PLEASE HELP!!!

[Clifford Haynes]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> 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
>
>
>   
The other option might be to plug into a LAN to get on line for the 
installs  ...  Yes?

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