TOSHIBA Wireless LAN Card with orinoco_cs driver and Lucent/Agere 8.10 firmware can detect but cannot connect to wireless networks using Toshiba Satellite Pro SP 6100 Laptop in Ubuntu 10.10 <-> wireless worked fine in Ubuntu 9.10
I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 and it reconizes my wireless card, but when I installed versions 10.4 or 10.10 it fails to see it. I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro SP 6100 Laptop. How can I make the latest version of Ubuntu work on this computer. Also my built in SD card reader isn't seen by any version of Ubuntu. The latest fault to have developed with the installed 9.10 version is that the CD-DVD read/writer doesn't now see when I have a Blank CD - DVD in the drive it works fine otherwise, It used to work when I first installed 9.10.
can anyone please help. make it simple I'm an old codger just getting back inti Linux.
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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-
Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https:/
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 apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/
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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Welcome back to Linux!
As Mark Rijckenberg indicated, the more information you provide us, the better equipped we are to help you. Until we better understand what's going wrong, it's difficult to come up with good solutions. Without knowing more, here are some early ideas to consider for attempting to bypass the problems instead of resolving them:
For Wireless:
If you haven't already tried using the Windows driver for the wireless card, you can install ndiswrapper and then use it to load the Windows driver. You may want to try different versions of the Windows driver from the manufacturer's website.
For Disc Burning:
What disc burning software are you using?
I have been able to burn discs successfully with K3B when the GNOME apps have failed me. K3B tends to have more options and features and you may have better luck with configuring how it interacts with your hardware.
For SD Reader:
Unfortunately, this is a more complicated matter, and I don't have any ideas to bypass the problem other than getting a cheap external card reader or connecting your cards through the devices you use them in.
Regards,
CyrusCT
_______
Currently running: Dell Inspiron 1420n w/ Ubuntu 10.10, Franken-HP media center w/ Ubuntu 10.04, Samsung Q1 UMPC waiting for me to troubleshoot a WUBI installation failure.
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*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 42
serial: 00:08:0d:02:42:50
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: irq:11 memory:
*-network
description: Wireless LAN Card
product: Version 01.01
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0
slot: Socket 0
resources: irq:11
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: eth1
serial: 00:02:2d:b0:b5:70
0: Toshiba Bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:8B:5D:95:5B:D2
Cell 02 - Address: 0A:8B:5D:95:5B:D2
Cell 03 - Address: 06:8B:5D:95:5B:D2
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge [8086:1a30] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:1a31] (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2482] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 [8086:2484] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 [8086:2487] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:248c] (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller [8086:248a] (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:2485] (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:2486] (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] [10de:0175] (rev a3)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller [8086:1031] (rev 42)
02:0a.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac50] (rev 01)
02:0b.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support [1179:0617] (rev 32)
02:0b.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support [1179:0617] (rev 32)
02:0d.0 System peripheral [0880]: Toshiba America Info Systems SD TypA Controller [1179:0805] (rev 03)
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0930:0502 Toshiba Corp. Integrated Bluetooth
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c51b Logitech, Inc. V220 Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
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/0 bus Portable PC
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 - M C
/0/4/12 memory 8KiB L1 cache
/0/4/13 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/81 memory 1GiB System Memory
/0/81/0 memory 512MiB SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous
/0/81/1 memory 512MiB SODIMM SDRAM Synchronous
/0/100 bridge 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host
/0/100/1 bridge 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP
/0/100/1/0 display NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go]
/0/100/1d bus 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1
/0/100/1d.1 bus 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2
/0/100/1d.2 bus 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/8 eth0 network 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) E
/0/100/1e/a bridge PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller
/0/100/1e/a/0 network Version 01.01
/0/100/1e/b bridge ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge wit
/0/100/1e/b.1 bridge ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge wit
/0/100/1e/d generic SD TypA Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC)
/0/100/1f.1 scsi0 storage 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller
/0/100/1f.1/0 /dev/sda disk 60GB HITACHI_DK23EA-6
