Drivers for Wireless Cards
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| Hi everyone, Recently the hard drive on my laptop malfunctioned and I lost everything. Upon replacing a new one, I felt the completely black hardrive was a perfect opprotunity to install Linux... I mapped out what I need the computer for and what programs I need. The installation went fine, but I can't connect to the wireless LAN I have, and the wireless card light (which is blue when it is working) is red, so it is disabled. Figuring it was a driver problem, I went to the HP site, but HP does not support Linux and have no drivers available. The Xubuntu site is more like a maze than a helpful resource. So, feeling sunk, I come to the Blitz community as I did last time when I felt sunk (and had great success) to ask if anyone knows where I can find a wireless card driver. I have an HP Pavillion dv6000 and the newest edition of Xubuntu (I think) Thanks for everyones help, Sauer |
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| Using the lspci command in the terminal shows that the ethernet and network controller are both unknown devices. I don't have a disk of drivers with my computer, and all the links on the Ubuntu site are broken, so I'm not really sure where to go from here. Perhaps I should look into getting a copy of Windows XP... |
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| This seems to be what you need, it seems to cover the range: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=769990&highlight=HP+Pavillion+dv6000+wireless Depending on the make, wireless cards can be a pain in the arse. I which they would adopt a standard like the normal 10/100 cards have. Until they do its a game of hit and miss. TBH i have not had any problems myself on my 6 various laptops (2 are HP) but it does seem to be one of the most prominent moans about using linux. Dont give up!! |
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| On step one when you're supposed to download the drivers I get a 404 error. I would look for the drivers myself but I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for. Thanks for the link though, as soon as I get these drivers I'll try making it through all the steps. |
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| Ok well I found another solution, and that was just to not use wireless. I discovered my dorm comes with data jacks in the wall, so I just plugged it in and worked instantly, no trouble at all. So, if I end up needing wireless for some reason (don't think I will) I'll try to do this but until then I'll just make it on a wired connection. Thanks to everyone, Sauer |
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| Ok, try this one: http://penkin.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/ubuntu-804-broadcom-wireless/ |
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| Ok so this is unrelated to my wireless card question, but rather than start the million threads I'll probably need while I am learning linux, I'll just ask here... I have trouble installing everything. Recently I installed a java plugin for firefox, but I can't seem to configure it correctly. I'm working off this site : http://www.java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#100. They want me to create a symbolic link, but it always gives me a broken link. I'm not really sure what to do at this point. |
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| Sadly, that page you linked to is way, way out of date and won't work. Refer to: http://ubuntusite.com/how-to-make-java-plugin-work-in-firefox-kubuntu-hardy-hero/ http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=829319 http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-366104.html Edit: just to clarify, I have the latest Ubuntu hardy and with no Java stuff installed all I needed to do to get Java working in Firefox 3 was to install the sun-java6-plugin from the package manager. |
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| Hey, thanks markcw, the third link worked beautifully. Now I'm wondering why the Java website directed me to the page I was using, kind of disturbing. |
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| It's entirely up to the Linux distro to tell you how to install Java today, I suppose they only maintain Java-specific docs now. Out of curiosity, did you try out that last wireless link I posted? |
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| No I'm sticking to wired connection at the moment. Why do you ask? I can try it if you want me to, since today I got both Java and my digital camera working (a great triumph for me). EDIT- Ok I just tried the last link you supplied for the wireless, and installation seemingly went well, but on rebooting my computer the light is still red. hmmm... |
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| Just curious if you tried it and it didn't work, it looks like a much better howto than the previous one I posted. I remember reading somewhere that it may work after a second reboot. |
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| Just found this link yesterday. (It seems to work with Atheros chipset, and I dont' know what are you using...) I've not time to test IF and HOW it works, maybe it's the final solution (and it should be included in Ubuntu 8.10...) |
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| What's wrong with NdisWrapper+XP drivers? if you have to? |
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| Hi everyone, I just wanted to report that Ubuntu 8.10 (Ipex) supports the cards and works right out of the box. Now if I can just figure out how to get connected to my LAN I'll be set. |
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