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urgent ... please help ubuntu is hosed..
help... ubuntu won't recognize my nic card or connect to the internet. its supposed to be a wifi card but it won't recognize wifi either.
all I have is ' edit connections' and that is no help.
I need to make this hardware work. what can I do?
all I have is ' edit connections' and that is no help.
I need to make this hardware work. what can I do?
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sweeffa2... The first thing It says is to run: sudo apt-get
That requires an internet connection and I that's not working.
That requires an internet connection and I that's not working.
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If you have your Ubuntu CD, run it as a 'Linux Live' (no install) and see if it connects thru your NIC.
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sweetfa2, Yes, I am on a different computer to post this message. Sitting next to me is the problem ubutnu machine. Just downloaded: ndiswrapper-common_1.50-1u buntu1_all .deb and moved it over onto a thumb drive. How do I install the package onto the ubuntu machine? beginner here step-by-step please.
Dave, If I run UbuntuCD as 'Linux Live' it does not detect my my wireless NIC.
Thanks, I hope I can work through it....
Dave, If I run UbuntuCD as 'Linux Live' it does not detect my my wireless NIC.
Thanks, I hope I can work through it....
Follow the link on how to install in my previous post.
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Ok, I still cannot get a wifi signal. On the wifi menu at the top of the screen it still says under wireless networks: device not ready (firmware missing)
Here's what I did: I installed packages:
For 11.04 Natty Narwhal:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/misc/ndiswrapper-common
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/misc/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/net/ndisgtk
Then I did
echo -e "blacklist bcm43xx\nblacklist b43\nblacklist b43legacy\nblacklist ssb" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist. conf
But still no joy... :( Am I on the right path? What next?
Here's what I did: I installed packages:
For 11.04 Natty Narwhal:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/misc/ndiswrapper-common
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/misc/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/net/ndisgtk
Then I did
echo -e "blacklist bcm43xx\nblacklist b43\nblacklist b43legacy\nblacklist ssb" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.
But still no joy... :( Am I on the right path? What next?
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Ok... Here is the output to my lspci commands.
lspci.txt
lspci.txt
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Ok... I think we're talking about this number in column 3 of lspci -n: "14e4:4320"
Which is in section 3.2.1. PCI Wireless Adapter of sweetfa2's link.
Then I went to Admin > Wireless network Drivers. And it wants an inf file.
I'm struggling with the next part because it wants a windows 'inf' file and I don't have any windows CDs or windows on that machine. Which is why I've gone to ubuntu.
Can I download this inf somewhere?
Which is in section 3.2.1. PCI Wireless Adapter of sweetfa2's link.
Then I went to Admin > Wireless network Drivers. And it wants an inf file.
I'm struggling with the next part because it wants a windows 'inf' file and I don't have any windows CDs or windows on that machine. Which is why I've gone to ubuntu.
Can I download this inf somewhere?
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says: etho: unavailable
wifi: unavailable
There is a wifi router right next to me and and I'm also wired into it. WTF??!!
How can I force this to work?