No Network Manager

[KillMyExchange]

I do apologise now for this post, i'm new to linux.

Ok just installed ubuntu 8.10 on my netbook, everything is ok except my network manager is missing.
Now i've trauled the net and have seen alot on the subject, possible bug, lots of console commands to try, but my network manager isnt even showing in installed items (add/remove) and i can't do anything with it unless i have a connection (ironic).

I've tried
sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

Returned was
reading package list... done
building dependancy tree
reading state information... done
E: Couldn't find network-manager-gnome

Did i mess up in the installation process somewhere? it didn't seem like it to me.
Anyway how can i get network manager installed? (from disk maybe)

[reed9]

It should be installed by default. Type nm-applet in a terminal, and see if there are error messages.

If the package manger isn't finding it, either you need to update your sources, or your sources.list doesn't include the correct repos. Try

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install network-manager-gnome

You can also post the contents of /etc/apt/source.list for help with your repositories.

Ubuntu -- Details of package network-manager-gnome in intrepid

[KillMyExchange]

ok bit of a change in problem.

I've now got network manager showing but no wireless connections are showing and normally there are about 6 in my area including mine

[reed9]

We'd need to know more about your wireless card. Look here: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html

[KillMyExchange]

ok i apologise if i havn't done what you said properly but my wireless adapter details are this

atheros 802.11 wireless lan card for the aspire one netbook (which came with linspire installed in the first place)

in driver details it says
this driver is activated and currently in use

I'm currently using my netbook now but i need to use cableto connect to the internet

[reed9]

Try the ath5k driver here.

I'm not entirely sure, but I believe the new Ubuntu 9.04 will support your card out of the box, so you might also consider upgrading.