Dual boot, windows 7 and Ubuntu. Ubuntu isn't finding my wireless

Asked by Chris Fields

I'm a absolute newb....I've got windows 7 home premium 64 dual booted with Unbuntu 10.
I can get online fine in windows through wireless but Unbuntu shows no network connections.
Let me know what info you need and I'll provide it.
Remember though that I kinda have no clue what I'm doing.
Would downloading the unbuntu server help?
P.S.....The hardware devices don't show up at all when I go through system/ administrator/hardware......Nothing comes up....It's blank. If i have to, I can connect through with an Ethernet cord temporarily if there's something i can do online.

Thx

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Mouath Ibrahim (natty) said :
#1

do u know what is your wireless card name ?

and try to plug a cable, see if there is a connections

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Marc Stewart (marc.stewart) said :
#2

Ubuntu Server would not help. The desktop version you have is the one you want.

What might help, however, if you can successfully connect to the internet with a cable, is to do that and then try
System > Administration > Hardware Drivers
With a working connection it might be able to find a wireless driver for you.

If that doesn't help, then it would be useful for you to provide some information about your computer's wireless device. You can do this by opening a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and entering:
sudo lshw -C network
Type in your password when prompted, and a few seconds later a report will be printed on screen. Copy that output and paste it here.

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
#3

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 aptitude update; sudo aptitude install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'ound|irmware|eth|ath|wl|ipw|b43|witch|ndiswrapper'; iwconfig; grep b43 /etc/modprobe.d/*; grep wl /etc/modprobe.d/*; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; 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.

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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Chris Fields (someguy6978) said :
#4

Thx guys. Problem solved