Bilt-in wirrless not working plz help!

[dudekaz1]

If someone can please help me out;im new to linux also,
I think this is what you need to help me

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II [1180:0476] (rev b6)

Thank you

[kpbotbot]

what distribution are you using?
mandriva automatically made my wireless stuff work.

solution? look for the wifi drivers.

[waterhead]

Hello, and welcome to Linux Forums.

More information on the Linus distribution and the kernel version that you are using would be very helpful. If you are unsure of how to find this info, read through this How-To:
Wireless Setup - Start Here

This is the wireless card:

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)

It actually has a driver in most recent distros/kernels. I have the exact same one in my Eee PC, and it works with Fedora 10 and the ath5k driver module.

There is one exception to this. Ubuntu for some reason has flagged the driver as "Experimental"! They have disabled it, and offer a proprietary driver that can be added later. This is one reason that I dislike Ubuntu.

You can always install the latest open-source wireless drivers by downloading and compiling them from here:
Download - Linux Wireless

I will need the distro and kernel version before I can give specific info on installing this driver package.

[dudekaz1]

im useing linux Mint im not really sure what kernal it is,

[reed9]

Open a terminal and type uname -r for the kernel version.

[waterhead]

I believe that Mint uses the Ubuntu repositories, and I discovered that the ath5k driver can be installed from them. Check out this link:

8.10 Release Notes | Ubuntu

Seems it is available by installing the linux-backports-modules:
Ubuntu -- Details of package linux-backports-modules-2.6.27-11-generic in intrepid-updates
Ubuntu -- Filelist of package linux-backports-modules-2.6.27-11-generic/intrepid-updates/i386

I don't know if it is in any earlier versions than the 2.6.27-11-generic version.

[dudekaz1]

Open a terminal and type uname -r for the kernel version.

im running kernel 2.6.27-7-generic

also i have a bit of a problem when i click to update(284 updates (omg)) it need a password, but i did not set one, and it wont let me authenticate anything or chage any settings...the only password I have is for "su"

[waterhead]

If you update it most likely will give you a newer kernel. You then can add the linux-restricted-modules packages.

I believe that Linux Mint is the same as the distro that it is based on, Ubuntu. In Ubuntu there is no root user, and therefore no su. The first user that is created is granted root type privileges. That user's password is then treated as the root (or su) password. When you need to run a command with root privileges, you start it with the "sudo" command. When it asks for a password, you use the password of the first user created (you).