[CoLoCo] 802.11 Woes and Nvidia Nightmares

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I just helped setup a friend at work with Ubuntu 8.04. We also had issues
with getting the Atheros AR5007EG Wireless card working on his new Toshiba
(64-bit). We used that exact UbuntuGeek link step-by-step and it worked like
a charm.

-Simon

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:25 AM, Michael TheZorch Haney <thezorch at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Collins Richey wrote:
> > A little googling never hurts. According to this thread, you need
> > ndiswrapper and the windows drivers for the card. This may not be
> > exactly your card and Ubuntu release, but the principles are the same.
> >
> >
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setup-atheros-ar5007eg-wireless-on-feisty-fawn-with-ndiswrapper.html
> >
> I'm using Ubuntu 8.04, the AMD64 bit version, and I'm trying to get my
> wireless adapter to work.  Now the "Hardware Drivers" (formerly called
> "Restricted Drivers") screen which you find under the Administration
> menu shows the drivers from the Athena AR5007EG Wireless Adapter is
> "checked" and the Status says it is "In Use".  Why would I need
> ndiswrapper for this device if Ubuntu already reports that the drivers
> are already installed and working?  What I need is a way to configure a
> connection to the wireless router which I haven't been able to find.
> Under Administration~~>Network I find the options for configuring an
> Ethernet and PPP Network connection, but nothing for wireless.
> > I'm confused. This sounds like Windows terminology. What does your
> > /usr/X11/xorg.conf file say. If you're using the 'nv'; driver, you're
> > not using the native drivers. If you are using 'nvidia', then you are
> > using the native drivers. What happened during/after the install. I
> > thought that Ubuntu had a builtin procedure these days to offer to
> > install the native drivers?
> There is nothing to be confused about.  When I selected the Nvidia
> driver in Hardware Drivers under the Administration menu Ubuntu
> downloaded the drivers from the repo.  I restarted and tried to enable
> Desktop Effects under Appearances.  This should let me access to the 3D
> visual effects of Compiz Fusion through glx.  On my laptop I can't it
> working.  Desktop Effects fails to enable, which is the message I get
> when I tried to use them, and the Hardware Drivers screen shows the
> Nvidia drivers are checked but its status is Not In Use.  On my desktop
> where I have an Nvidia Geforce FX 5600 I have a very different problem.
> When I select the Nvidia drivers in Hardware Drivers, Ubuntu downloads
> them from the repo, and I restart my screen resolution is limited to
> 640x480 and "Desktop Resolution" doesn't give me any other resolution
> options
>
> I'll take this to the Ubuntu support forums I guess.
>
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