SMC WPCI Wireless card and ubuntu

[abierstedt]

hi i need some help configuring wireless internet for ubuntu. i think i have the necessary files for this but i dont know exactly how to use them.

i have the following

madwifi-0.9.2.1.tar.bz2
madwifi-0.9.2.1.tar.gz
madwifi-tools_0.9.2+dfsg-1_i386.deb
module-assistant_0.10.10_all.deb

i think these are the proper tools but im new so i am unsure.

it is mad wifi because it is for sure an atheros chipset

can someone walk me through the or put me in the right direction?

thankyou!!

[abierstedt]

the strangest thing happened. I took my PC home from work and booted up Linux, then i was promted for updates. I clicked on them and I updated and wireless internet worked fine. Then i restarted and it didnt work again. Why Is that?

[abierstedt]

bumping this thread still looking for help

[valemon]

Alright, first you need to install the tarball "madwifi-0.9.2.1.tar.gz".
Then have a look here and here. I guess you will be ok. Post if you have any problem

[abierstedt]

hey thanks for the documentation. I forgot all about this thread althoug i want to get this solved once and for all.

first off it asks that I open a shell terminal in the MadWifi source directory. Now do i do that by adding the terminal in the Open with options of the folder? Also is there somewhere that i should specifically put the mad wifi folder?

and could this be accomplished with nds wrapper?


thanks

[abierstedt]

bump still trying to get this working


thanks

[valemon]

I have never used madwifi. Post the output of "lspci" run as root

[abierstedt]

00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
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
01:07.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5005G 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 (PCIE)]
05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R430 [Radeon X800 (PCIE) Secondary]

thanks for the reply!

[abierstedt]

hey guys can someone try to help me? sorry to be pushy