acer aspire 5315 wireless driver not recognised

use an Ethernet cable to temporarily connect to the internet. Go to System->Administration->Software Sources and then click on the Updates tab. then tick the box for Unsupported updates (intrepid-backports)

now do all the updates, it may require a reboot. Then check if there are any hardware drivers that need to be enabled in System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and you should be all set.

For informational purposes (so others can easily find this question) please let me know what hardware you have. This is given by going to a terminal (Accessories->Terminal) and entering:

$ lspci

And if you want to save this to a file so you can copy it to a drive to post here, do the same command above but add "> ~/Desktop/lspci.txt", like this:

$ lspci > ~/Desktop/lspci.txt

There will be a lot there, but we can look through it. On my machine it output this line about my wireless device:

0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 USB Controller (rev 01)

Thanks,
Kris

followed your instructions and still wont connect. in hardware drivers,it says its installed and in use but we cant even open a connection menu,no wireless icon showing. installed wifi raider and that wont even open. help> To: <email address hidden>> From: <email address hidden>> Subject: Re: [Question #57389]: acer aspire 5315 wireless driver not recognised> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:50:25 +0000> > Your question #57389 on Ubuntu changed:> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57389> > Status: Open => Answered> > nhasian proposed the following answer:> use an Ethernet cable to temporarily connect to the internet. Go to> System->Administration->Software Sources and then click on the Updates> tab. then tick the box for Unsupported updates (intrepid-backports)> > now do all the updates, it may require a reboot. Then check if there> are any hardware drivers that need to be enabled in> System->Administration->Hardware Drivers and you should be all set.> > -- > If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us> know that it is solved:> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57389/+confirm?answer_id=0> > If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the> following page to enter your feedback:> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57389> > You received this question notification because you are a direct> subscriber of the question.
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Hi Steve,

Please follow this procedure (so that we can analyze the wireless issue in detail):

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

Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)

sudo iwlist scanning
nm-tool
iwconfig
ifconfig
sudo lshw -C network
lspci -nn
lsusb
uname -a
dmesg | grep ound
dmesg | grep illswitch

Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here

Regards,

Mark

talola@talola-laptop:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
[sudo] password for talola:
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

talola@talola-laptop:~$ nm-tool

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected

- Device: eth0 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type: Wired
  Driver: tg3
  State: connected
  Default: yes
  HW Address: 00:1B:38:DE:A0:11

  Capabilities:
    Supported: yes
    Carrier Detect: yes
    Speed: 100 Mb/s

  Wired Settings

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address: 192.168.1.68
    Prefix: 24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway: 192.168.1.254

    DNS: 192.168.1.254

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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

talola@talola-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:38:de:a0:11
          inet addr:192.168.1.68 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:38ff:fede:a011/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:177617 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:103887 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:266775781 (266.7 MB) TX bytes:7661189 (7.6 MB)
          Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:268 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:13160 (13.1 KB) TX bytes:13160 (13.1 KB)

talola@talola-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 02
       serial: 00:1b:38:de:a0:11
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.94 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.68 latency=0 link=yes module=tg3 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Ethernet controller
       product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-network DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: pan0
       serial: 66:8b:d0:1d:10:a2
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
talola@talola-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 [8086:2845] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713] (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
talola@talola-laptop:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0458:0037 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
talola@talola-laptop:~$ uname -a
Linux talola-laptop 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 21:57:00 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
talola@talola-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep ound
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00fe1b0] 000fe1b0
[ 0.528381] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 9 devices
[ 1.260397] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.0: found MSI capability
[ 1.260696] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.1: found MSI capability
[ 1.260982] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.2: found MSI capability
[ 1.261268] pcieport-driver 0000:00:1c.3: found MSI capability
[ 1.615868] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 1.689545] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 2.716224] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.820570] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 2.828235] No dock devices found.
[ 2.924505] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.048229] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.256620] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.360534] hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.464483] hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 13.032634] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH8M TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
[ 17.177796] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 20.853337] apm: BIOS not found.
talola@talola-laptop:~$ dmesg | grep illswitch
talola@talola-laptop:~$

> To: <email address hidden>
> From: <email address hidden>
> Subject: RE: [Question #57389]: acer aspire 5315 wireless driver not recognised
> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:20:35 +0000
>
> Your question #57389 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57389
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Mark Rijckenberg requested for more information:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Please follow this procedure (so that we can analyze the wireless issue
> in detail):
>
> Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->
> Terminal"
>
> Step 2: Run the following commands (type each then hit <enter>)
>
> sudo iwlist scanning
> nm-tool
> iwconfig
> ifconfig
> sudo lshw -C network
> lspci -nn
> lsusb
> uname -a
> dmesg | grep ound
> dmesg | grep illswitch
>
>
> Step 3: Post results (cut/paste terminal output from each command) here
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> --
> To answer this request for more information, you can either reply to
> this email or enter your reply at the following page:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/57389
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Hi Steve,

Please follow the instructions from forumuser "reasoner" at this location:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=902860&highlight=AR242x

This wireless problem has been discussed on
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/52089 and on
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/46457

If reasoner's procedure does not work: here is an alternative, new installation procedure:

http://www.prash-babu.com/2008/12/how-to-configure-atheros-ar5007eg-or.html

Regards,

Mark