/0/100/1f.1/0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 54GiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.1/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 1451MiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.1/0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 1451MiB Linux swap / Solaris parti
/0/100/1f.1/1 /dev/cdrom disk UJDA720 DVD/CDRW
/0/100/1f.1/1/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/100/1f.5 multimedia 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller
/0/100/1f.6 communication 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller
/1 power R86F2R
/2 eth1 network Wireless interface
Linux brian-laptop 2.6.31-22-generic #70-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 1 23:51:13 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.004551] [<c01450dd>] warn_slowpath_
[ 0.004574] [<c0145125>] warn_slowpath_
[ 0.021245] SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
[ 0.071796] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: ACPI brightness control misses _BQC function
[ 0.075256] ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 2 docks/bays found
[ 0.083723] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.083745] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.083787] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.095683] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.495999] pci 0000:02:08.0: Firmware left e100 interrupts enabled; disabling
[ 0.496700] input: Lid Switch as /devices/
[ 0.496756] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
[ 0.501253] Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
[ 0.552308] ACPI Warning: \_SB_.BAT1._BIF: Return Package type mismatch at index 12 - found Integer, expected String/Buffer 20090521 nspredef-946
[ 0.858866] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.868979] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.869028] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.869688] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.869733] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.870039] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.870083] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.875893] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.875897] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.879681] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 1.180043] usb 1-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.375370] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.622770] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: ACPI brightness control misses _BQC function
[ 1.793313] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 1.831747] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /devices/
[ 1.831902] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 1.839248] e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfceff000, irq 11, MAC addr 00:08:0d:02:42:50
[ 1.846928] generic-usb 0003:046D:
[ 1.846964] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.846969] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 25.640193] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 25.727106] toshiba_acpi: HCI method: \_SB_.VALD.GHCI
[ 25.870470] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:0a.0: CardBus bridge found [12a3:ab01]
[ 26.093269] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 26.109279] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:0b.0: CardBus bridge found [1179:0001]
[ 26.125357] found SMC SuperIO Chip (devid=0x5a rev=00 base=0x002e): LPC47N227
[ 26.283580] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 26.293383] yenta_cardbus 0000:02:0b.1: CardBus bridge found [1179:0001]
[ 26.404643] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 27.505585] orinoco 0.15 (David Gibson <email address hidden>, Pavel Roskin <email address hidden>, et al)
[ 27.518118] orinoco_cs 0.15 (David Gibson <email address hidden>, Pavel Roskin <email address hidden>, et al)
[ 27.638027] eth1: Hardware identity 0005:0004:0005:0000
[ 27.638150] eth1: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:000a
[ 27.638155] eth1: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.10
[ 27.680168] orinoco_cs 0.0: firmware: requesting agere_sta_fw.bin
[ 27.725284] eth1: Attempting to download firmware agere_sta_fw.bin
[ 27.726353] eth1: Read PDA returned 0
[ 27.726359] orinoco_cs 0.0: firmware: requesting agere_sta_fw.bin
[ 27.736692] eth1: Cannot find firmware agere_sta_fw.bin
[ 27.736782] eth1: Hardware identity 0005:0004:0005:0000
[ 27.736889] eth1: Station identity 001f:0001:0008:000a
[ 27.736894] eth1: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.10
[ 27.736897] eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
[ 27.736900] eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
[ 27.736903] eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
[ 27.736992] eth1: MAC address 00:02:2d:b0:b5:70
[ 27.737090] eth1: Station name "HERMES I"
[ 27.737662] eth1: ready
[ 27.738770] eth1: orinoco_cs at 0.0, irq 11, io 0xd100-0xd13f
[ 194.205925] ADDRCONF(
[ 194.284631] ADDRCONF(
[ 194.374419] eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
[ 195.042209] eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
[ 195.044544] ADDRCONF(
[ 195.049879] eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
[ 196.816213] e100: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[ 196.820644] ADDRCONF(
[ 205.828081] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[ 207.804037] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 284.972077] UDF-fs: No VRS found
[ 284.972088] UDF-fs: No partition found (1)
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11b Nickname:"HERMES I"
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=-91 dBm Noise level=-122 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
pan0 no wireless extensions.
