[Ubuntu Chicago] ubuntu wireless

[jason jenkins]

OK, didnt seem to work.  I did gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and
deleted the blacklist rt2500 line and rebooted and there was no difference.
the I did 4) in a terminal type "sudo depmod -a" & 5) in a terminal type
"sudo modprobe rt2500" and lastly 6) in a terminal : echo 'rt2500' | sudo
tee -a /etc/modules.  There was no change.

Once the wireless is working I am sure much of the newbness will go away
very quickly.  If I have working wireless with WPA then I can make ubuntu my
daily OS and once I can do that I will really learn stuff quickly.

On 8/25/07, Wally Valters <deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hehe...
> if you want graphical (like notepad only better) you can use gedit.  since
> you are using reg ubuntu, and gnome the command would be :
>
> gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist  etc...   the gksudo is just a
> graphical prompt for your password like sudo is in the terminal.
>
> After we get wireless working we can try and eliminate some of your
> "nubeness", although we are not miracle workers.
>
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> On 8/24/07, jason jenkins <jenkins27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > "( or instead of vim pick your favorite editor) "
> > ROFL
> > Perhaps you still underestimate my level of newbness with linux.  I have
> > never heard of vim or any other editor that I may have installed in ubuntu.
> > Thanks assuming that I have some clue tho, that makes me feel better :)
> > I will stick with vim and give it a shot later after work and let you
> > know how it goes.
> > Let me know if you find the guy who wrote the script and need help
> > hanging him.
> >
> > On 8/24/07, Wally Valters <deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Someone ought to hang the dude who wrote this script...
> > > basically he blacklists his own driver...
> > >
> > > ok jason try this...
> > >
> > > 1) sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. ( or instead of vim pick your
> > > favorite editor)
> > > 2) remove any line that says:   blacklist rt2500
> > > 3) save, reboot, see what happens
> > >
> > > you still may be without wifi, since your driver is probably not
> > > loaded., as he never does a permanent change to the loaded modules
> > >
> > > 4) in a terminal type "sudo depmod -a"
> > > 5) in a terminal type "sudo modprobe rt2500"
> > >
> > > that SHOULD load up the driver (if his script actually did the rest of
> > > its duties)
> > > if it does, make it permanent:
> > >
> > > 6) in a terminal : echo 'rt2500' | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
> > > =============================================
> > > If it works, you will have wireless, but you may not be able to
> > > connect to a protected network, but thats the easy part.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/24/07, Wally Valters < deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I cant until Tuesday.  If no one else can before then we should be
> > > > able to meet up somewhere.
> > > >
> > > > Brat stop would be ideal, you can feed me beer:)  But I don't think
> > > > they have wireless.
> > > >
> > > > If you want to try remote connection, install ssh (probably is
> > > > already) and let me know and we can set that up over the phone this weekend
> > > > sometime.  Im not sure how much we can accomplish that way, but it may be
> > > > worth a shot.
> > > >
> > > > btw what link did you get that auto script at that borked everything
> > > > up?  Ill try and see if there is anything really wierd in there.
> > > >
> > > > it was in here ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=525833)
> > > > correct?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 8/24/07, jason jenkins < jenkins27 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > can anyone looks at it for me?
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8/24/07, Wally Valters <deepsky99 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When the manual process hit errors, you probably should have
> > > > > > stopped there.  So unless you can identify what that script did, and reverse
> > > > > > any negative affects, there isn't much I can do for you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Either wipe / re-install ubuntu, or get someone to look at the
> > > > > > machine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 8/24/07, jason jenkins < jenkins27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > there is no light.  the manual process error'd out.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 8/24/07, Wally Valters <deepsky99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Does it have a light?  When you boot ubuntu does the light
> > > > > > > > come on?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > You are going to have to find out what that script you ran
> > > > > > > > actually did.  That is the one reason I suggested manually doing the stuff,
> > > > > > > > because you then have an exact backout procedure.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On 8/23/07, jason jenkins < jenkins27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > yes.  it works fine in windows.
> > > > > > > > > Its fubar'd isn't it?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 8/23/07, Wally Valters < deepsky99 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Is your wireless card turned on?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > > On 8/23/07, jason jenkins <jenkins27 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Here is the dmesg file.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > On 8/23/07, Wally Valters < deepsky99 at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > They will need some way to login, and some
> > > > > > > > > > > > credentials to log in with...
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > What about that dmesg output?
> > > > > > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/22/07, jason jenkins < jenkins27 at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > > > > > I have no idea how to do any of that.  I was going
> > > > > > > > > > > > > to plug it right in to the modem so its not behind a firewall.  Shouldn't
> > > > > > > > > > > > > that be easy enough to hack like that?
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