Wanted: Ubuntu 7.10 Help and Assistance...

Have you done:
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

What is the output when you type iwconfig

 

yes and no wireless extensions. I just went through everything again according to the amd64 instructions since i am running 64 bit...no luck.
which is 'lspci' It keeps saying this is in error.
I also have a line in blacklist...the 28th line

Can someone check that file and see if somehow something is missing from the end of that file as lspci is last?

 

Which file?

 

etc/modprobe.d/blacklist/

My final line is 'lspci' which it keeps saying is in error

 

Did you upload the file here so that I can go over it and see if I can help?

Edit: Just do what John said, lol

 

Could you give the complete output of the following command:
ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper

 

I get absolutely no response with that command

 

U folks know that until I tried to tackle Linux some here thought i was an absolute genius in solving others Vista problems dont you? lol

 

In that case I do have a Vista problem that I want you to solve

So you aren't getting any results with the command John posted? And for the heck of it, please upload your etc/modprobe.d/blacklist/ [I'm a Linux n00b and since Linux is very weird, I'm guessing the blacklist is a text file, and hence you can upload it ]

Also, might want to read up this linky

 

# This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by
# alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the
# device instead.

# evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly
blacklist evbug

# these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred
blacklist usbmouse
blacklist usbkbd

# replaced by e100
blacklist eepro100

# replaced by tulip
blacklist de4x5

# causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces
blacklist eth1394

# snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much
# hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810)
blacklist snd_intel8x0m

# causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306)
blacklist i2c_i801
blacklist bcm43xx
lspci

 

You really get nothing when typing ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper in a terminal? or you get "no such file or directory"?

 

It keeps telling me the final line is incorrect. I cant alter the file in editor

and no response at all

 

I could be wrong, but should "lspci" be blacklisted? Isn't it a command/probe thingy?

You probably can't edit the file because you aren't super user?

 

sorry john...there is a response

ndiswrapper. ko

 

To edit it as root you have to type in a terminal sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

 

I wonder if John is going to ask flamenko to compile an ndiswrapper kernel =P

In any case, I don't know what you'll be doing from here on; I'll let John take over while I keep reading this thread.

 

Hmmm....Not for now

 

I don't know why lspci is there....remove it

Also, could you type lsmod and give the output?

 

Woo, I was right Good luck, flamenko.

 

les@les-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_cp437 8192 1
isofs 39268 1
udf 90024 0
ipv6 317192 10
af_packet 28172 2
rfcomm 47656 2
l2cap 28672 11 rfcomm
ppdev 11272 0
acpi_cpufreq 10632 1
cpufreq_ondemand 10896 1
cpufreq_stats 8160 0
cpufreq_powersave 3072 0
cpufreq_userspace 6048 0
freq_table 6464 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative 9608 0
video 21140 0
container 6400 0
button 10400 0
sbs 21520 0
dock 12264 0
battery 12424 0
ac 7304 0
sbp2 27144 0
parport_pc 41896 0
lp 15048 0
parport 44172 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13440 0
snd_hda_intel 337192 1
snd_pcm_oss 50048 0
snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 94344 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 5380 0
snd_seq_oss 36864 0
snd_seq_midi 11008 0
uvcvideo 52228 0
compat_ioctl32 11136 1 uvcvideo
videodev 31360 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15364 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common 21888 3 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32,videodev
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
hci_usb 21020 2
bluetooth 63876 7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
usbhid 32576 0
hid 33408 1 usbhid
snd_seq_midi_event 9984 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
sr_mod 19876 1
cdrom 41768 1 sr_mod
snd_seq 62496 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 27272 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 10260 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
sdhci 21004 0
mmc_core 33416 1 sdhci
i2c_core 30208 0
psmouse 45596 0
snd 69288 11 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
pcspkr 4608 0
soundcore 10272 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 12560 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 9092 0
intel_agp 30624 0
shpchp 38300 0
pci_hotplug 36612 1 shpchp
evdev 13056 6
ext3 146576 1
jbd 69360 1 ext3
mbcache 11272 1 ext3
ata_piix 20996 1
sg 41384 0
sd_mod 32512 3
tg3 118788 0
ahci 27012 2
ata_generic 9988 0
ohci1394 38984 0
ieee1394 109528 2 sbp2,ohci1394
libata 138928 3 ata_piix,ahci,ata_generic
scsi_mod 172856 5 sbp2,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd 40076 0
uhci_hcd 29600 0
usbcore 161584 6 uvcvideo,hci_usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 16528 0
processor 36232 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 6920 0
fuse 52528 1
apparmor 47008 0
commoncap 9472 1 apparmor
les@les-laptop:~$

