Wireless Driver not enabled? Vodaphone K3805-Z

Can you give the output of:

sudo dmidecode -t 1; lsb_release -a; lspci

Thanks

> driver=ath5k
> wireless=IEEE 802.11bg

Maybe needs ath9k driver.
Verify it the module exists.
lsmod | grep ath

Reference.
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k
http://madwifi-project.org/
http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/

Little howto from Mark, just adjust it to your needs.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/80764

Hi :)
Madwifi states that it is not for usb-devices?! I have downloaded it anyway as a tarball but i don't know how to install them :( This netbook is on Ubuntu 10.04 but i am not sure what kernel number. I will try to do "uname -a" when i reboot. I will also try to run AP's command.

I tried running Mark's command but had to disable the updates. Oddly synaptic is misbehaving, it's download scripts are not working in Windows so i have to download debs individually. So, here's the command i ran

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 '8180|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep '8180|acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|orinoco|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|rt6|rt7|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod

  *-network
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:26:b6:53:28:62
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:16 memory:f0100000-f010ffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 13
       serial: 00:24:54:1a:75:6a
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.25 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:26 memory:f0200000-f0203fff ioport:2000(size=256)
0: hci0: Bluetooth
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
 Soft blocked: no
 Hard blocked: no
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS"
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27ac] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a6] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8] (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 [8086:27d0] (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 [8086:27d4] (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8] (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9] (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca] (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb] (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc] (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b9] (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c4] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller [8086:27da] (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller [11ab:4354] (rev 13)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 045e:00a4 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 04b8:085c Seiko Epson Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0a5c:2151 Broadcom Corp.
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 005: ID 0ac8:c326 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
H/W path Device Class Description
=========================================================
                                  system NC10
/0 bus NC10
/0/0 memory 102KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.6
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/4/0.1 processor Logical CPU
/0/4/0.2 processor Logical CPU
/0/e memory 2GiB System Memory
/0/e/0 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 M
/0/e/1 memory SODIMM DDR2 Synchronous 533 MHz (1
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GME Express Memory Contr
/0/100/2 display Mobile 945GME Express Integrated G
/0/100/2.1 display Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML E
/0/100/1b multimedia N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition A
/0/100/1c bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c/0 wlan0 network AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter
/0/100/1c.2 bridge N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port
/0/100/1c.2/0 eth0 network 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Contro
/0/100/1d bus N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controlle
/0/100/1d.1 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll
/0/100/1d.2 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll
/0/100/1d.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controll
/0/100/1d.7 bus N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Control
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Br
/0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA ID
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 160GB WDC WD1600BEVT-2
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 8189MiB EXT3 volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 59GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 77GiB Extended partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/3/5 /dev/sda5 volume 57GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/100/1f.2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 4102MiB Linux swap volume
/0/100/1f.3 bus N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
/1 power Intel Corporation
/2 system
Linux NetbookUbuntu 2.6.32-26-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 09:00:03 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
[ 0.000000] Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working around it.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.000000] found SMP MP-table at [c00f7210] f7210
[ 0.206513] ACPI: No dock devices found.
[ 0.235231] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.235278] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.235401] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.236568] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[ 0.240288] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 0.250613] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 11 devices
[ 0.324423] input: Lid Switch as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0D:00/input/input0
[ 0.324530] ACPI: Lid Switch [LID0]
[ 0.592236] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.619841] usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.619939] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.620744] usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.620824] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.621402] usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.621482] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.622071] usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.622152] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.622739] usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 0.622819] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.682374] device-mapper: multipath: version 1.1.0 loaded
[ 0.682386] device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
[ 0.689966] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
[ 0.714795] isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
[ 0.798755] ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32)
[ 0.813330] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte logical blocks: (160 GB/149 GiB)
[ 1.213073] usb 1-8: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[ 1.276399] sky2 eth0: addr 00:24:54:1a:75:6a
[ 1.369166] usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1.609049] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 1.787614] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.028030] usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 2.202340] usb 4-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.452030] usb 4-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 2.631423] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 2.672526] usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
[ 2.687764] input: Microsoft Microsoft(R) Compact Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb4/4-2/4-2:1.0/input/input6
[ 2.688167] generic-usb 0003:045E:00A4.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft(R) Compact Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-2/input0
[ 2.688251] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 2.688263] usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
[ 17.757217] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 18.470697] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 18.684986] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x085C
[ 18.685065] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[ 18.758036] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Namuga 1.3M Webcam (0ac8:c326)
[ 18.760605] input: Namuga 1.3M Webcam as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/input/input8
[ 18.760824] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 18.782461] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 18.782485] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 18.782570] ath5k 0000:02:00.0: registered as 'phy0'
[ 19.370487] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[ 19.370498] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 19.370508] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 19.370514] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[ 19.442692] ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70)
[ 19.837854] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x37
[ 21.506619] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 21.525082] sky2 eth0: enabling interface
[ 21.529128] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 23.771043] usb 4-1: usbfs: interface 1 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1
[ 224.138745] Switching to clocksource hpet
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

