OK, here is the deal, are you listening, I am still having WiFi problems
with Ubuntu on my laptop.
The model is an Acer Aspire 4520, it has a wireless adapter which
Windows identifies as an Atheros AR5007EG 802.11b/g Wireless Adapter.
After checking Atheros' website they link to the MadWiFi drivers on
SourceForge.com for this specific adapter. I learned here in this
support group that Ubuntu already has the MadWiFi drivers at the time of
installation so I did a full complete reinstall of Ubuntu ... the 64bit
Edition since the 32bit edition won't boot on this machine for some reason.
So here's the deal. In the Restricted Drivers screen under
System~>Administration two drivers show up as Enabled (there is a check
in the box next to them) and their Status says "IN USE". These are
"Support for Atheros Hardware Abstraction Layer" and Support for Atheros
802.11 Wireless Adapters". A third is there but that's my Nvidia card.
So, as suggested by people in this group I went to the Network panel
applet, right clicked, and selected Edit Wireless Network. On the next
screen there are no wireless networks shown and I cannot create a new
wireless connection on this screen.
I looked in Help and it suggested running "sudo lshw -C network" to see
if there was actually a driver. It displays only "PCI (sysfs)" and just
sits there. "iwconfig" displays this message:
lo No Wireless Extensions
Eth0 No Wireless Extensions
The "internal" WiFi adapter CAN be turned on and off with a button on a
button bar at the top of the keyboard, but this button bar is driven by
a piece of "Acer Empowerment" software in Windows and I doubt it works
in Linux. I pressed it anyway and nothing happens. Above this button
is an activity light for the WiFi adapter. In Linux this light is
dark. While Ubuntu detected my adapter and installed drivers for it I
still can't get it to work at all. Does anyone here have any
suggestions? PLEASE!
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06-26-2008, 02:25 AM
David Vincent
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> The "internal" WiFi adapter CAN be turned on and off with a button on a
> button bar at the top of the keyboard, but this button bar is driven by
> a piece of "Acer Empowerment" software in Windows and I doubt it works
> in Linux. I pressed it anyway and nothing happens. Above this button
> is an activity light for the WiFi adapter. In Linux this light is
> dark. While Ubuntu detected my adapter and installed drivers for it I
> still can't get it to work at all. Does anyone here have any
> suggestions? PLEASE!
is there an option in the bios to turn that adapter on and off as well?
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06-26-2008, 07:54 AM
"Michael "TheZorch" Haney"
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David Vincent wrote:
> is there an option in the bios to turn that adapter on and off as well?
No, the BIOS in this laptop is extremely barebones. I haven't found any
option to turn on or keep the WiFi turned on at all.
I'm wondering, is there such a thing as a purely software driven
wireless adapter? You know something similar to a Winmodem (software
modem) but for WiFi. I'm assuming the MadWifi drivers included in the
Ubuntu Restricted Extras when installed is supposed to function that way
but when in Windows the wireless adapter doesn't work right unless you
configure it using the Acer Empowerment software (which appears as a
green and black floating toolbar on the desktop that controls many
functions including networking).
I've continued to dig around on the Internet and found one more thing I
can try. It involves blacklisting the installed drivers and using
ndiswrapper with a special set drivers for WinXP. Someone had said they
got WiFi to work on their Aspire 4520 in Gutsy using this method. But,
I thought the presence of the MadWiFi drivers which were recommended by
Atheros themselves were enough. I guess I'll try using this method I
found and see if it works.
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06-26-2008, 08:28 AM
Nils Kassube
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Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
> OK, here is the deal, are you listening, I am still having WiFi
> problems with Ubuntu on my laptop.
Did you try to compile the driver from source according to the
instructions I gave upon your request? I remember I have seen on one page
somewhere (but can't find it easily again) that there are problems for
one Atheros card with the Ubuntu driver. Using the original Madwifi
driver cured that problem. However I don't remember if it was your card
or another.
And to enhance the possibility that the card is switched on, switch it on
in Windows and then reboot to Ubuntu. I can't say it will work for sure,
but if your WLAN switch doesn't work with Linux, the card might be still
switched on from Windows after that.