 

and oh ya!!!! makes great sense to me. God i never truly appreciated DOS until right now (format c

 

It's not loaded...
Please type sudo modprobe ndiswrapper again and tell me if you get any message

 

The problem I believe Im having is that Ubuntu is not turning on my wireless. When I check admin/windows wireless drivers/ it shows bcmwl6 as installed and hardware as present.

But no wifi light comes on!!!

 

And I get no message at all.

 

Type sudo lsmod and give the output
After type sudo lshw and give the output

 

ALSO... when i type this I get no card id in response:

sudo pccardctl ident

 

les@les-laptop:~$ sudo lsmod
Module Size Used by
ndiswrapper 233632 0
nls_cp437 8192 1
isofs 39268 1
udf 90024 0
ipv6 317192 10
af_packet 28172 2
rfcomm 47656 2
l2cap 28672 11 rfcomm
ppdev 11272 0
acpi_cpufreq 10632 1
cpufreq_ondemand 10896 1
cpufreq_stats 8160 0
cpufreq_powersave 3072 0
cpufreq_userspace 6048 0
freq_table 6464 3 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_conservative 9608 0
video 21140 0
container 6400 0
button 10400 0
sbs 21520 0
dock 12264 0
battery 12424 0
ac 7304 0
sbp2 27144 0
parport_pc 41896 0
lp 15048 0
parport 44172 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13440 0
snd_hda_intel 337192 1
snd_pcm_oss 50048 0
snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 94344 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 5380 0
snd_seq_oss 36864 0
snd_seq_midi 11008 0
uvcvideo 52228 0
compat_ioctl32 11136 1 uvcvideo
videodev 31360 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 15364 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common 21888 3 uvcvideo,compat_ioctl32,videodev
snd_rawmidi 29824 1 snd_seq_midi
hci_usb 21020 2
bluetooth 63876 7 rfcomm,l2cap,hci_usb
usbhid 32576 0
hid 33408 1 usbhid
snd_seq_midi_event 9984 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
sr_mod 19876 1
cdrom 41768 1 sr_mod
snd_seq 62496 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 27272 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 10260 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
sdhci 21004 0
mmc_core 33416 1 sdhci
i2c_core 30208 0
psmouse 45596 0
snd 69288 11 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
pcspkr 4608 0
soundcore 10272 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 12560 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
serio_raw 9092 0
intel_agp 30624 0
shpchp 38300 0
pci_hotplug 36612 1 shpchp
evdev 13056 6
ext3 146576 1
jbd 69360 1 ext3
mbcache 11272 1 ext3
ata_piix 20996 1
sg 41384 0
sd_mod 32512 3
tg3 118788 0
ahci 27012 2
ata_generic 9988 0
ohci1394 38984 0
ieee1394 109528 2 sbp2,ohci1394
libata 138928 3 ata_piix,ahci,ata_generic
scsi_mod 172856 5 sbp2,sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
ehci_hcd 40076 0
uhci_hcd 29600 0
usbcore 161584 7 ndiswrapper,uvcvideo,hci_usb,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
thermal 16528 0
processor 36232 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal
fan 6920 0
fuse 52528 1
apparmor 47008 0
commoncap 9472 1 apparmor
les@les-laptop:~$