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
23: PCI 200.0: 0282 WLAN controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_168c_1c
  Unique ID: y9sn.4pDQWIprhl9
  Parent ID: z8Q3.ZbAWgKMCoE3
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:02:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Atheros AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  Vendor: pci 0x168c "Atheros Communications Inc."
  Device: pci 0x001c "AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter"
  SubVendor: pci 0x144f "Askey Computer Corp."
  SubDevice: pci 0x7131
  Revision: 0x01
  Driver: "ath5k"
  Driver Modules: "ath5k"
  Device File: wlan0
  Features: WLAN
  Memory Range: 0xf0100000-0xf010ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  IRQ: 16 (6329 events)
  HW Address: 00:26:b6:53:28:62
  Link detected: no
  WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 2.467 2.472
  WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
  WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
  Module Alias: "pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv0000144Fsd00007131bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: ath5k is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe ath5k"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #12 (PCI bridge)

24: PCI 300.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_11ab_4354
  Unique ID: rBUF.duW454nFh4C
  Parent ID: hoOk.dFyVbcq0vm4
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.2/0000:03:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:03:00.0
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x11ab "Marvell Technology Group Ltd."
  Device: pci 0x4354 "88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x144d "Samsung Electronics Co Ltd"
  SubDevice: pci 0xca00
  Revision: 0x13
  Driver: "sky2"
  Driver Modules: "sky2"
  Device File: eth0
  Memory Range: 0xf0200000-0xf0203fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0x2000-0x2fff (rw)
  IRQ: 26 (1 event)
  HW Address: 00:24:54:1a:75:6a
  Link detected: no
  Module Alias: "pci:v000011ABd00004354sv0000144Dsd0000CA00bc02sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: sky2 is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe sky2"
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #13 (PCI bridge)

[main]
NetworkingEnabled=true
WirelessEnabled=true
WWANEnabled=true
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 6587 1
rfcomm 33421 4
ppdev 5259 0
sco 7885 2
bridge 45614 0
stp 1655 1 bridge
bnep 9436 2
l2cap 30624 16 rfcomm,bnep
snd_hda_codec_realtek 203344 1
fbcon 35102 73
tileblit 2031 1 fbcon
font 7557 1 fbcon
bitblit 4707 1 fbcon
softcursor 1189 1 bitblit
snd_hda_intel 22005 4
vga16fb 11385 0
vgastate 8961 1 vga16fb
snd_hda_codec 74201 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
joydev 8708 0
snd_hwdep 5412 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 35308 0
snd_mixer_oss 13746 1 snd_pcm_oss
arc4 1153 2
snd_pcm 70694 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 1338 0
snd_seq_oss 26722 0
snd_seq_midi 4557 0
snd_rawmidi 19056 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 6003 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47263 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 19098 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 5700 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i915 287426 4
ath5k 121632 0
uvcvideo 57054 0
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915
mac80211 205402 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
usblp 10481 0
snd 54180 20 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
videodev 34361 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 13251 2 uvcvideo,videodev
drm 162409 5 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
btusb 10957 2
bluetooth 49892 9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
cfg80211 126528 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
intel_agp 24375 2 i915
video 17375 1 i915
psmouse 63245 0
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
serio_raw 3978 0
soundcore 6620 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 7076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
output 1871 1 video
agpgart 31724 2 drm,intel_agp
lp 7028 0
parport 32635 2 ppdev,lp
usbhid 36110 0
hid 67032 1 usbhid
sky2 40807 0
bill@NetbookUbuntu:~$

