PLEASE HELP!!!

[Karl Larsen]

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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