 

les@les-laptop:~$ sudo lshw
les-laptop
description: Portable Computer
product: XPS M1330
vendor: Dell Inc.
serial: 4B5WND1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable uuid=44454C4C-4200-1035-8057-B4C04F4E4431
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 0U8042
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
serial: .4B5WND1.CN7016678806UE.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
version: A06 (09/03/2007)
size: 64KB
capacity: 1984KB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 400
bus info: cpu@0
slot: Microprocessor
size: 800MHz
capacity: 800MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 700
size: 32KB
capacity: 32KB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 701
size: 4MB
capacity: 4MB
clock: 66MHz (15.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 4GB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
product: OCZ2MV6672G
vendor: 7F7F7F7FB0000000
physical id: 0
serial: 00000000
slot: DIMM_A
size: 2GB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
product: OCZ2MV6672G
vendor: 7F7F7F7FB0000000
physical id: 1
serial: 00000000
slot: DIMM_B
size: 2GB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 0c
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 0c
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GeForce 8400M GS
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Contoller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 module=snd_hda_intel
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:15:c5:7e:33:ab
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.77 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.112 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-usb:6
description: USB Controller
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 module=ehci_hcd
*-pci:5
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: f2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=ohci1394
*-system:0
description: Generic system peripheral
product: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.1
version: 22
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci latency=64 module=sdhci
*-system:1 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: R5C843 MMC Host Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.2
version: 12
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-system:2 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.3
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.3
version: 12
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-system:3 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: xD-Picture Card Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 1.4
bus info: pci@0000:03:01.4
version: 12
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD+-RW UJ-857G
vendor: MAT****A
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: Z111
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
*-disc
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 module=ahci
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: SanDisk SSD SATA
vendor: ATA
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.13
serial: 77L1309
size: 29GB
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5
*-volume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
capacity: 28GB
capabilities: primary bootable
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 1278MB
capacity: 1278MB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 1278MB
capabilities: nofs
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-battery
product: DELL UM23078
vendor: Sanyo
physical id: 1
slot: Sys. Battery Bay
capacity: 78000mWh
configuration: voltage=11.1V
les@les-laptop:~$

 

Just to be sure, do you have any wifi switch on the exterior of your laptop? or any FN+something key to enable/disable wifi?

 

yes and its on there and in bios..have checked over and over

 

WHat is the output of sudo iwconfig

 

les@les-laptop:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

les@les-laptop:~$

 

think i dumbfounded all....Tx for the help folks. Maybe next week i will start it all from scratch again...

 

I'm sure it's not a big problem...

 

Flipped out my Sandisk SSD now Ive got the Mtron back in with Vista.

I dont understand how someone can get it to configure on the setup automatically yet I cannot at all.

Thanks to both of you very much. I will probably keeping pitting away at it as Im not one to give up at all.

Funniest thing is I spent the day on Linux and love the interface even better than Vista. Downfall is I need my wireless. I contacted a good friend in Dell who stated they couldnt assist with it either. He told me if i could get it running (better than 70-80%) to get back to him in fact.

 

Wow flamenko, props to you for chipping away =) I'm curious as to how you'll find your solution. I'll read up when I have time too

 

I reinstalled it, this time the X88 version, hoping the wifi would start automatically...not so. In the next few days Im going to start all over again in this thread and make sure of everything.

Tx!!!

 

You know, this might be too late, but maybe the bcmwl6 was a 32 bit driver? Because I extracted teh Dell exe, and I saw an x64 folder. But it didn't have any infs =/

 

Thats possible except...the X86 version of that file was not compatible and said it in the wireless menu at the bottom of settings. I deleted that and installed the 64 version and it showed it as being proper and recignizing the hardware. The problem I have is it would not turn the hardware on.

 

You know what's odd? I installed Gutsy, and my card's being detected and all, but I has no wifi - it doesn't connect. Now I'm on the same plane as you, and will be sharing your thread for a bit if you don't mind

 

What happens? My problem was not getting DHCP offers but this was resolved by temporarily setting a static IP through /etc/network/interfaces then switching back to DHCP and everything has been working since.