Finally: Please don't hijack threads and use a descriptive subject. You
might get more replies that way.
Nils
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06-26-2008, 11:35 AM
Karl Larsen
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Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
> OK, here is the deal, are you listening, I am still having WiFi problems
> with Ubuntu on my laptop.
>
> The model is an Acer Aspire 4520, it has a wireless adapter which
> Windows identifies as an Atheros AR5007EG 802.11b/g Wireless Adapter.
> After checking Atheros' website they link to the MadWiFi drivers on
> SourceForge.com for this specific adapter. I learned here in this
> support group that Ubuntu already has the MadWiFi drivers at the time of
> installation so I did a full complete reinstall of Ubuntu ... the 64bit
> Edition since the 32bit edition won't boot on this machine for some reason.
>
> So here's the deal. In the Restricted Drivers screen under
> System~>Administration two drivers show up as Enabled (there is a check
> in the box next to them) and their Status says "IN USE". These are
> "Support for Atheros Hardware Abstraction Layer" and Support for Atheros
> 802.11 Wireless Adapters". A third is there but that's my Nvidia card.
>
What you needed to do was get the update system working but it could
not because your WiFi was not working.
Question 1. Is your nVidia working fine? Do you have a full size
screen and all?
It sounds like you need to plug in hard Internet and then using the
Synpatic Package manager look for the MadWiFi download. If your nVidia
is bad get that down too.
> So, as suggested by people in this group I went to the Network panel
> applet, right clicked, and selected Edit Wireless Network. On the next
> screen there are no wireless networks shown and I cannot create a new
> wireless connection on this screen.
>
That is because you have no WiFi on your system.
> I looked in Help and it suggested running "sudo lshw -C network" to see
> if there was actually a driver. It displays only "PCI (sysfs)" and just
> sits there. "iwconfig" displays this message:
>
> lo No Wireless Extensions
>
> Eth0 No Wireless Extensions
>
> The "internal" WiFi adapter CAN be turned on and off with a button on a
> button bar at the top of the keyboard, but this button bar is driven by
> a piece of "Acer Empowerment" software in Windows and I doubt it works
> in Linux. I pressed it anyway and nothing happens. Above this button
> is an activity light for the WiFi adapter. In Linux this light is
> dark. While Ubuntu detected my adapter and installed drivers for it I
> still can't get it to work at all.
It didn't install a thing. I could not. You were not connected to
the Internet.
> Does anyone here have any
> suggestions? PLEASE!
>
>
Karl
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06-26-2008, 11:47 AM
Clifford Haynes
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Karl Larsen wrote:
Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
OK, here is the deal, are you listening, I am still having WiFi problems
with Ubuntu on my laptop.
The model is an Acer Aspire 4520, it has a wireless adapter which
Windows identifies as an Atheros AR5007EG 802.11b/g Wireless Adapter.
After checking Atheros' website they link to the MadWiFi drivers on
SourceForge.com for this specific adapter. I learned here in this
support group that Ubuntu already has the MadWiFi drivers at the time of
installation so I did a full complete reinstall of Ubuntu ... the 64bit
Edition since the 32bit edition won't boot on this machine for some reason.
So here's the deal. In the Restricted Drivers screen under
System~>Administration two drivers show up as Enabled (there is a check
in the box next to them) and their Status says "IN USE". These are
"Support for Atheros Hardware Abstraction Layer" and Support for Atheros
802.11 Wireless Adapters". A third is there but that's my Nvidia card.
What you needed to do was get the update system working but it could
not because your WiFi was not working.
Question 1. Is your nVidia working fine? Do you have a full size
screen and all?
It sounds like you need to plug in hard Internet and then using the
Synpatic Package manager look for the MadWiFi download. If your nVidia
is bad get that down too.
So, as suggested by people in this group I went to the Network panel
applet, right clicked, and selected Edit Wireless Network. On the next
screen there are no wireless networks shown and I cannot create a new
wireless connection on this screen.
That is because you have no WiFi on your system.
