211_crypt_wep, lib80211_crypt_ccmp are loaded.

Also tried with:

sudo iwconfig eth1 essid "MYESSID" key MY_10_CHARACTER_HEX_KEY

and get the following error:

"SET Encode" (8B2A): Set failed on device eth1; Invalid argment.

the dmesg | tail -20 gives:

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[size=10pt]lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
ACPI Error: [_T_0] Namespace lookup failure, AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110413/dswload2-316)
ACPI Exception: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20110413/psloop-231)
ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.WMID.WMBA] (Node f4c47470), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20110413/psparse-536)
intel_rng: FWH not detected
ACPI: Marking method WMBA as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error
eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
intel_rng: FWH not detected
intel_rng: FWH not detected
intel_rng: FWH not detected
lib80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'TKIP'
wl 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
wl 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
wl 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
eth1: Broadcom BCM4315 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 5.100.82.38
CE: hpet increased min_delta_ns to 20113 nsec
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I used wicd in the past (tc-2.3) and had no problems.
Has anyone had the same problem before?

Regards,

cefcom

[gerald_clark]

Is the firmware loaded?

[cefcom]

Thank you for your quick response!
Yes, it is.

[maro]

cefcom: I assume you are now trying it with TC 4.x. According to this advice there could be certain conflicts with your kind of hardware.

It might help if you would attach here the results of lsmod and lspci -vnn (of course that requires the installation of 'pci-utils.tcz'). Furthermore, I'm curious which exact firmware extension you've got installed.

[gerald_clark]

dmesg should show whether or not the proper firmware is loaded by the driver.

[maro]

dmesg should show whether or not the proper firmware is loaded by the driver.

Well, probably most of the time. But I'm pretty sure that I've experienced within the last 18 month at least once a situation where the fact that a firmware file was missing was not obvious (i.e. no warning in the 'dmesg' output). Unfortunately I don't recall the exact hardware combination, but I believe I ran a test with one of the more "bloated cousins" (e.g. Ubuntu, Fedora or Knoppix) and was able to identify what was wrong.

[cefcom]

Maro:

cefcom: I assume you are now trying it with TC 4.x.

Yes.
 

According to this advice there could be certain conflicts with your kind of hardware.

I've read this info and since my card is the BCM4312g, it is fully supported.

It might help if you would attach here the results of lsmod and lspci -vnn (of course that requires the installation of 'pci-utils.tcz'). Furthermore, I'm curious which exact firmware extension you've got installed.

Here is the info you request:
lsmod:

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Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P 
lib80211_crypt_tkip    12288  0
wl                   2539520  0
lib80211_crypt_ccmp    12288  0
lib80211_crypt_wep     12288  0
lib80211               12288  4 lib80211_crypt_tkip,wl,lib80211_crypt_ccmp,lib80211_crypt_wep
cfg80211               94208  0
acpi_cpufreq           12288  1
mperf                  12288  1 acpi_cpufreq
cpufreq_userspace      12288  0
cpufreq_powersave      12288  0
cpufreq_stats          12288  0
cpufreq_conservative    12288  0
squashfs               24576 31
scsi_wait_scan         12288  0
zcache                 12288  0
acer_wmi               20480  0
zram                   12288  1
loop                   16384 62
sparse_keymap          12288  1 acer_wmi
pcspkr                 12288  0
atl1e                  24576  0
ac                     12288  0
battery                12288  0
wmi                    12288  1 acer_wmi
video                  16384  0
backlight              12288  2 acer_wmi,video
and lspci -vnn:

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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at 96280000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at 50f0 [size=8]
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at 96300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at 96200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at 96340000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: 95100000-961fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000090000000-0000000090ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 [8086:27d2] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: 94100000-950fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000091000000-0000000091ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: 93000000-940fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000092000000-0000000092ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 50a0 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
I/O ports at 5080 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 5060 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 5040 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at 96344400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df] (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 50c0 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:27c5] (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
I/O ports at 50d8 [size=8]
I/O ports at 50fc [size=4]
I/O ports at 50d0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 50f8 [size=4]
I/O ports at 5020 [size=16]
Memory at 96344000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 5000 [size=32]

01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e018]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at 95100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: wl

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Gigabit or Fast Ethernet [1969:1026] (rev b0)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:019c]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at 93000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ATL1E
Firmware: wl.
I hope it helps!  Thanks.

Regards,

cefcom

[maro]

Well, 'wl.tcz' is certainly not a firmware extension, but rather contains one of the two "competing" kernel modules. The other option is AFAIK the 'b43' kernel module that should be contained in the 'wireless-KERNEL.tcz' extension.

Now, I can't quite work out whether the former extension (which you have not managed to get going) needs firmware. But I'm pretty much convinced that the 'b43' one needs the 'firmware-openfwwf.tcz' extension to be installed. Furthermore the web page I had referenced in my earlier post is AFAICT predominantly referring to 'b43' (with some information of how to change things around between the two alternatives).

I'd therefore like to suggest you read the WHOLE page really carefully (keeping in mind this issue of this unfortunate competition). Following that you might want to give the 'b43' module a try.

[cefcom]

Thank-you maro.
I'll try your suggestion this weekend.

regards,

cefcom