how can I get work my wireless lan on my hp dv5-1130eg?

[powell7]

Hi!
Could you help me to get work my wireless lan on my laptop. I am really desperate because I tried a lot. Please help me!

thank you

I entered this in the terminal: maybe you could help me with this information

paul@paul-laptop:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge [1022:9600]
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0) [1022:9603]
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1022:9604]
00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1022:9605]
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1022:9606]
00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) [1022:9609]
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
00:12.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
00:12.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398]
00:12.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
00:13.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
00:13.1 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI1 Controller [1002:4398]
00:13.2 USB Controller [0c03]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface [0101]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller [1002:439c]
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia [1002:4383]
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller [1002:439d]
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1300] (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Address Map [1022:1301]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h DRAM Controller [1022:1302]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Miscellaneous Control [1022:1303]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Link Control [1022:1304]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Mobilitiy Radeon HD 3400 Series [1002:95c4]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: ATI Technologies Inc RV620 Audio device [Radeon HD 34xx Series] [1002:aa28]
08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. Unknown device [168c:002a] (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 02)
paul@paul-laptop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Atheros Communications Inc.
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:23:8b:0e:31:43
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.2LK ip=192.168.1.33 latency=0 module=r8169 multicast=yes
paul@paul-laptop:~$

[waterhead]

You have an Atheros wireless. Ubuntu has the Atheros driver as part of the linux-restricted-modules package. You can install it with apt:

sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`

Just copy and past that command into a terminal window, then reboot.

[powell7]

I entered it in the terminal :

paul@paul-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-23-generic is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic g++-4.2 g++ libtimedate-perl dpkg-dev
libstdc++6-4.2-dev patch linux-headers-2.6.24-19
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
paul@paul-laptop:~$

[waterhead]

Please post the output of this command. It will give all of the modules (aka: drivers) that are loaded on your system.

lsmod

[D-cat]

This is one of those Atheros cards that use the ath9k module.

ath9k - Linux Wireless

You might need to install wireless-compat.
or go with this guy who made a script for it:
Ubuntu Forums - View Single Post - [all variants] ath9k

[waterhead]

If you install the open source drivers from the compat-wireless package, then you will have to re-install it after every kernel upgrade. Not a real big deal for me, but a newbie may not like it.

If you use the Madwifi driver from the repository package, then it will automatically update the driver when the kernel gets updated. That driver may already be loading, that is why I asked for the lsmod output. It is also possible that this wireless is not covered by the stock Madwifi driver. In that case, the compat-wireless package would be the best option.

I sure wish that Ubuntu would just enable the open source drivers, it would make things a lot easier. I use Fedora, and all of the open source drivers are compiled into the kernel as modules.

[powell7]

I entered this in my terminal:

paul@paul-laptop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
af_packet 23812 2
hci_usb 16540 0
ipv6 267908 10
binfmt_misc 12808 1
rfcomm 41744 2
l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm
bluetooth 61028 5 hci_usb,rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10372 0
cpufreq_stats 7104 0
cpufreq_conservative 8712 0
cpufreq_userspace 5284 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9740 0
freq_table 5536 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
dock 11280 0
container 5632 0
sbs 15112 0
sbshc 7680 1 sbs
iptable_filter 3840 0
ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter
x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables
sbp2 24072 0
ieee1394 93752 1 sbp2
parport_pc 36260 0
lp 12324 0
parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
joydev 13120 0
serio_raw 7940 0
psmouse 40336 0
evdev 13056 8
snd_seq_dummy 4868 0
snd_seq_oss 35584 0
snd_hda_intel 346136 3
snd_seq_midi 9376 0
pcspkr 4224 0
uvcvideo 58116 0
snd_pcm_oss 42144 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
compat_ioctl32 2304 1 uvcvideo
videodev 29440 1 uvcvideo
snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
v4l1_compat 15492 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_common 18304 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 56996 17 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_os s,snd_mixer_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_ seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
i2c_piix4 9612 0
i2c_core 24832 1 i2c_piix4
soundcore 8800 1 snd
fglrx 1555468 27
agpgart 34760 1 fglrx
wmi_acer 9644 0
video 19856 0
output 4736 1 video
button 9232 0
battery 14212 0
ac 6916 0
shpchp 34452 0
pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp
ext3 136840 1
jbd 48404 1 ext3
mbcache 9600 1 ext3
atiixp 5648 0 [permanent]
ide_core 113996 1 atiixp
pata_atiixp 8960 0
pata_acpi 8320 0
sg 36880 0
sr_mod 17956 0
cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 30720 3
ata_generic 8324 0
ehci_hcd 37900 0
ohci_hcd 26640 0
usbcore 146412 5 hci_usb,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ahci 28548 2
r8169 33156 0
libata 159600 4 pata_atiixp,pata_acpi,ata_generic,ahci
scsi_mod 151436 5 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
thermal 16796 0
processor 36488 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42912 0
tileblit 3456 1 fbcon
font 9472 1 fbcon
bitblit 6784 1 fbcon
softcursor 3072 1 bitblit
fuse 50708 3

thank you for your quick response

yeah you are right. I don´t know lots of things in Ubuntu. I am only 16 and I try learning by doing. normally my dad helps me with this problems but I am in Dublin on my own to learn English . So I thought I ask the clever guys in the forums.

paul

[waterhead]

You have a good name. I take it that Paul is the Anglicized version of Powell.

Your wireless should be able to work, since you have the correct package installed. There is one way that may just work. Look in the menu(s) for something called "Hardware Manager" or "Hardware Drivers Manager". There should be an entry for the Atheros or Madwifi wireless. You need to put a check in the "Enable" box, and let it "install" the driver.

You may need to reboot after that. Then try to connect to a wireless network using NetworkManager. it can be accessed using the icon found next to the Date/Time in the taskbar.

[powell7]

When I go into "Hardware Drivers" I can only see the ATI accelerated graphics driver which is in use. There are no other other drivers which I can enable.

[waterhead]

Then you will need to follow D-cat's post above, and install the compat-wireless driver package.

There are some things that need to be installed first, called prerequisites. You can install them with the apt or aptitude terminal applications, or the Synaptic Package Manager GUI.

build-essential
linux-source
linux-headers