how to get wireless support

[Ian van Natter]

ian at castle-greyskull:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 5a37
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
(rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller
(rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller
(rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE
Controller ATI (rev 80)
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB450 HDA Audio (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM
Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress
200M]
06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
06:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5005G
802.11abgNIC (rev 01)
06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller (rev
10)
06:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader
Controller (rev 01)
06:04.2 Generic system peripheral [0805]: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure
Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01)
06:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc:
(rev 01)
06:04.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc Unknown device 0551 (rev 01)


ian at castle-greyskull:~$ lspci-n
bash: lspci-n: command not found
ian at castle-greyskull:~$ lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 1002:5950 (rev 10)
00:01.0 0604: 1002:5a3f
00:04.0 0604: 1002:5a36
00:05.0 0604: 1002:5a37
00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4374 (rev 80)
00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4375 (rev 80)
00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4373 (rev 80)
00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4372 (rev 83)
00:14.1 0101: 1002:4376 (rev 80)
00:14.2 0403: 1002:437b (rev 01)
00:14.3 0601: 1002:4377 (rev 80)
00:14.4 0604: 1002:4371 (rev 80)
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
01:05.0 0300: 1002:5975
06:01.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
06:02.0 0200: 168c:001a (rev 01)
06:04.0 0607: 1524:1412 (rev 10)
06:04.1 0501: 1524:0530 (rev 01)
06:04.2 0805: 1524:0550 (rev 01)
06:04.3 0501: 1524:0520 (rev 01)
06:04.4 0501: 1524:0551 (rev 01)


Sorry it took so long.  I just reloaded Kubuntu...I can connect just fine
with my ethernet.  Hopefully I can figure out the wireless!  I am going to
try again with madwifi when I get home.

Since I use WPA-TKIP on my router, will this present a problem?


On 4/28/07, Christer Edwards <christer.edwards at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 12:26:12PM -0600, Ian van Natter wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> > I still have no luck with my wireless.  Posted on the forums and no one
> > was able to help.  I have an Atheros AR5005G wireless adapter in my Acer
> > Aspire 5100.  I tried using NDISwrapper and got no where.  It works in
> > SimplyMepis so I am going to use that for the time being.
> > Is there anything I can do to get my wireless chipset supported in
> > future releases?  I know wireless is a pain in linux, and looking at the
> > forums it seems like most are having issues, but I would like to do what
> > I can to help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ian
> can you do an 'lspci' and post the output to the list or myself directly,
> also an output
> of 'lspci -n' (I assume this is on-board wireless?)  Also, what version of
> ndiswrapper
> were you using and what driver?
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-utah mailing list
> > ubuntu-utah at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-utah
>
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