# which ath5k cannot recover. To prevent this condition, stop
blacklist ath_pci
blacklist eth1394
# replaced by p54pci
blacklist prism54
# replaced by b43 and ssb.
blacklist bcm43xx
blacklist uart6850
blacklist twl4030_wdt
20: PCI 208.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.318]
UDI: /org/freedeskto
Unique ID: rBUF.YtlofXqppM0
Parent ID: 6NW+.Wc+DHj8LOy0
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0000:02:08.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "Toshiba America Info EtherExpress PRO/100 VE"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x1031 "82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x1179 "Toshiba America Info Systems"
SubDevice: pci 0x0001 "EtherExpress PRO/100 VE"
Revision: 0x42
Driver: "e100"
Driver Modules: "e100"
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0xfceff000-
I/O Ports: 0xdf40-0xdf7f (rw)
IRQ: 11 (3110 events)
HW Address: 00:08:0d:02:42:50
Link detected: yes
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: e100 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe e100"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: eepro100 is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe eepro100"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #14 (PCI bridge)
37: PCMCIA 00.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pcmcia.84]
UDI: /org/freedeskto
Unique ID: zbP0.lG4e6KMEdl8
Parent ID: y9as.J5lSzbB0WR8
SysFS ID: /devices/
SysFS BusID: 0.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: "TOSHIBA Wireless LAN Card"
Hotplug: CardBus
Socket: 0
Vendor: pcmcia 0x0156 "TOSHIBA"
Device: pcmcia 0x0002 "Wireless LAN Card"
Driver: "orinoco_cs"
Driver Modules: "orinoco_cs"
Device File: eth1
Features: WLAN
HW Address: 00:02:2d:b0:b5:70
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462
WLAN bitrates: 1 2 5.5 11
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey
Module Alias: "pcmcia:
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: hostap_cs is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe hostap_cs"
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: orinoco_cs is active
Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe orinoco_cs"
Extra Info: TOSHIBA, Wireless LAN Card, Version 01.01
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #21 (CardBus bridge)
cat: /var/lib/
Module Size Used by
joydev 10240 0
isofs 31620 1
udf 81188 0
crc_itu_t 1852 1 udf
binfmt_misc 8356 1
bridge 47952 0
stp 2272 1 bridge
bnep 12060 2
orinoco_cs 13312 1
orinoco 63600 1 orinoco_cs
snd_intel8x0 30168 2
snd_ac97_codec 101216 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 1532 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 37920 0
snd_mixer_oss 16028 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 75296 3 snd_intel8x0,
snd_seq_dummy 2656 0
snd_seq_oss 28608 0
iptable_filter 3100 0
pcmcia 36808 1 orinoco_cs
snd_seq_midi 6464 0
snd_rawmidi 22176 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6940 2 snd_seq_
snd_seq 50224 6 snd_seq_
snd_timer 22276 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 6920 5 snd_seq_
ip_tables 11692 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16544 1 ip_tables
btusb 11856 2
ppdev 6688 0
psmouse 57332 0
serio_raw 5280 0
snd 59236 14 snd_intel8x0,
soundcore 7264 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 9156 2 snd_intel8x0,
irda 189564 0
crc_ccitt 1852 1 irda
parport_pc 31940 1
yenta_socket 24296 5
rsrc_nonstatic 11644 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 36592 4 orinoco_
toshiba_acpi 10744 0
shpchp 32272 0
lp 8964 0
parport 35340 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
usbhid 38208 0
e100 32292 0
mii 5212 1 e100
video 19380 0
output 2780 1 video
intel_agp 27996 1
agpgart 34988 1 intel_agp
hope I have done everything right, Mark. ..........Thanks for caring Brian (AKA Dolaufankid)
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In order to avoid interference with the other 2 wireless access points, I recommend changing the wireless transmission channel on your wireless router from channel 6 to channel 1.
For testing purposes, please temporarily disable encryption and enable SSID broadcasting on the wireless router. Also try disabling IPv6 functionality on the wireless router.
Then install wicd as alternative for NetworkManager using the following Terminal command (using a WIRED Internet connection):
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install wicd
Then reboot and set eth1 as the wireless interface name in the wicd configuration panel.
And finally retest wireless....
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Hi Mark
Sorry I have been back to you about this problem of mine. I downloaded Wecd
onto my laptop and changed the router to broadcast mode and altered it's
frequency to channel 1. After many attempts I have to admit I still cannot
get it up and running. Is there any thing else I can do.
regards
DFK
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On 21 January 2011 14:06, Mark Rijckenberg <
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> Your question #142184 on gnome-nettool in ubuntu changed:
> https:/
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> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Mark Rijckenberg proposed the following answer:
> In order to avoid interference with the other 2 wireless access points,
> I recommend changing the wireless transmission channel on your wireless
> router from channel 6 to channel 1.
>
> For testing purposes, please temporarily disable encryption and enable
> SSID broadcasting on the wireless router. Also try disabling IPv6
> functionality on the wireless router.
>
> Then install wicd as alternative for NetworkManager using the following
> Terminal command (using a WIRED Internet connection):
>
> sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install wicd
>
> Then reboot and set eth1 as the wireless interface name in the wicd
> configuration panel.
>
> And finally retest wireless....
