Linux on asus 1201N

Hey guys,
I'm a linux newb and recently took the plunge by installing linux mint 8 on the asus 1201n. One major problem: my wireless isn't working at all.
Here's my lspci -vvnn output, thought this might be helpful.

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge [10de:0a82] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0



00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a88] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0



00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge [10de:0aae] (rev b3)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0

	Region 0: I/O ports at 4f00 [size=256]



00:03.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0aa4] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+

	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-



00:03.2 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus [10de:0aa2] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9

	Region 0: I/O ports at 4900 [size=64]

	Region 4: I/O ports at 4d00 [size=64]

	Region 5: I/O ports at 4e00 [size=64]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus

	Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2



00:03.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a89] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-



00:03.5 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor [10de:0aa3] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)

	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 15

	Region 0: Memory at f9f80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]



00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa5] (rev b1) (prog-if 10)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)

	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23

	Region 0: Memory at f9f7f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd



00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa6] (rev b1) (prog-if 20)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)

	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 21

	Region 0: Memory at f9f7ec00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd



00:06.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa7] (rev b1) (prog-if 10)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)

	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22

	Region 0: Memory at f9f7d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd



00:06.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa9] (rev b1) (prog-if 20)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)

	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 20

	Region 0: Memory at f9f7e800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd



00:08.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio [10de:0ac0] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83ce]

	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0 (500ns min, 1250ns max)

	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21

	Region 0: Memory at f9f78000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel

	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel



00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge [10de:0aab] (rev b1) (prog-if 01)

	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0

	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32

	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-

	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr+ DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

	Capabilities: <access denied>



00:0b.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller [10de:0ab5] (rev b1) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)

	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 25

	Region 0: I/O ports at c080 [size=8]

	Region 1: I/O ports at c000 [size=4]

	Region 2: I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]

	Region 3: I/O ports at b880 [size=4]

	Region 4: I/O ports at b800 [size=16]

	Region 5: Memory at f9f76000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: ahci



00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0aa0] (rev b1)

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes

	Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0

	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff

	Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fbefffff

	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000f7ffffff

	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-

	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel modules: shpchp



00:18.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac7] (rev b1)

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes

	Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0

	I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff

	Memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fbffffff

	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-

	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver

	Kernel modules: shpchp



05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0876] (rev b1)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes

	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11

	Region 0: Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]

	Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]

	Region 3: Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]

	Region 5: I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]

	Expansion ROM at fbee0000 [disabled] [size=128K]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel modules: nvidiafb



09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1062] (rev c0)

	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:14e5]

	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+

	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes

	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 26

	Region 0: Memory at fbfc0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]

	Region 2: I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]

	Capabilities: <access denied>

	Kernel driver in use: atl1c

	Kernel modules: atl1c

I'm really new to linux and have found some threads about similar problems, but the solutions proposed were pretty difficult - please talk slowly . Thanks in advance!

 

Alright... shall do my best for to assist. Who you really need is Allurgroceries... specializes in Linux on Asus.

Anyway, can you get internet using an ethernet cable? If so then there should not be a major problem getting the wireless. Make sure your router is actually sending a signal, mine did not at first. My guess is you need to install madwifi or something like it. Give me a minute... I'll go find those old codes that I used.

 

I'm getting connection through ethernet cable. Btw, am I missing something or does lspci not give any wifi apparatus?

 

Hi!
that info is just too long for me for the "first contact"
post (if you will) :
lspci
dmesg | grep -i wifi
dmesg | grep -i wireless

then we'll see

 

I'll can't post that info yet as I don't have it with me atm. Will post this on monday though.

 

First off, welcome to the board, and Linux, (if it's your first time). Posting the text of your message using a bold font can be distracting, although I would assume that you did this in order to differentiate your message, from your lspci output. A much better way of doing this, is when making your forum post, you select the system information block of text, (lspci output), and then click the # button, (for CODE formatted text). It's much easier to read and this is how your lspci output looks when posted that way;

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge [10de:0a82] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0

00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a88] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0

00:03.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge [10de:0aae] (rev b3)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0
Region 0: I/O ports at 4f00 [size=256]

00:03.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0aa4] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-

00:03.2 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus [10de:0aa2] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
Region 0: I/O ports at 4900 [size=64]
Region 4: I/O ports at 4d00 [size=64]
Region 5: I/O ports at 4e00 [size=64]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2

00:03.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller [10de:0a89] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-

00:03.5 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor [10de:0aa3] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 15
Region 0: Memory at f9f80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]

00:04.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa5] (rev b1) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
Region 0: Memory at f9f7f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:04.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa6] (rev b1) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 21
Region 0: Memory at f9f7ec00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:06.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller [10de:0aa7] (rev b1) (prog-if 10)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 22
Region 0: Memory at f9f7d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd

00:06.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller [10de:0aa9] (rev b1) (prog-if 20)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 20
Region 0: Memory at f9f7e800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:08.0 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio [10de:0ac0] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83ce]
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0 (500ns min, 1250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 21
Region 0: Memory at f9f78000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge [10de:0aab] (rev b1) (prog-if 01)
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr+ DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities:

00:0b.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller [10de:0ab5] (rev b1) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0 (750ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 25
Region 0: I/O ports at c080 [size=8]
Region 1: I/O ports at c000 [size=4]
Region 2: I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
Region 3: I/O ports at b880 [size=4]
Region 4: I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
Region 5: Memory at f9f76000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: ahci

