<div dir="ltr">Hello Arthur,<br><br>Thank you very much, i will surely try it over the weekend and keep you posted too.<br><br>All appreciated!<br><br>Robert<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/8/15 Arthur H. Johnson II <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthur.johnson@gmail.com">arthur.johnson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Robert,<br>
<br>
I hear that the latest madwifi works, but I've never tried it. I have<br>
Xubuntu 8.04.1 on an Acer 5315 and I had to use ndiswrapper to get the<br>
wireless to work. Here are the steps I took, in general, to get<br>
wireless up:<br>
<br>
1. First, blacklist ath_pci:<br>
# sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist<br>
( Add 'blacklist ath_pci' to the end of the file )<br>
<br>
2. Install ndiswrapper-utils. The package for me was<br>
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9, but I'm on Hardy. It is probably different on gutsy.<br>
<br>
3. Download the XP drivers for the Atheros wireless card. The version<br>
that worked for me was <a href="http://5.3.0.67" target="_blank">5.3.0.67</a>. I had to hunt a little for these. DO<br>
NOT get the vista drivers, they do not work. Truth be told, I<br>
downloaded these back when it was running Gutsy, and don't remember<br>
where I got them from. I burned the drivers to a CD-R and have used the<br>
same one since.<br>
<br>
4. Uncompress the drivers in a safe location. I put mine in /drv. Find<br>
the XP-x32 directory under Drivers. That is the 32 bit driver, which is<br>
the one I used. Run:<br>
# ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf<br>
You will get a few errors about bits and whatnot. Ignore them.<br>
<br>
5. Edit /etc/modules and add 'ndiswrapper' to the bottom of the file.<br>
<br>
6. Reboot<br>
<br>
7. Profit!<br>
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<br>
Robert Lutaaya wrote:<br>
> Dear All,<br>
><br>
> I salute you all; New member to the list.<br>
><br>
> I have just acquired an aspire 4315 laptop, installed is Ubuntu 7:10<br>
> OS. I cant access the wireless card however its detected (Atheros)<br>
><br>
> Should i go ahead and download the madawifi 0.9.4 file to boost ma<br>
> note book?<br>
><br>
> kind regards<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Robert K Lutaaya<br>
><br>
><br>
> Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him Dad!<br>
<br>
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