Can't figure out how to install drivers

[anotherdrumdude]

Hi! I can't figure out how to get any of my drivers on my computer to work. I'm running Ubuntu. I have it dual booting with Windows. All of my drivers work in there, even my wireless internet. But I can't get anything to work in Ubuntu. Help!

I'm very new to Linux, just installed it today on a whim. I have no idea how to use it yet.

[bigtomrodney]

Generally drivers aren't installed seperately but are instead located in the kernel already. The exception would be proprietary drivers for graphics cards and wireless cards that cannot legally be included.

If your wireless card doesn't have a driver installed, try checking the hardware drivers manager: System > Adminsitration > Hardware Drivers. There may be one ready to install for you there. If not, post back and we'll try to get you up and running.

[anotherdrumdude]

The only thing that shows up is my graphics ATI driver.

But I'm currently locked out of my system. I have another thread trying to figure that one out too.

[towy71]

You don't say what sort of computer you have?
If you manage to get into your system if you type

lspci

into a terminal and post the results back here we might be able to help
There is a handy beginners guide, in a pdf file, here

[anotherdrumdude]

michael@Mikes-Laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 80)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller

[towy71]

ubuntuforums have posted an article about getting you broadcom card to work
HTH

[anotherdrumdude]

It still makes no sense to me. I don't understand how to install ndiswrapper on my computer. I'm used to windows xp where you just double click and install. I don't even know where to find the program in the right package. I have the new version of Ubuntu if that helps.

[towy71]

if you right click on the little computer icon in the system tray(top right hand corner) and there should be a a radio button next to wireless enable <fingers crossed>

[anotherdrumdude]

I tried installing the driver using ndiswrapper and i got this. it still won't work




Log of echo Script version: 0.1.3
Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009

Script version: 0.1.3

Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009
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Log of lspci
Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 80)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller

Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009
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Log of echo /etc/issue MD5 sum: 488ba8a510e1fe983643bf360cdc4656
Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009

/etc/issue MD5 sum: 488ba8a510e1fe983643bf360cdc4656

Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009
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Log of cat /etc/issue
Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009

Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l


Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009
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Log of ps -e
Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009

PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
4 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
5 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
6 ? 00:00:00 events/0
7 ? 00:00:00 khelper
46 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/0
48 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
50 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
51 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
126 ? 00:00:00 cqueue
130 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
171 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
172 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
173 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
215 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
1136 ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
1143 ? 00:00:00 khubd
1172 ? 00:00:00 ata/0
1175 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
1535 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
1536 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
2026 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
2200 ? 00:00:00 udevd
2480 ? 00:00:00 pccardd
2580 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
2702 ? 00:00:00 b43
4475 tty4 00:00:00 getty
4476 tty5 00:00:00 getty
4483 tty2 00:00:00 getty
4484 tty3 00:00:00 getty
4485 tty6 00:00:00 getty
4654 ? 00:00:00 acpid
4696 ? 00:00:00 kondemand/0
4763 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
4812 ? 00:00:00 dd
4814 ? 00:00:00 klogd
4837 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
4859 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4860 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4904 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
4971 ? 00:00:01 hald
4974 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
5037 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
5057 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
5067 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-cpuf
5068 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
5075 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
5120 ? 00:00:00 bluetoothd
5125 ? 00:00:00 btaddconn
5127 ? 00:00:00 btdelconn
5152 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
5175 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
5180 ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
5183 ? 00:00:00 nm-system-setti
5213 ? 00:00:00 gdm
5216 ? 00:00:00 gdm
5220 tty7 00:00:25 Xorg
5251 ? 00:00:00 system-tools-ba
5270 ? 00:00:00 anacron
5286 ? 00:00:00 atd
5314 ? 00:00:00 cron
5386 tty1 00:00:00 getty
5451 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
5462 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag
5588 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
5589 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
5592 ? 00:00:00 pulseaudio
5595 ? 00:00:00 gconf-helper
5597 ? 00:00:01 gconfd-2
5603 ? 00:00:00 seahorse-agent
5605 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
5610 ? 00:00:01 gnome-settings-
5611 ? 00:00:00 compiz
5638 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd
5644 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
5685 ? 00:00:04 compiz.real
5692 ? 00:00:01 gnome-screensav
5718 ? 00:00:00 sh
5719 ? 00:00:00 compiz-decorato
5721 ? 00:00:02 gtk-window-deco
5722 ? 00:00:05 gnome-panel
5723 ? 00:00:08 nautilus
5726 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
5736 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-hal-volume
5738 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
5742 ? 00:00:00 trashapplet
5745 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
5747 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
5752 ? 00:00:00 fast-user-switc
5755 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2
5764 ? 00:00:00 trackerd
5766 ? 00:00:00 evolution-alarm
5770 ? 00:00:00 update-notifier
5775 ? 00:00:00 python
5777 ? 00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
5779 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
5780 ? 00:00:00 tracker-applet
5781 ? 00:00:00 gnome-power-man
5841 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-computer
5870 ? 00:00:00 mount.ntfs-3g
5911 ? 00:00:02 jockey-backend
5961 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
5963 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
6055 ? 00:00:08 soffice.bin
6088 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
6091 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
6140 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
6148 ? 00:00:00 nautilus-autoru
6177 ? 00:00:02 file-roller
6194 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-archive
6226 ? 00:00:00 sh
6227 ? 00:00:00 run-parts
6238 ? 00:00:00 apt
6253 ? 00:00:00 sleep
6281 ? 00:00:01 gnome-terminal
6284 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
6285 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
6309 pts/0 00:00:00 ndiswrapper_set
6349 pts/0 00:00:00 logsave
6350 pts/0 00:00:00 ps

Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009
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Log of echo Neither Ubuntu Dapper (6.06.1), Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) detected, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), nor Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) detected.
Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009

Neither Ubuntu Dapper (6.06.1), Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) detected, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), nor Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) detected.

Thu Jan 29 10:54:30 2009
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

ERROR: Module ndiswrapper does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
----------------
Log of rmmod bcm43xx
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
----------------
Log of echo Gutsy
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

Gutsy

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
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Log of apt-get --assume-yes install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Couldn't find package ndiswrapper-common
apt-get died with exit status 100

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -l
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
----------------
Log of echo You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
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Log of tar -xf drivers-32.tar.gz
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009


Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009
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Log of modprobe ndiswrapper
Thu Jan 29 10:54:41 2009


Thu Jan 29 10:54:42 2009
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Log of iwconfig
Thu Jan 29 10:54:42 2009

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Thu Jan 29 10:54:42 2009
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Log of ifconfig
Thu Jan 29 10:54:42 2009

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:1e:f3:49
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:30448 (30.4 KB) TX bytes:30448 (30.4 KB)


Thu Jan 29 10:54:42 2009
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Log of iwlist scan
Thu Jan 29 10:54:42 2009

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


Thu Jan 29 10:54:42 2009
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Log of echo Script version: 0.1.3
Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009

Script version: 0.1.3

Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009
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Log of lspci
Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 80)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller

Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009
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Log of echo /etc/issue MD5 sum: 488ba8a510e1fe983643bf360cdc4656
Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009

/etc/issue MD5 sum: 488ba8a510e1fe983643bf360cdc4656

Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009
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Log of cat /etc/issue
Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009

Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l


Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009
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Log of ps -e
Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009

PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
4 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
5 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
6 ? 00:00:00 events/0
7 ? 00:00:00 khelper
46 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/0
48 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
50 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
51 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
126 ? 00:00:00 cqueue
130 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
171 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
172 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
173 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
215 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
1136 ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
1143 ? 00:00:00 khubd
1172 ? 00:00:00 ata/0
1175 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
1535 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
1536 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
2026 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
2200 ? 00:00:00 udevd
2480 ? 00:00:00 pccardd
2580 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
2702 ? 00:00:00 b43
4475 tty4 00:00:00 getty
4476 tty5 00:00:00 getty
4483 tty2 00:00:00 getty
4484 tty3 00:00:00 getty
4485 tty6 00:00:00 getty
4654 ? 00:00:00 acpid
4696 ? 00:00:00 kondemand/0
4763 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
4812 ? 00:00:00 dd
4814 ? 00:00:00 klogd
4837 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
4859 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4860 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4904 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
4971 ? 00:00:01 hald
4974 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
5037 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
5057 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
5067 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-cpuf
5068 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
5075 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
5120 ? 00:00:00 bluetoothd
5125 ? 00:00:00 btaddconn
5127 ? 00:00:00 btdelconn
5152 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
5175 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
5180 ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
5183 ? 00:00:00 nm-system-setti
5213 ? 00:00:00 gdm
5216 ? 00:00:00 gdm
5220 tty7 00:00:37 Xorg
5251 ? 00:00:00 system-tools-ba
5270 ? 00:00:00 anacron
5286 ? 00:00:00 atd
5314 ? 00:00:00 cron
5386 tty1 00:00:00 getty
5451 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
5462 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag
5588 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
5589 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
5592 ? 00:00:00 pulseaudio
5595 ? 00:00:00 gconf-helper
5597 ? 00:00:01 gconfd-2
5603 ? 00:00:00 seahorse-agent
5605 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
5610 ? 00:00:01 gnome-settings-
5611 ? 00:00:00 compiz
5638 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd
5644 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
5685 ? 00:00:05 compiz.real
5692 ? 00:00:02 gnome-screensav
5718 ? 00:00:00 sh
5719 ? 00:00:00 compiz-decorato
5721 ? 00:00:03 gtk-window-deco
5722 ? 00:00:07 gnome-panel
5723 ? 00:00:11 nautilus
5726 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
5736 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-hal-volume
5738 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
5742 ? 00:00:00 trashapplet
5745 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
5747 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
5752 ? 00:00:00 fast-user-switc
5755 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2
5764 ? 00:00:00 trackerd
5766 ? 00:00:00 evolution-alarm
5770 ? 00:00:00 update-notifier
5775 ? 00:00:00 python
5777 ? 00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
5779 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
5780 ? 00:00:00 tracker-applet
5781 ? 00:00:00 gnome-power-man
5841 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-computer
5870 ? 00:00:00 mount.ntfs-3g
5911 ? 00:00:02 jockey-backend
5961 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
5963 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
6088 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
6091 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
6140 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
6194 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-archive
6226 ? 00:00:00 sh
6227 ? 00:00:00 run-parts
6238 ? 00:00:00 apt
6253 ? 00:00:00 sleep
6381 ? 00:00:00 ntos_wq
6383 ? 00:00:00 ndis_wq
6384 ? 00:00:00 wrapndis_wq
6514 ? 00:00:00 gnome-terminal
6516 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
6517 pts/0 00:00:00 sh
6518 pts/0 00:00:00 ndiswrapper_set
6538 pts/0 00:00:00 logsave
6539 pts/0 00:00:00 ps

Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009
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Log of echo Neither Ubuntu Dapper (6.06.1), Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) detected, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), nor Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) detected.
Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009

Neither Ubuntu Dapper (6.06.1), Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) detected, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), nor Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) detected.

Thu Jan 29 10:58:08 2009
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Log of rmmod ndiswrapper
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

ERROR: Removing 'ndiswrapper': Operation not permitted
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of rmmod bcm43xx
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of echo Gutsy
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

Gutsy

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of apt-get --assume-yes install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
apt-get died with exit status 100

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -l
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of echo You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of tar -xf drivers-32.tar.gz
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

tar: bcmwl5.sys: Cannot open: File exists
tar: bcmwl5.inf: Cannot open: File exists
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
tar died with exit status 2

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of modprobe ndiswrapper
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009


Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of iwconfig
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of ifconfig
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:1e:f3:49
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:30448 (30.4 KB) TX bytes:30448 (30.4 KB)


Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
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Log of iwlist scan
Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 No scan results


Thu Jan 29 10:58:09 2009
----------------
Log of echo Script version: 0.1.3
Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009

Script version: 0.1.3

Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009
----------------
Log of lspci
Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 81)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80)
00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 80)
00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc SB400 AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
05:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
05:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller

Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009
----------------
Log of echo /etc/issue MD5 sum: 488ba8a510e1fe983643bf360cdc4656
Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009

/etc/issue MD5 sum: 488ba8a510e1fe983643bf360cdc4656

Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009
----------------
Log of cat /etc/issue
Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009

Ubuntu 8.10 \n \l


Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009
----------------
Log of ps -e
Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009

PID TTY TIME CMD
1 ? 00:00:01 init
2 ? 00:00:00 kthreadd
3 ? 00:00:00 migration/0
4 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
5 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0
6 ? 00:00:00 events/0
7 ? 00:00:00 khelper
46 ? 00:00:00 kintegrityd/0
48 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0
50 ? 00:00:00 kacpid
51 ? 00:00:00 kacpi_notify
126 ? 00:00:00 cqueue
130 ? 00:00:00 kseriod
171 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
172 ? 00:00:00 pdflush
173 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0
215 ? 00:00:00 aio/0
1139 ? 00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
1146 ? 00:00:00 khubd
1168 ? 00:00:00 ata/0
1171 ? 00:00:00 ata_aux
1576 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
1577 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
1921 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
1923 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
2048 ? 00:00:00 kjournald
2223 ? 00:00:00 udevd
2472 ? 00:00:00 pccardd
2626 ? 00:00:00 kpsmoused
2697 ? 00:00:00 b43
3874 ? 00:00:00 ntos_wq
3876 ? 00:00:00 ndis_wq
3877 ? 00:00:00 wrapndis_wq
4553 tty4 00:00:00 getty
4554 tty5 00:00:00 getty
4561 tty2 00:00:00 getty
4562 tty3 00:00:00 getty
4563 tty6 00:00:00 getty
4732 ? 00:00:00 acpid
4774 ? 00:00:00 kondemand/0
4841 ? 00:00:00 syslogd
4890 ? 00:00:00 dd
4892 ? 00:00:00 klogd
4915 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
4937 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4938 ? 00:00:00 avahi-daemon
4982 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
5049 ? 00:00:00 hald
5052 ? 00:00:00 console-kit-dae
5115 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner
5135 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-inpu
5147 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-cpuf
5148 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi
5149 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
5158 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor
5203 ? 00:00:00 bluetoothd
5208 ? 00:00:00 btaddconn
5210 ? 00:00:00 btdelconn
5222 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd
5258 ? 00:00:00 NetworkManager
5262 ? 00:00:00 wpa_supplicant
5265 ? 00:00:00 nm-system-setti
5296 ? 00:00:00 gdm
5299 ? 00:00:00 gdm
5303 tty7 00:00:13 Xorg
5334 ? 00:00:00 system-tools-ba
5353 ? 00:00:00 anacron
5369 ? 00:00:00 atd
5397 ? 00:00:00 cron
5469 tty1 00:00:00 getty
5540 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
5552 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag
5686 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch
5687 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon
5690 ? 00:00:00 pulseaudio
5693 ? 00:00:00 gconf-helper
5695 ? 00:00:01 gconfd-2
5701 ? 00:00:00 seahorse-agent
5703 ? 00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
5708 ? 00:00:01 gnome-settings-
5709 ? 00:00:00 compiz
5712 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd
5725 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
5783 ? 00:00:03 compiz.real
5794 ? 00:00:00 gnome-screensav
5795 ? 00:00:00 sh
5796 ? 00:00:00 compiz-decorato
5798 ? 00:00:01 gtk-window-deco
5820 ? 00:00:02 gnome-panel
5821 ? 00:00:03 nautilus
5824 ? 00:00:00 bonobo-activati
5832 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-hal-volume
5834 ? 00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
5837 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-burn
5840 ? 00:00:00 trashapplet
5843 ? 00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
5854 ? 00:00:00 fast-user-switc
5860 ? 00:00:00 mixer_applet2
5890 ? 00:00:00 trackerd
5892 ? 00:00:00 evolution-alarm
5896 ? 00:00:00 update-notifier
5902 ? 00:00:00 python
5903 ? 00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
5905 ? 00:00:00 nm-applet
5906 ? 00:00:00 tracker-applet
5907 ? 00:00:00 gnome-power-man
5962 ? 00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
5965 ? 00:00:00 usb-storage
6034 ? 00:00:08 soffice.bin
6073 ? 00:00:02 jockey-backend
6210 ? 00:00:01 gnome-terminal
6212 ? 00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
6213 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
6234 pts/0 00:00:00 ndiswrapper_set
6274 pts/0 00:00:00 logsave
6275 pts/0 00:00:00 ps

Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009
----------------
Log of echo Neither Ubuntu Dapper (6.06.1), Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) detected, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), nor Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) detected.
Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009

Neither Ubuntu Dapper (6.06.1), Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) detected, Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), nor Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) detected.

Thu Jan 29 11:04:25 2009
----------------
Log of rmmod ndiswrapper
Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009


Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009
----------------
Log of rmmod bcm43xx
Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009

ERROR: Module bcm43xx does not exist in /proc/modules
rmmod died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009
----------------
Log of echo Gutsy
Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009

Gutsy

Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009
----------------
Log of apt-get --assume-yes install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Couldn't find package ndiswrapper-common
apt-get died with exit status 100

Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009
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Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5
Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5a
Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -l
Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 11:04:57 2009
----------------
Log of echo You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...
Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009

You appear to have an i386 system...installing the i386 drivers...

Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009
----------------
Log of tar -xf drivers-32.tar.gz
Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009


Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009
----------------
Log of ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009

ndiswrapper: No such file or directory
ndiswrapper died with exit status 1

Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009
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Log of modprobe ndiswrapper
Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009


Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009
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Log of iwconfig
Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

pan0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009
----------------
Log of ifconfig
Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:1e:f3:49
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:30448 (30.4 KB) TX bytes:30448 (30.4 KB)


Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009
----------------
Log of iwlist scan
Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.


Thu Jan 29 11:04:58 2009
----------------

[kr0nik]

i just posted this on someone elses wireless problems:

update with: sudo update-manager -d
install ndiswrapper. Find the native windows drivers for your wireless card. in my case i had to use netgears wn311t. When they were extracted i would get netmw14x.inf (the driver).
find out what the device number is (forget what its called exatly) but it will be ####:#### (it will have letters) so do a "lspci -nn" minus the quotes.
it will show a list of stuff with network devices and such, Find your wireless adaptor and on the line with it it will have something like:
00:04.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet [1039:0900] (rev 91)

Im not booted into linux so im ssh'd into my shell. but your wireless card will show something like that. note down the numbers nad letters inside the [####:####]

"sudo ndiswrapper -i driver.inf" (/etc/ndiswrapper will create a folder named "netmw14x" inside it. make sure you are in the directory with the driver file. and dont forget the .inf part).

"sudo ndiswrapper -a 11ab:2a08 netmw14x" (lspci -nn will show device ids. with different versions of ndiswrapper it might be -d. but do sudo ndiswrapper -a or -d depending on your version. "ndiswrapper -a ####:#### driver" notice the driver on this one doesnt have the .inf part )

"sudo ndiswrapper -l" will now say the device is present and it can be configured normally.

after that you'll want to edit your network manager so you can use it with the wireless adaptor. so do

sudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf
under [ifupdown], change managed=true

after youll want to add your alias with ndiswrapper so

"sudo ndiswrapper -m"

next youll want to make the module dependencies (its like a makefile) so do:

"sudo depmod -a"

and then youll want to load the modules so it will work:

"sudo modprobe ndiswrapper"


an overview of commands

1. sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common
2. sudo ndiswrapper -i driver.inf
3. lspci -nn (note down the device id)
4. sudo ndiswrapper -a ####:#### driver
5. sudo ndiswrapper -m
6. sudo gedit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf (change managed to true)
7. sudo depmod -a
8. sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
9. sudo ifup wlan0

and your wireless should show up in the network manager

[edit] atleast thats all waht worked for me. i tried for months to get wireless to work and it wouldnt. the only thing i didnt do was change the managed to true which made it work. an easier way to install the driver though is using ndisgtk so you dont have to go through all the hassle of running commands. as it says ndisgtk gimp toolkit so its for x instead of a command line