This is a compilation of my previous posts regarding this on other forums.
I've been scratching my head for a few days, now.
So far this has been a wild ride. Hours so far of searching various forums, scavenging google, and reinstalling a few times have brought me here. I still have a ways to go, too, but at least I've made a little progress.
My two main concerns for right now are as follows:
Atheros AR5009 wlan NIC
nVidia GeForce 8200m
To begin with, I installed the AMD64 version. Installed and booted fine, but wlan would not work at all. The physical wireless button up top was stuck on orange and would not budge to blue. Also, the disabled nvidia device driver, when enabled, fails to download. I did a little research and gave up early because I know 64bit still sucks.
So I reverted back to x86. Wlan still was a lost cause on install, but the nvidia restricted driver actually downloaded and installed. Rebooted the computer aaaaand black screen. Seems the driver didn't take. I'm still pretty new to linux and haven't used it for a few years, so my fix for that was a clean reinstall.
I scavenged my search options. I found the solution to my video driver issues, though not completely. At least now I have my full 1280x800 resolution display. Link:
http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
The only issue I'm having with that involves display artifacts when the framerate gets too high. For example, scrolling down a webpage quickly. A minor annoyance with general computer use, but open up a game and it would be a nightmare I'd imagine.
As for wlan? Well, I tried a couple things. First, what didn't work. Then, as of right now, what only works halfway.
This didn't work:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=865971
Following those instructions did nothing for me, despite everyone's success. However, I'm not surprised as not all devices behave alike. With the install of the madwifi drivers, nothing happened. My NIC still wasn't being picked up by the network manager.
Second method I found involved the mac atheros drivers compiled into a debian package. Link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...62&postcount=3
This method got ubuntu to realize my wlan NIC exists. The button is blue up top as if everything is honkey dory. Just one problem, though. It can't pick up any wireless networks, it's borked. I tried through the GUI and through "sudo iwlist scan." Nada. When I try to connect to my wireless network manually with the correct settings, it just hangs.
One last thing, too. I haven't investigated much into it yet, but, the sound is scratchy and intolerable.
My chipset is nForce, not sure which revision.
That's where I am, now. If anyone has had any similar issues or experiences, or if anyone has found some solutions, please share them here. I would definitely appreciate it.
Second post:
I was able to find out more specific chipset information.
nForce MCP77MV is the northbridge. There really isn't a lot of information about this chipset, yet.
I hear there's troubles with nForce chipsets in general. Any ideas?
And third:
I just gave ndiswrapper an honest shot, using the original driver from HP for my wireless card.
Source:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...747533&lang=en
It's further down the page;
Atheros Wireless LAN Driver 06-2008 2.00 B » Version: 20.64M
I extracted the package w/ cabextract:
Code:
athrext.cat athrx.sys data2.cab netathr.inf setup.exe setup.iss
athrextx.cat data1.cab ISSetup.dll netathrx.inf setup.ini SP39403.cva
athr.sys data1.hdr layout.bin _Setup.dll setup.inx
I got these two files for use:
netathr.inf
athr.sys
ndiswrapper gladly took these and convincingly said, "Okay, sir! You're good to go!"
...
Restart the system, no go. Next I try:
sudo gedit /etc/modules
added "ndiswrapper" on its own line.
I assume this is somewhat similar to Run in the registry or somesuch.
Restarted the system, nada.
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper doesn't show or tell me anything.
"ndiswrapper -l" returns:
Code:
netathr : driver installed
device (168C:002A) present
Yet iwconfig only returns lo and eth0.
sudo ndiswrapper -m:
Code:
module configuration already contains alias directive
module configuration already contains alias directive
module configuration already contains alias directive
module configuration already contains alias directive
module configuration already contains alias directive
module configuration already contains alias directive
module configuration already contains alias directive
module configuration already contains alias directive
Sorry, there's a lot of information, here. But I'm still lost, haha. I'm always willing to try, though. Thanks for any help.
