keysteele Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I installed Ubuntu 12.10 via wubi on my Win8 laptop, when I plug in my ethernet cable nothing happens, wifi works tho. Is it a driver issue? and if it is where can I get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted October 21, 2012 Veteran Share Posted October 21, 2012 what card is in the laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.bin Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 You're on the money! What make/model is your laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysteele Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 I have a Lenovo Ideapad P580...and it has a Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvini Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 The driver is very new and isn't yet in the stable kernel. However, you can install the driver according to these instructions: sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r` wget -O- http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-pc.tar.bz2 | tar -xj cd compat-wireless-2012-07-03-pc ./scripts/driver-select alx make sudo make install Then reboot or sudo modprobe alx. I haven't tested them myself, so I'm not entirely sure if they'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysteele Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 The driver is very new and isn't yet in the stable kernel. However, you can install the driver according to these instructions: sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-`uname -r` wget -O- http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-pc.tar.bz2 | tar -xj cd compat-wireless-2012-07-03-pc ./scripts/driver-select alx make sudo make install Then reboot or sudo modprobe alx. I haven't tested them myself, so I'm not entirely sure if they'll work. Oh thats why.... ok I'll try that and see what happens....and report back, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysteele Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Thanks it worked!! Now I need to get my skype to work, damn thing wont install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvini Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Thanks it worked!! Now I need to get my skype to work, damn thing wont install. Are you installing the package from the Ubuntu Software Centre or from the Skype website? The latter is usually more up-to-date. I believe it can be installed from the partner repository: sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysteele Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Are you installing the package from the Ubuntu Software Centre or from the Skype website? The latter is usually more up-to-date. I believe it can be installed from the partner repository: sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype This is what I got when I tried to install it..... The following packages have unmet dependencies: skype : Depends: skype-bin but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. and when i install from skype.com it tells me this" lib32stdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21) but 4.7.2-2ubuntu1 is installed Depends: ia32-libs but it is not installed Depends: lib32gcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21+ia32.libs.1.19) but 1:4.7.2-2ubuntu1 is installed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted October 22, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted October 22, 2012 most likely just need to wait for the next skype update dependencies break like that every now and then with new versions of linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvini Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 when i install from skype.com it tells me this" lib32stdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21) but 4.7.2-2ubuntu1 is installed Depends: ia32-libs but it is not installed Depends: lib32gcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21+ia32.libs.1.19) but 1:4.7.2-2ubuntu1 is installed" It sounds like you're using a 64bit Ubuntu install, but downloaded the 32bit version of skype. It's possible to install 32bit programs on 64bit Ubuntu, it's just that you'd have to install all the multilib stuff first. It's easier to just download the 64bit version of skype. It might also be worth running a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade to ensure you're running the latest software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysteele Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 It sounds like you're using a 64bit Ubuntu install, but downloaded the 32bit version of skype. It's possible to install 32bit programs on 64bit Ubuntu, it's just that you'd have to install all the multilib stuff first. It's easier to just download the 64bit version of skype. It might also be worth running a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade to ensure you're running the latest software. I'm running the latest software, but its still not working and I went to the link you posted and its still the same thing it takes me to the 64-bit version anyways. Doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b10h4z4rd Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 It might be worth it to run sudo apt-get autoclean[/CODE] to get rid of any partial packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysteele Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 that didn't help either, thanks though...it keeps telling me that I don't have "package ia-32libs" installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted October 26, 2012 Veteran Share Posted October 26, 2012 try apt-get install ia32-libs[/CODE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Spork) Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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