BTW, you might like this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834

 

Well I'm pretty sure that my wireless card is working right, because it sees my neighbour's connection [AFAIK it's WEP encrypted]. So the only reason I can think of is that it's not connecting because of WPA encryption on my router [which btw, I don't have access to].

Edit: read teh link. My problem is that I can't do the "sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant"

I downloaded wpasupplicant but that thing's totally not manual install friendly, and I have no idea what to do =/

[I'm not sure, but I *may* carry this beast to my college and hook it up to an ethernet port there and take care of it, but it's so full of hassle]

 

can you post a link to where you downloaded it from? I might be able to help but I need to look over the notes for it.

 

Oh, thanks kl5167!

Linky!

 

Got it! Give me some time to digest it though.

 

Oh that's no problem! I think I'm going to hit the bed now and wake up tomorrow and check this thread. Thanks for offering your help!

 

Ok lets do this two steps first you need to extract the package. Then change to that directory. You should be able to copy the following and paste it into a text file and then save as ".config" in the directory you extracted to. I made a guess as to the card you have if it is wrong change or let me know and I can help.

CONFIG_DRIVER_HOSTAP=y
CONFIG_DRIVER_HERMES=n
CONFIG_DRIVER_MADWIFI=n
CONFIG_DRIVER_ATMEL=n
CONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT=n
CONFIG_DRIVER_NDISWRAPPER=y
CONFIG_DRIVER_BROADCOM=y
CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW=n
CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=n
CONFIG_DRIVER_NDIS=n
CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXTENSION=y
CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y
CONFIG_EAP_MD5=y
CONFIG_EAP_MSCHAPV2=y
CONFIG_EAP_TLS=y
CONFIG_EAP_PEAP=y
CONFIG_EAP_TTLS=y
CONFIG_EAP_GTC=y
CONFIG_EAP_OTP=y
CONFIG_EAP_SIM=y
CONFIG_EAP_AKA=y
CONFIG_EAP_PSK=y
CONFIG_EAP_SAKE=y
CONFIG_EAP_GPSK=y
CONFIG_EAP_PAX=y
CONFIG_EAP_LEAP=y
CONFIG_PCSC=n

After you save the file you need to run the make command. Make sure your in the correct directory and just type "make".
If that works we can start on the rest. More to come after shortly and yes get some sleep.

If anyone has suggestion please add your comments.

 

Okay if that worked and you got no errors and it completed, the next step is to copy the binaries. You will probably need root privileges for this. So just type this in a terminal window from the directory where you extracted and complied from.

sudo cp wpa_cli wpa_supplicant /usr/local/bin


Next is to setup your config file for your network. It should look something like this for normal home type users. If yours is more complicated we can try to work it out.

# allow frontend (e.g., wpa_cli) to be used by all users in 'wheel' group
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
#
# home network; allow all valid ciphers
network={
ssid='home' #your network name goes here
scan_ssid=1 #This should be correct
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK #This should be correct
psk="very secret passphrase" #your key goes here
}

After your changes save the file as “wpa_supplicant.conf” and copy the file to the “/etc” directory.

Now you should be ready to try and start the program. The following command should work.

wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d

This will turn on the debugging so it should pass error messages cleaner to you. If that works you should be able to start with this and it should run better for you.

wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B

Let me know if this works. If not I will poke around some more.

 

Ok, so guess what. I move my laptop down to somewhere else, since I couldn't get the make command working. I find my wireless network! So that means wpasupplicant was installed as part of the system but it wouldn't pick it up when I'm in my room. Vista picks it up just fine, and it even gives 2-3 bars out of 5, and rates signal as very good. My PSP can connect from my room too. So now what do I do? =[

 

Which wifi card do you have? Maybe there is a newer or possibly older driver that might work better. Is it possible to move the router closer? You could look at the properties to see if you can make it more agressive as well. Just a few thoughts.