I looked in Help and it suggested running "sudo lshw -C network" to see
if there was actually a driver. It displays only "PCI (sysfs)" and just
sits there. "iwconfig" displays this message:
lo No Wireless Extensions
Eth0 No Wireless Extensions
The "internal" WiFi adapter CAN be turned on and off with a button on a
button bar at the top of the keyboard, but this button bar is driven by
a piece of "Acer Empowerment" software in Windows and I doubt it works
in Linux. I pressed it anyway and nothing happens. Above this button
is an activity light for the WiFi adapter. In Linux this light is
dark. While Ubuntu detected my adapter and installed drivers for it I
still can't get it to work at all.
It didn't install a thing. I could not. You were not connected to
the Internet.
Does anyone here have any
suggestions? PLEASE!
Karl
The other option might be to plug into a LAN to get on line for the
installs* ...* Yes?
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06-26-2008, 12:19 PM
Karl Larsen
PLEASE HELP!!!
Clifford Haynes wrote:
>
>
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
>>
>>> OK, here is the deal, are you listening, I am still having WiFi
>>> problems with Ubuntu on my laptop.
>>>
>>> The model is an Acer Aspire 4520, it has a wireless adapter which
>>> Windows identifies as an Atheros AR5007EG 802.11b/g Wireless
>>> Adapter. After checking Atheros' website they link to the MadWiFi
>>> drivers on SourceForge.com for this specific adapter. I learned
>>> here in this support group that Ubuntu already has the MadWiFi
>>> drivers at the time of installation so I did a full complete
>>> reinstall of Ubuntu ... the 64bit Edition since the 32bit edition
>>> won't boot on this machine for some reason.
>>>
>>> So here's the deal. In the Restricted Drivers screen under
>>> System~>Administration two drivers show up as Enabled (there is a
>>> check in the box next to them) and their Status says "IN USE".
>>> These are "Support for Atheros Hardware Abstraction Layer" and
>>> Support for Atheros 802.11 Wireless Adapters". A third is there but
>>> that's my Nvidia card.
>>>
>> What you needed to do was get the update system working but it
>> could not because your WiFi was not working.
>>
>> Question 1. Is your nVidia working fine? Do you have a full size
>> screen and all?
>>
>> It sounds like you need to plug in hard Internet and then using
>> the Synpatic Package manager look for the MadWiFi download. If your
>> nVidia is bad get that down too.
>>
>>> So, as suggested by people in this group I went to the Network panel
>>> applet, right clicked, and selected Edit Wireless Network. On the
>>> next screen there are no wireless networks shown and I cannot create
>>> a new wireless connection on this screen.
>>>
>> That is because you have no WiFi on your system.
>>
>>> I looked in Help and it suggested running "sudo lshw -C network" to
>>> see if there was actually a driver. It displays only "PCI (sysfs)"
>>> and just sits there. "iwconfig" displays this message:
>>>
>>> lo No Wireless Extensions
>>>
>>> Eth0 No Wireless Extensions
>>>
>>> The "internal" WiFi adapter CAN be turned on and off with a button
>>> on a button bar at the top of the keyboard, but this button bar is
>>> driven by a piece of "Acer Empowerment" software in Windows and I
>>> doubt it works in Linux. I pressed it anyway and nothing happens.
>>> Above this button is an activity light for the WiFi adapter. In
>>> Linux this light is dark. While Ubuntu detected my adapter and
>>> installed drivers for it I still can't get it to work at all.
>>>
>> It didn't install a thing. I could not. You were not connected to
>> the Internet.
>>
>>> Does anyone here have any suggestions? PLEASE!
>>>
>>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>
> The other option might be to plug into a LAN to get on line for the
> installs ... Yes?
>
>
Exactly. I plan to put Ubuntu Hardy 32 bit on my laptop and fully
expect to have the Internet attached via a cable before starting.
Karl
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06-26-2008, 12:44 PM
Clifford Haynes
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Karl Larsen wrote:
Clifford Haynes wrote:
Karl Larsen wrote:
Michael "TheZorch" Haney wrote:
<Snip>
The other option might be to plug into a LAN to get on line for the
installs ... Yes?
Exactly. I plan to put Ubuntu Hardy 32 bit on my laptop and fully
expect to have the Internet attached via a cable before starting.
Karl
Let me how you make out.
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