20.oct.2009:
Guide for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
See: http://www.edbl.no/karmic/amilo_1718_wireless_in_ubuntu_9.10.txt


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09.april.2009:
Guide for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)

Make wireless work on Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Li 1718 laptop with Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope).
There are 4 easy steps at the bottom of this file. Read on!

First check some system details:
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Report the OS and distro versions:
$ uname -a 
Linux jaunty-buntu 2.6.28-11-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 3 17:39:41 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release:	9.04
Codename:	jaunty


Report device names.
WE'RE HERE INTERESTED IN THE WIRED AND WIRELESS CARDS:

$ lspci 

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Device 5a31 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80)
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)  <-----
0a:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)


$  lspci -vv 
...
...
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)  <-----
	Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Device 3067
	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: 128 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
	Kernel modules: ath_pci, ath5k

0a:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Fujitsu Siemens Computers Device 10c2
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 23
	Region 0: I/O ports at a000 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at c0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: 8139too
	Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp
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And check 
$ cat /var/lib/acpi-support/*-*
It should report:

V 1.9
FUJITSU SIEMENS
AMILO Li 1718     <-----
-1
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We can see that Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Li 1718 laptop has Atheros' wireless card and the wired network chipset is from Realtek.

Make the wireless work. We will also fix the led-indicator:
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The Realteks driver works always right out-of-the-box but the Atheros WLAN car requires some small manual adjustments.
Eg. we'll make the led-indicator to work right.

First, read this report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/module-init-tools/+bug/257344
Then do as instructed here:

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1) Edit /etc/modprobe.d/options file.
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$ sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/options
and add the following line and save the file.

options acerhk force_series=6805 autowlan=1

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2) Then edit /etc/modules.
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$ sudo gedit /etc/modules
and add the following line at the bottom and save the file.

acerhk

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3) Start the wireless at bootup. Edit /etc/rc.local file.
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$ sudo gedit /etc/rc.local
and add the following line BEFORE THE "exit 0" STATEMENT and save the file.

echo 1 > /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled

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4) Finally restart your laptop.
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Later you can press the wireless-key to switch on/off the connection.
The key is: [Fn] + ((o)) button. 
You should see the green led-light turning on/off.

Click the network-applet/icon on the system tray (notification area) to check the list of available wireless connections.
Choose your net from the list.

AFAIK:
There is no need to activate the "Atheros restricted driver" in the System -> Administration -> "Hardware drivers" dialog.

A picture: http://futuredesktop.org/jaunty/amilo_1718_screenshot.png
This document: http://futuredesktop.org/jaunty/amilo_1718_wireless_in_linux.txt

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