Your message dated Sun, 3 Mar 2013 12:11:44 +0100 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line no feedback, so lets assume no firmware was installed... has caused the Debian Bug report #687470, regarding base: Wifi Atheros AR9285 not working with Debian Squeeze to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: base Severity: important My wifi card os simple not working at all. Some outputs: # lcpci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point HECI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Cougar Point LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Cougar Point 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cougar Point SMBus Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05) 07:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01) # lsmod Module Size Used by ath9k 76702 0 ath9k_common 12728 1 ath9k ath9k_hw 329880 2 ath9k,ath9k_common carl9170 71590 0 mac80211 195629 2 ath9k,carl9170 ath 21306 4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,carl9170 cfg80211 140318 4 ath9k,carl9170,mac80211,ath cpufreq_conservative 13147 0 cpufreq_powersave 12454 0 cpufreq_stats 12762 0 cpufreq_userspace 12576 0 parport_pc 22191 0 ppdev 12725 0 lp 17190 0 parport 31650 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp bridge 69831 0 stp 12392 1 bridge bnep 17386 2 rfcomm 32744 0 bluetooth 122093 10 bnep,rfcomm crc16 12343 1 bluetooth nfsd 218618 11 lockd 66785 1 nfsd nfs_acl 12511 1 nfsd auth_rpcgss 36848 1 nfsd sunrpc 175664 12 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss binfmt_misc 12914 1 uinput 17392 1 fuse 61427 1 ext2 62797 1 loop 22699 0 snd_hda_codec_hdmi 30578 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek 188466 1 snd_hda_intel 26023 3 snd_hda_codec 81579 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel snd_hwdep 13148 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss 40662 0 snd_mixer_oss 17905 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 67465 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_seq_midi 12848 0 arc4 12458 2 snd_rawmidi 22850 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 13316 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 44678 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 22658 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 13155 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq i915 362150 2 drm_kms_helper 26950 1 i915 snd 52458 18 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device drm 167089 3 i915,drm_kms_helper uvcvideo 57559 0 videodev 70686 1 uvcvideo media 18148 2 uvcvideo,videodev usbhid 39946 0 acpi_cpufreq 12893 0 soundcore 13014 1 snd i2c_i801 16870 0 hid 80937 1 usbhid v4l2_compat_ioctl32 16663 1 videodev coretemp 12929 0 crc32c_intel 12704 0 i2c_algo_bit 12834 1 i915 tpm_tis 17315 0 snd_page_alloc 12969 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm i2c_core 23766 6 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,videodev,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit tpm 17841 1 tpm_tis ghash_clmulni_intel 13061 0 mperf 12411 1 acpi_cpufreq tpm_bios 12903 1 tpm cryptd 14463 1 ghash_clmulni_intel evdev 17512 19 pcspkr 12579 0 processor 27639 1 acpi_cpufreq battery 13109 0 psmouse 64191 0 topstar_laptop 12574 0 ac 12624 0 power_supply 13475 2 battery,ac button 12895 1 i915 rfkill 18970 4 cfg80211,bluetooth sparse_keymap 12760 1 topstar_laptop serio_raw 12875 0 video 17553 1 i915 ext3 160741 5 jbd 55645 1 ext3 mbcache 12930 2 ext2,ext3 dm_mod 63050 18 sg 25769 0 sr_mod 21824 0 sd_mod 35644 3 cdrom 35134 1 sr_mod crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod ahci 24997 2 libahci 22714 1 ahci libata 139579 2 ahci,libahci scsi_mod 161684 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata r8169 50170 0 mii 12675 1 r8169 ehci_hcd 39586 0 usbcore 127444 5 carl9170,uvcvideo,usbhid,ehci_hcd thermal 17330 0 thermal_sys 17992 3 processor,video,thermal usb_common 12354 1 usbcore # iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. pan0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on eth0 no wireless extensions. # rfkill list 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: yes # rfkill unblock all # rfkill list 1: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: yes .... just soft unblocked. I tried install the 3.2.0 kernel from backports with the same problem. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- Begin Message ---no feedback, so lets assume no firmware was installed... closing as user error.
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