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both wired and wireless connections not working on iBook G3 in Ubuntu 10.04

Asked by EPFNC

Hello,

I am completely new to Linux. I'm trying to resuscitate my iBook G3 using Ubuntu. I have installed 10.04. It detects all the nearby WiFi networks and recognises that mine requires a WPA/WPA2 password. I give it the password and it just asks again, and again....and fails to connect. I have tried installing b43-fwcutter as someone suggested on a Forum and it still hasn't made any difference. From ubutuforums.com it would appear I am not the only one experiencing this issue.

Does anybody know a solution?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scan | head -n 20

Thanks

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word restart. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo lshw -C network; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | grep ound; dmesg | grep eth; dmesg | grep ath; dmesg | grep b43; dmesg | grep wl; dmesg | grep witch; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Regards,

Mark

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EPFNC (edward-nc) said : 		#3

Unfortunately, I put my laptop to hibernate and then awoke it the next morning to follow your suggestions. Guess what? My network is now disabled (it was previously a WiFi problem but now, even the LAN doesn't work) and I can't figure out how to re-enable it on my iBook. Despair....

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

ok use:

sudo lshw -C network > ~/Desktop/output.txt

Copy the file to a removable media and use another PC

btw, hibernate/suspend is REALLY hard to get nice so I'd avoid doing so til you get your LAN sorted etc, we can get the LAN sorted pretty easily.

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