Wireless connection issues on ubuntu 10.4 in hp laptop

[High_Lander]

Basically I had the wireless internet working well - however something went wrong in my OS ubuntu 10.4 while upgrading - then I have to reinstall - from Live Unix flash drive - it installs well but I am not able to get wireless connection - I am not a newbie in Linux but at the same time I am not an expert too -- I have listed some of my results - as follows: any help would be appreciated




I am having some issues to connect my wireless network connection in hp laptop in Ubuntu 10.4 os-

In System/Administration/Hardware Driver(from the menu) - it does not show any kind of hardware drive- I have in my systems - but at the same time I also get following results - help me to resolve the issues


ntd@ntd-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP67 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Co-processor (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:07.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M] (rev a2)
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
02:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
02:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
02:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
02:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
02:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)



ntd@ntd-laptop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:68:75:bd:cf
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:27 Base address:0xe000

eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:68:75:bd:cf
inet addr:169.254.10.77 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:27 Base address:0xe000

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:136 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:136 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:10592 (10.5 KB) TX bytes:10592 (10.5 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:e1:6c:96:80
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)




ntd@ntd-laptop:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

[nujinini]

Are you able to connect tot eh internet using an internet cable?

Can you also post the outputs of

$ lsmod

[rokytnji]

I think his module is loaded Nuj as wlan0 shows in ifconfig and iwlist.

OP can do a check on
Debian HCL; Debian GNU/Linux device driver check & report

and follow sites instrucions and post partial link like

ht tp://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.rhtmlx

to show readout

For Ubuntu wireless

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...otingProcedure

Step 2 is what you need to follow.

To OP. You show wlan0 wireless interface. Network manager does not show wireless?

[nujinini]

I think his module is loaded Nuj as wlan0 shows in ifconfig and iwlist.

Oh yeah...right.... Missed that one

[High_Lander]

I don't have cable internet facility at the place I am staying - it is a hotel - traveling man - needed to fix this computer
More later

[praveenm1001]

Hi,
has this been fixed. Cos I am facing the same issue with my Dell Inspiron laptop, running ubuntu 10.04 on dual boot with win 7. Can't get the wi fi run, no issues with the hardware though. Tried re installing the driver which supposedly supports windows only and as expected didnt work. I also tried downloading a linux compatible driver from Broadcom site but nothing happens after i run the exe, guess my card might not be supported by that.

Thanks,
P

[jayd512]

Hi, praveenm1001. Welcome to LinuxForums!

Start here, and post back the results in a new thread.
You'll be likely to get more accurate advice, as you may be using a different wireless chipset.