Solution for - Acer Aspire One (happy) Netbook - Ethernet Problem - for both Win7 and Ubuntu 10.04 OS

I bought the Acer Aspire one happy.But i was not able to connect to internet due to ethernet problem in my netbook.So i did some fix for it in my Ubuntu 10.04 os.

Find out which manufacturers Ethernet card you are using by the following commands.

lspci

$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1062 (rev c0)

sudo lshw -C network 

$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network              
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: wmaster0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:26:5e:2b:1d:b4
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k_pci latency=0 module=ath5k multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

If the Ethernet card is Atheros Communications then do the following steps.

Step 1:

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 Edit the following file   sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces

make the changes as follows

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

auto ath0

iface eth0 inet dhcp

Now save the file .If now also the ethernet is not detecting then do the following step also.

Step 2:

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Driver Installed and Problem Solved. Now online.

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Finally I found my way out following this thread,
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ht=D250&page=2

SOLUTION:

Download AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz from
http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx
Put it in a directory

Code:

$ gunzip AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz
$ tar xvf AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar
$ cd src
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/kernel/drivers/net/atl1e/
$ sudo insmod ./atl1e.ko

(For Windows please choose the appropriate driver from the following link http://partner.atheros.com/Drivers.aspx )

Thus the driver is installed and the eth0 deviced can be detected and configured. Problem solved.

If the above solution is not working then you can go for the below link, where i have a updated one posted.

http://sivanihonjin.blogspot.com/2011/11/acer-aspire-one-happy-netbook-driver.html

Now you are done. Happily browse and enjoy

Thanks to:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1244898