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Re: Wireless problem in Gusty Gibbon running AR5007EG

Postby damagedspline » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:07 pm

ViPeR wrote:Hi I followed your steps in running the script religiously but as I run the script in "hangs" here...

System startup links for /etc/init.d/fsca16xx.sh already exist.

Above is where it stops and nothing happens...I do not have ndiswrapper installed.
I'm very new to Linux and am still learning so bear with me please


It seems that you had run setup more then once.

Please run
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sudo /etc/init.d/fsca16xx.sh remove

and then
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sudo ./fsca16xx.sh setup

Note: you must have an internet access for the script to work.
If you do have internet access and the script still hangs, try to install ndiswrapper manually by running:
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndiswrapper-common

then
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sudo ./fsca16xx.sh setup
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Doesn't work

Postby kasketten » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:13 pm

Hi,

It doesn't work with the remove, when i try to setup again, the same error came.

...
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Re: Doesn't work

Postby damagedspline » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:34 pm

kasketten wrote:Hi,

It doesn't work with the remove, when i try to setup again, the same error came.

...


I reviewed your earlier posts and I have some questions on your laptops current state:
1) does the wireless button activate/deactivate the wireless led upon press?
2) if you run:
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ndiswrapper -l

does the result mention that device is present?
3) if you run:
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lspci |grep -i atheros

does it return an answer?
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...

Postby kasketten » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:54 pm

1. Yes, the lamp, and the popup says activated and deactivated.

I removed the file from my /home/kasketten/ folder, and tried to run the script again:

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kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ sudo ./fsca16xx.sh remove
[: 439: missing ]
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/fsca16xx.sh ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K20fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc1.d/K20fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc2.d/S20fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc3.d/S20fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc4.d/S20fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc5.d/S20fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc6.d/K20fsca16xx.sh
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ wget http://fscamiloa16xx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fsca16xx.sh
--22:51:57--  http://fscamiloa16xx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fsca16xx.sh
           => `fsca16xx.sh'
Løser fscamiloa16xx.googlecode.com... 72.14.203.82
Connecting to fscamiloa16xx.googlecode.com|72.14.203.82|:80... forbundet.
HTTP forespørgsel sendt, afventer svar... 200 OK
Længde: uspecificeret [text/plain]

    [  <=>                                ] 17.682        50.73K/s             

22:51:58 (50.55 KB/s) - `fsca16xx.sh' saved [17682]

kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ chmod 755 fsca16xx.sh
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ sudo ./fsca16xx.sh setup
[: 439: missing ]
Welcome to the Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo A16xx automated patch for Ubuntu Gutsy

This script will enable some of the laptop features such as the Special buttons:
Wireless, Browser and Fancy Fan

 Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/fsca16xx.sh ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K20fsca16xx.sh -> ../init.d/fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc1.d/K20fsca16xx.sh -> ../init.d/fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc6.d/K20fsca16xx.sh -> ../init.d/fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc2.d/S20fsca16xx.sh -> ../init.d/fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc3.d/S20fsca16xx.sh -> ../init.d/fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc4.d/S20fsca16xx.sh -> ../init.d/fsca16xx.sh
   /etc/rc5.d/S20fsca16xx.sh -> ../init.d/fsca16xx.sh
Downloading additional files required by setup
Setting all features to auto-activate on startup
Adding kernel support for Special Buttons
Warning: Unknown Atheros chipset - replacing native wireless driver
Blacklisting some modules
Loading kernel modules for Special Buttons
Done. Please logout and relogin in order to start using the hotkeys.
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ lspci |grep -i atheros02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ ndiswrapper -l net5211 : driver installed
        device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)


fail 439, same fail as ViPeR
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AR5007EG not working in ubuntu gutsy gibbon

Postby ViPeR » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:15 pm

I ran ndiswrapper -l
and got this:
coenie@coenie-laptop:~$ ndiswrapper -lnet5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)
coenie@coenie-laptop:~$

Then I ran lspci |grep -i atheros
and got this:
coenie@coenie-laptop:~$ lspci |grep -i atheros
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Now when I run sudo ./fsca16xx.sh setup it says done, please log off and log in again to use the button...

But what about my wi-fi...it's not even detected in my network tools...Only detect my realtek wired network eth0 and loopback interface...

What can I do to make Ubuntu see my wireless in the network manager...or is it not working properly???
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Linux Mint?