>
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Have you tried power cycling (rebooting) the router after disabling wireless encryption on the router and setting eth1 as the wireless interface name in the wicd configuration panel?
If that does not help, then I suggest booting several different LiveCD's and testing wireless DURING the LiveCD session BEFORE committing to a new install. I recommend testing Ubuntu 10.10, Linux Mint, Mandriva, MEPIS, Fedora, etc..... and install the Linux distribution where wireless is working out-of-the-box.
I have no further suggestions to make.
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Hi Mark
Yes I tried the ideas you suggested and I also tried a number of flavours`of Linux to no avail, yet. I will keep trying, but the `only solution has been so far is to use ubuntu 9.10. Support for this version ends in a few months time so I thought it would be a good idea to resolve the problem sooner rather than later. I did initially install Ubuntu 10.10 then 10.04, Fedora 14 back to 10.0, Linux Mint. Suse 11.4 Knoppix, DSL. all had this problem and more.
Thank you for your efforts Mark, it is much appreciated.
regards
brian aka Dolau Fan Kid
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Hmmmm..... well if I had as many wireless issues as you are experiencing, I would have bought a new wireless USB adapter a long time ago..... :-p
You can find compatible wifi adapters here:
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Hi Mark
Yeah well if I had money rolling out of my pockets I would buy new gear
every time an upgrade fails to work. It seems `that MS isnt that bad after
all does it. Anyway thanks for all your efforts Mark..... by the way my
other three systems run MS ME, XP and Vista (good old unreliable Vista) and
dont forget I have Ubuntu 9.10. and also had 9.4, then 8.10 and I also had
8.4 which all also ran on this system and found the card and worked with it,
added to this the USB you refered to is a built in card not USB. I
certainly didnt expect an updated versiosn ie: 10.4 and 10.10 not to work.
If I find the anwer I will let you know
I thought you were going to tell me about installing the ndswrapper before
you gave up, was it something I said or didnt say that got you a bit ratty
about my gear.
regards
brian
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> Hmmmm..... well if I had as many wireless issues as you are
> experiencing, I would have bought a new wireless USB adapter a long time
> ago..... :-p
>
> You can find compatible wifi adapters here:
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Here is my last suggestion which MAY work:
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Hi Dolaufankid,
I feel your pain. Did you try the ndiswraper approach by the way? I have to use that on my media center for a USB wireless adapter because even after blacklisting a swarm of drivers that take precedence over the ralink drivers that were supposed to work (current and development versions, from binaries and compiled from source), I still couldn't get the adapter working without ndiswrapper.
Another Live CD to consider in nUbuntu. nUbuntu is designed for penetration testing, and often uses different variations of the drivers. If it works in nUbuntu, you may be able to identify the key differences in the configuration and apply them to your Ubuntu installation, or use nUbuntu as the basis for your installation since it should be compatible with all of your third party repositories.
With Fedora, there should (in theory) be an older version that works, since an older version of Ubuntu works. Because of differences between RPM and DEB package management systems, the very things that make it easier to break the programs under an RPM system should make it easier to use the old (working) driver in the present version of the OS with Fedora. I did that sort of thing regularly before I switched from Fedora to Ubuntu in early 2007.
Have you had any luck with your CD/DVD or card reader?
Regards,
CyrusCT
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Currently running: Dell Inspiron 1420n w/ Ubuntu 10.10, Franken-HP media center w/ Ubuntu 10.04, Samsung Q1 UMPC waiting for me to finish troubleshooting a WUBI installation failure.
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Hi cyrusct
I am going to try the ndiswraper soon, but I was having a little bit of luck with Mark Ryjckenbergs last suggestion of removing agere_ap_fw.bin and agere_sta_fw.bin to the root directory. This does work but it seems a little unstable when I try to print long files through the wireless connection to the printer. I have the CD/DVD working now but the card reader isn't. Another gripe I have is that the Ubuntu although told that it should find my hidden router insists on trying to hookup to a neighbours router and just wont find mine automatically I have to manually tell it which router to use. Also when I start the printer in a different order to my other systems, Ubuntu (any Flavour) cannot or will not accept or doesn't search for the same printer on a different DHCP number. I'm slowly getting unamused. I seem to have reverted to being a slave to my old computer. Windows has never given me this agro. I seem to have gone back in time to when I tried Linux back in the mid to late 90s, great fun if you got the time but I'm in my mid 70s.
Thanks `for your help and suggestions will give ndiswraper a go and let you know
regards
brian