00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0aa0] (rev b1)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fbefffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000f7ffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities:
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:18.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge [10de:0ac7] (rev b1)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fbffffff
Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp

05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:0876] (rev b1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8402]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 3: Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Region 5: I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at fbee0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities:
Kernel modules: nvidiafb

09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter [1969:1062] (rev c0)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:14e5]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 26
Region 0: Memory at fbfc0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Region 2: I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: atl1c
Kernel modules: atl1c

Now, in terms of posting the problem along with system information in advance, posting the output of lspci is good, (not lspci -vvnn, unless asked), if your problem is related to hardware on the PCI bus. This would include display adapter, wired ethernet port, and most times, the wireless ethernet hardware, too. (Other good output commands to post are lsmod for system modules, and lsusb for USB devices).

However, in trying to decode Linux driver issues with the Asus Eee PC 1201N, we have another problem. You correctly noted that the WiFi hardware is not listed in your lspci output, only the wired ethernet port, (Atheros AR8132). That usually means it's not turned on. You should check in the Advanced screen of your system BIOS and make sure that the Onboard WLAN is enabled. If it is, then when your computer boots up, you should make sure you hit the Function Key plus F2 key combination to turn on the WiFi. Now when you run the lspci command, you should see a new hardware listing that looks something like;

Code:

03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8171 (rev 01)

The only problem is that it's not the Realtek 8171 WiFi chipset in the Eee PC 1201N, rather it's the Realtek 8191se chipset. Since the hardware is new, the module for it hasn't been incorporated into most Linux distribution's kernel version yet, so in order to use it under Linux, you'll need to download the source code for the driver, compile, and then install it in your system. Here's the actual step by step instructions, modified from this blog post;

The WiFi issue, and more about running Linux on the Eee PC 1201N, is covered in this excellent article at Phoronix. Also check out the Ubuntu bug launchpad post about the Realtek WiFi driver. Finally you may also want to read this thread over at the Arch Linux forum, about running Linux on the Eee PC 1201N.

Good Luck..

 

There ya go and good luck! Oh and welcome to Linux! Once upon a time I was where you were, you'll find that linux forums become a source of great information for you.

 

Thanks a lot jas (and everyone else, ofcourse)! Sorry about the wall of text, looked for spoilers but couldn't find them.

 

No worries, your post was fine. I was just suggesting some things that would have made it a bit more readable, for future posts. I also edited my post to clean up the instructions, parsing them one at a time, and I also updated the link for downloading the latest Realtek driver. Let us know if it works, or if you get stuck anywhere.

Good Luck..

 

I tried to enable the wifi in the boot menu, but to my surprise everything except for the bluetooth was enabled.
My lspci output is:

Code:

dries@dries-laptop ~/Desktop $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge (rev b1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge (rev b3)
00:03.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.2 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus (rev b1)
00:03.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.5 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1)
00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1)
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge (rev b1)
00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller (rev b1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
00:18.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0876 (rev b1)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)

I tried dmesg | grep -i wifi and wireless as well, but it doesn't produce any output.
The wifi indicator light is blue as well, so it should be turned on...
Anyone know what's wrong here?

 

Ok. Did you;

1) Verify that you have working WiFi in your 1201 by using it under Windows?

2) (After you boot Linux), turn on your WiFi with the Function key combination of FN + F2? You should try it by hitting FN+F2 together once, and then run lspci, and then do it again, to see which way toggles the WiFi on.

Let us know if your WiFi hardware is present after trying that.

Good Luck..

 

Didn't try in windows, no.
I tried lscpi before and after, but the outputs were identical.

 

You do need to see if you can get the WiFi hardware working under Windows. This is simply to verify that you have working WiFi hardware. If your WiFi hardware needs to be repaired/replaced they will test it under Windows anyway.

You didn't say, but if you installed Mint on your entire HDD, (erasing your Windows installation), can you restore the Windows image from some kind of recovery CD? Or if you left the recovery partition when you installed Mint, then you should be able to access the recovery partition by hitting F9 when your 1201N boots, and restore the factory Windows installation image that way.

So however you can accomplish it, should get Windows installed back on your 1201N and see if the WiFi works. If not, then the unit will likely have to be repaired..

Good Luck..

 

Well i need to say this post was interesting for me too. Ill be getting my 1201N hopefully this week sometimes. But i am planning on installing my Realtek Rt2860 AGN wireless which i love that card. I use it right now on my soon to be retiered XPS m1210....

You guys just rock....

Thanks from me too

 

Good luck getting it to work. Most of the stuff runs out of the box - you'll need to get drivers for the ION, but since you're using a

 

Ok Just and Update for the ones interested.

got my 1201N 2 Days ago. Played around with it (Win7)

Downloaded Ubuntu 10.4RC and Wireless works out the box.
Looks like the Graphic works out of the Box too.
But need to double check when the Updates are done.

Yes it runs 1366x768 (16:9)


The only problem i have is the whole system is acting up a lot. Mouse dont work half of the time.
I hope the final will run stable....

 

Well, as it turns out it was a hardware problem, so it wasn't linux' fault. My wireless adaptor was faulty and was sent back to asus.