wireless help with 12.04lts and frys wgb54 usb wireless adapter

[chris.]

Ran the script and before i copy and pasted it i just want to make sure that this is indeed the right place for it.
script results:
============ lspci ============
00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller [10de:03ea] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
00:01.0 ISA bridge [0601]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge [10de:03e0] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
00:01.1 SMBus [0c05]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus [10de:03eb] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2
00:01.2 RAM memory [0500]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller [10de:03f5] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
00:02.0 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller [10de:03f1] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:02.1 USB controller [0c03]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller [10de:03f2] (rev a3)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge [10de:03f3] (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio [10de:03f0] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:06.0 IDE interface [0101]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE [10de:03ec] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
Kernel modules: pata_amd
00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet [10de:03ef] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
Kernel modules: forcedeth
00:08.0 IDE interface [0101]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller [10de:03f6] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
Kernel modules: sata_nv
00:08.1 IDE interface [0101]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller [10de:03f6] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 531 [1028:020e]
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
Kernel modules: sata_nv
00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e8] (rev a2)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge [10de:03e9] (rev a2)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Caicos [Radeon HD 6450] [1002:6779]
Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:3203]
Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
Kernel modules: fglrx, radeon
02:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6400 Series] [1002:aa98]
Subsystem: XFX Pine Group Inc. Device [1682:aa98]
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

============ lsusb ============
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0644:0200 TEAC Corp. All-In-One Multi-Card Reader CA200/B/S
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 07d1:3304 D-Link System
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse M90

============ lsmod ============
Module Size Used by
ipheth 13526 0
vesafb 13844 1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32474 1
rfcomm 47604 0
bnep 18281 2
parport_pc 32866 0
bluetooth 180104 10 rfcomm,bnep
ppdev 17113 0
lp 17799 0
parport 46562 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
snd_hda_codec_realtek 223867 1
dcdbas 14490 0
fglrx 3263886 147
psmouse 87692 0
snd_hda_intel 33773 5
edac_core 53746 0
k8temp 13057 0
edac_mce_amd 23709 0
serio_raw 13211 0
snd_hda_codec 127706 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_i ntel
snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 97188 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_rawmidi 30748 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 61896 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29990 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14540 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 78855 20 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_i ntel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,s nd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
mac_hid 13253 0
soundcore 15091 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_nforce2 13058 0
usbhid 47199 0
hid 99559 1 usbhid
uas 18027 0
usb_storage 49198 0
forcedeth 63460 0
pata_amd 14118 0
sata_nv 32286 1
floppy 70365 0

============ dmesg-firmware ============

============ kernel version ============
3.2.0-24-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:a0:83:42:d9
inet addr:192.168.1.8 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21a:a0ff:fe83:42d9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:102870 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:45892 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:88609059 (88.6 MB) TX bytes:5839724 (5.8 MB)
Interrupt:42 Base address:0x2000

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:3430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3430 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:374648 (374.6 KB) TX bytes:374648 (374.6 KB)


============ iwconfig ============

i am connected via ethernet during this test as this machine is the only one that i have other then my iphone for web access, if need be i can run again off ethernet. Thanks in advance for the help

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!
I did some searching and came across this thread.
It may get you going in the right direction.

[rokytnji]

Hello and Welcome!
I did some searching and came across this thread.
It may get you going in the right direction.

Some additional info that is tied in with Jays link that MAY help.

installation - Fry's FR-300 USB Wlan Driver - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange

Man, Ubuntu 12.04 with unity is so unknown to me on how things have changed so much on how Ubuntu works now I had to post this also.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJvB97cmrWk

They have a lot more videos from the same site on using 12.04 also.