gOS Wireless internet help...

[Neodude1123201]

Right,So i REALLY like gOS (It's Based upon Ubuntu 8.04) im using the latest version.

Now i have tried both Mad wifi and ndiswrapper but cant get my wifi to work even though ndiswrapper says that the hardware is present...

The Wifi card is an Atheros 5007EG,It on my laptop.

 

[wmorri]

Hi,

I would recommend that you have a look at this. It looks like it will help you. If you have a problem with any of the steps then just let me know and I can figure out why, the best I can.

Cheers!

 

[Neodude1123201]

I Went through that guide and nothing has changed,i also tried ndiswrapper and it says that the hardware is present but it still wont work.

No Error messages,no nothing.

It just wont appear as an interface.

 

[wmorri]

Hi,

Neodude, I have racked by brain for the last few days and gone through an number of google searches and I have to admit defeat for now. I thought that I could find the answers for just about any linux question but I guess not.

Sorry for not having the answer, I will keep trying to work on this for you.

Cheers!

 

[Neodude1123201]

Thanks for trying

i have gotten it to work before on suse so i should be able to get it to work on this.

 

[wmorri]

Hi,

That sounds like a plan. You might even want to try Ubuntu. I think that since gOS is an off-shoot of Ubuntu but doesn't use the same repos as far as I know then you might have problems with it. Plus there isn't that much support of gOS as far as I could tell.

Cheers!

 

[Neodude1123201]

Well Im going to try Ubuntu 8.10 Once i get back home from holidays,i'll post an update if if works.

 

[wmorri]

Hi,

Ok. I think that it will. My guess as I stated above is that there just isn't a lot of support of gOS yet.

Cheers!

 

[Neodude1123201]

Update,I Have tried:

Ubuntu 8.10
Kubuntu 8.10
Mandriva 2009
Linux Mint - Felicia
Fedora 10
openSUSE 11

And Fedora was the only Linux distros that my card worked in straight out of the box.

Update No.2:

I Didnt like kubuntu so im back to ubuntu and im must say it's so much better than 7.10 LOL.

Everything works great but my pesky Atheros 5007EG Card just *WONT* Budge!

I Have tried the Drivers ( Yes i have activating them),then ndiswrapper and now im going to try mad-wifi,

w00t! Update No.3!:

By Following the seconds part of THIS Guide,

Method 2
if you are on Intrepid and still cannot use wifi with an Atheros card , you need to do two things, 1) install linux-backport-modules and 2) blacklist ath_pci and ath_hal.
To install the backport modules, just search for it on Synaptic or use apt-get or aptitude, it's called linux-backports-modules-intrepid. Then on System/Administration/Hardware Drivers make sure Atheros driver is activated.

sudo aptitude install linux-backports-modules-intrepid
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To blacklist the old modules, do this:

gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
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And add the following lines At the bottom of the file save and exit

blacklist ath_hal
blacklist ath_pci
​

Now you need to reboot your system.
IF after this steps you still cannot make it work, you probably have something left still blacklisting ath5k, thus making it not to load. You should search all the files on /etc/modprobe.d for all lines that had:
blacklist ath5k
And add a # before the start of the line, thus making it into a comment so the above one becomes

# blacklist ath5k
​

My Wifi is working *PERFECTLY*!

Thanks wmorri for trying anyway

 

[wmorri]

Hi,

Well I am glad that you were able to fix the problem yourself. That is all part of what the linux experience is about.

Cheers!