Postby kasketten » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:34 pm

I was thinking, is Linux Mint better than Ubuntu? And will my Li 1718 work better on Mint?

And i was looking a little bit around, and can't i use the virtual functions at the desktop?
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Re: AR5007EG not working in ubuntu gutsy gibbon

Postby damagedspline » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:21 am

ViPeR wrote:But what about my wi-fi...it's not even detected in my network tools...Only detect my realtek wired network eth0 and loopback interface...

What can I do to make Ubuntu see my wireless in the network manager...or is it not working properly???


If you run
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lsmod | grep ndiswrapper


Does it show something like:
ndiswrapper 185240 0
usbcore 138632 4 ndiswrapper,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd

?
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Re: Linux Mint?

Postby damagedspline » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:26 am

kasketten wrote:I was thinking, is Linux Mint better than Ubuntu? And will my Li 1718 work better on Mint?

And i was looking a little bit around, and can't i use the virtual functions at the desktop?


Mint is based on Ubuntu with the difference of packages used by default.

what virtual functions?
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5007eg not working

Postby ViPeR » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:23 am

I typed in lsmod | grep ndiswrapper but nothing happened...

I have the latest ndiswrapper installed, I installed the net5122.inf and in the beginning ndiswrapper said it can't say if my hardware is present... I got a link on an ubuntu forum showing me how to force remove all the ndiswrapper drivers. I did that and restarted.
I then loaded the net5122.inf driver again and it now gives no problems...
When I open the "Windows Wireless Drivers" tab I can see the installed net5122.inf driver, and just underneath that it says "hardware present: yes"

When I go to device manager it shows this:
RS480 PCI BRIDGE
AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Adaptor


But I have an AR5007EG Wireless Card...

Is there any codes I can type in to chech if my wireless is present and working - maybe blacklisted so the system istn't picking it up?

In the whole beginning when I first started fiddling I loaded ndiswrapper and the driver and the network tools manager picked it up and I could select and configure my wireless... but I couldn't browse available networks or connect manually to one...

Hope you have some ideas? - thank you so much for your help so far.
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Postby kasketten » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:38 pm

Hi, when i try
lsmod | grep ndiswrapper

it doesn't show anything here.


The virtual functions is, them you can activate on your desktop, so there is 3d effects.
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AR5007EG not working in ubuntu gutsy gibbon

Postby ViPeR » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:04 pm

I have been looking around in the net on how others have gotten ndiswrappe to work and for their network manager to pick up their Atheros AR5007EG wireless card...

when I type in: rmmod ath_pci

and I got this: ERROR: Module ath_pci does not exist in /proc/modules


Could this be the cause of all my problems?
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Re: AR5007EG not working in ubuntu gutsy gibbon

Postby damagedspline » Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:15 pm

Viper & kasketten:
please run (assuming that the script is installed):
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sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
sudo killall NetworkManager
sudo NetworkManager


Did this help you?
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Postby kasketten » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:00 pm

Nothing happens:

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kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ sudo killall NetworkManager
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ sudo NetworkManager
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$ sudo NetworkManager
kasketten@kasketten-laptop:~$
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Postby kuoso » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:27 pm

After installing the script, I can get the buttons to work - wireless activates/deactivates, browser opens - don't know whether the fan button works; it just brings up a message that says it has been activated each time, whether or not it is supposed to be active or inactive. But my problem is that the wireless does not show up in NetworkManager. I have tried the steps you have suggested in the previous post, no luck. I also tried $ ifconfig - and there is no mention of a wireless network interface there (just eth0 (my wired connection) and lo (the loopback connection)).

EDIT. Fixed wireless problem, turns out the old driver hadn't been blacklisted for some reason. The following problems remain though:

Also, is there any way of customising the browser button so it loads a different page, rather than just my home directory.

As for install hanging, it's because it will ask to insert the CD. If you remove the > /dev/null from all lines calling apt-get, it will work.

Finally, I know this isn't really the right thread for this but might as well ask anyway; when booting, the Ubuntu logo and progress bar is not displayed; the screen is totally blank. The same thing happens when shutting down. If I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get a terminal, the text is stretched horizontally and in a large font. Any ideas about these?

Thanks.
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Postby kasketten » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:06 pm

Hi,

after the reinstall of ubuntu, i can't get the hotkeys to work anymore :(

It's getting more and more weird...
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