presence06 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Okay, I decided to try Ubuntu for the first time, got it up and running works online but only wired. I've done some research and tried a few things to try and get my wireless card to work with in ubuntu but no avail. I have according to the terminal lspci -nn command an :: Atheros AR5006EG [ 168c:001c] card. I have dnloaded the madwifi and unzipped it but I don't know how to install it and actually get it to work. IF anyone could please walk me through it, I've tried looking on the ubuntu forums but nothing seems to work or I'm doing something wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 3, 2008 Does it install if you open a terminal and do a sudo apt-get install madwifi-tools ? I've never used madwifi, but it seems that using the built-in package manager would be better than trying to install it yourself manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 well I did that command and it went through the process but there's still no wireless option in network settings.. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S7un7 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I use svn for madwifi so I can get nightly builds in Fedora. I'm not sure if you still have to modify modprobe.conf if you install using apt-get. That did fix my problem with the card not showing up in the network manager when I downloaded it via svn. The following may help. http://www.stchman.com/ath_drv.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 alright, I went through this entire thing two times and both have errors, the last few steps and the last one when you test it, comes up with couldn't open modules and FATAL ...hopeless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 holy crap lol I finally got it. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=6...theros+ar5006eg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 3, 2008 woot! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Thank you sir for your help. now I need to learn how to do things with in Ubuntu lol. do you recommend any guides that are really good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 3, 2008 Basics: Use synaptic (your package manager) to install apps, if at all possible. It will help you keep everything on your computer up to date as patches and improvements come out. Synaptic is like a huge supermarket of software of all types. (Y) If your Ubuntu install hasn't already prompted you (and you have an nVidia or ATI card), install the "restricted" (proprietary) drivers from the manufacturer to get full 3D acceleration. Then, once that is done, test drive your application installing skills by installing "celestia" using synaptic. That is one app that I just enjoy playing with. Any other questions, feel free to ask the *nix forums here :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Basics: Use synaptic (your package manager) to install apps, if at all possible. It will help you keep everything on your computer up to date as patches and improvements come out. Synaptic is like a huge supermarket of software of all types. (Y)If your Ubuntu install hasn't already prompted you (and you have an nVidia or ATI card), install the "restricted" (proprietary) drivers from the manufacturer to get full 3D acceleration. Then, once that is done, test drive your application installing skills by installing "celestia" using synaptic. That is one app that I just enjoy playing with. Any other questions, feel free to ask the *nix forums here :) If you like Celestia then you'll love Stellarium. (0.91) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 3, 2008 If you like Celestia then you'll love Stellarium. (0.91) :) I already have that installed. Both of them are also on my "kid login" desktop on my *nix box. (along with UT2004, Doom3Demo and a few of the open source games they like to play) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presence06 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 INstalled both, very cool guys thanks. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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