Regards from
Tom :)

Hi :)

I have info requested by each of the 3 responses so far. Sam's helpful link
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/80764
seemed to show how to instal tarballs but i get easily confused. Wget downloads so i downloaded through Windows into an ntfs partition. Presumably i need to copy the tarball to "Documents" in Ubuntu? Then the line
tar xvf madwifi-trunk-r4088-20090825.tar.gz
creates a folder? and unpacks? Presumably i should change the instruction to
tar xvf madwifi-0.9.4-current.tar.gz
and then the rest looks like it stays about the same?

Ok, the info requested

Linux NetbookUbuntu 2.6.32-26-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 24 09:00:03 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
So the kernel is newer than 2.6.25 so i have downloaded the madwifi driver ...
http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/madwifi-0.9.4-current.tar.gz
I am worries that the MadWifi site said it did ot handle usb-devices and this dongle is a usb one. If i try it then presumably it wont hurt the rest of the system and if i find the old dongle then that would still possibly work?

For ActionParsnip
bill@NetbookUbuntu:~$ sudo dmidecode -t 1; lsb_release -a; lspci
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.5 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
 Manufacturer: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
 Product Name: NC10
 Version: Not Applicable
 Serial Number: ZJSS93ESB04637
 UUID: C024C124-D21D-B211-8000-CA54E6DFF58A
 Wake-up Type: Power Switch
 SKU Number: Not Specified
 Family: Not Specified

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
bill@NetbookUbuntu:~$

For Sam
bill@NetbookUbuntu:~$ lsmod | grep ath
ath5k 121632 0
mac80211 205402 1 ath5k
ath 7611 1 ath5k
cfg80211 126528 3 ath5k,mac80211,ath
led_class 2864 1 ath5k
bill@NetbookUbuntu:~$

Many thanks and regards from
Tom :)

Hi :)

The instructions about the tarball were helpful but i got errors

bill@NetbookUbuntu:~/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203$ make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-26-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-26-generic'
  CC [M] /home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath/if_ath.o
  CC [M] /home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath/if_ath_pci.o
  LD [M] /home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath/ath_pci.o
  CC [M] /home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath_hal/ah_os.o
  HOSTCC /home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath_hal/uudecode
In file included from /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25,
                 from /usr/include/errno.h:36,
                 from /home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath_hal/uudecode.c:27:
/usr/include/linux/errno.h:4:23: error: asm/errno.h: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [/home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath_hal/uudecode] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath_hal] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-26-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

bill@NetbookUbuntu:~/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203$ sudo make install
sh scripts/find-madwifi-modules.sh -r 2.6.32-26-generic
for i in ath/ ath_hal/ ath_rate/ net80211/; do \
  make -C $i install || exit 1; \
 done
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath'
test -d //lib/modules/2.6.32-26-generic/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.32-26-generic/net
install -m 0644 ath_pci.ko //lib/modules/2.6.32-26-generic/net
install: cannot stat `ath_pci.ko': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/bill/Documents/techi/MadWifi/madwifi-0.9.4-r4136-20110203/ath'
make: *** [install-modules] Error 1

Regards from Tom :)

Errr, sorry for the multi-post. I have posted the question in
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=4334221#post4334221
but got almost no responses there. I think i need to re-post here now that the thread is so long and so old already.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/154059

Thanks and regards from
Tom :)

Hi :)

I heard from UbuntuForums that Ubuntu 10.10 has the drivers built into the kernel and everything set-up nicely. Apparently the 11.04 does too so when i go back to the boat i will try the 11.04 as LiveCd or on a spare partition. Then i get LibreOffice already installed so it's a double-win if not more :)

I really want to split the karma points between Sam and Mark. Both gave good links along with explanations to help me start learning a bit about wireless broadband devices. This meant i could work at a few things myself instead of just waiting & hoping for further responses after giving the requested info.

Many thanks and regards from
Tom :)

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1669429&page=10