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by **valathor** on Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:54 pm

Hi I'm new here, and also a newbe to Linux(would've posted yesterday, but there was some kind of site maintenance)...

I bought this laptop like a week ago and it has vista on it... :cry:

Well I wanted Linux so I tried mint off of cd and it failed to detect my WiFi adaptor which is:

Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter

I thought maybe it was a cd thing, but I wanted to check before I installed Mint...

Also Vista doesn't show up as "dual-bootable", so I'm not sure if swapping back and forth would be easy(if I wanted to)...

Now I have used Ubuntu before and I didn't understand it, but off of cd I found Mint to be waaayyy better in many ways, it is much more user friendly(which for a newb is great)...

Gotta go to work when I come back I'll post more info on my machine if needed(I'm really worried about compatibility issues)

Any help would be greatly appreciated

by **67GTA** on Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:21 pm

Vista will dual boot fine. Most linux distros use the grub boot loader. Once Mint is installed, it will have a grub screen and give you the option to boot into either OS when you boot the computer. Just take your time and read everything the installer is telling you. It will have a few options. One of them will shrink Vista, and install Mint in the freed space. Just be careful and don't erase Vista. I have the AR5007. It works great with ndiswrapper. If all you have is wireless, then you can get the drivers in Vista and move them to Mint. All commands are ran in a terminal:Menu>Accessories>Terminal. After installation to your HD, get the drivers

Code: Select all: wget http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/ar5007eg-32

This will download them to your /home folder. Extract the drivers in your home folder

Code: Select all: tar xvf ar5007eg-*.tar.gz

Code: Select all: tar xvf ndiswrapper-newest.tar.gz

Install the driver

Code: Select all: sudo ndiswrapper -i net5211.inf

Load the driver into the kernel

Code: Select all: sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Add ndiswrapper to your module list to be loaded at boot time

Code: Select all: echo “ndiswrapper” | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

Blaclist the native driver which doesn't work(problem with new kernel) and keep it from being loaded at each boot

Code: Select all: echo “blacklist ath_pci” | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

Go to Menu>Administration>Hardware Drivers and disable ath_pci and ath_hal drivers. After a reboot, you should be good to go. If you want, you can load the live CD and post the output of

Code: Select all: lspci

from a terminal. This will show if everything is properly detected. Also

Code: Select all: lsusb

will show anything connected to a usb port. If you have anymore questions, just ask away. We hope to see you around!

by **valathor** on Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:53 am

Thanks for your reply :mrgreen:

Now when I went to install Mint and it asks if I wanted to transfer some "personal" data(I would assume bookmarks and such) I select yes...

At step 6 or 7 it says that mint couldn't detect a suitable OS to transfer data from( that's why I thought it couldn't detect Vista)

Also I did a resize and gave mint 30 gb to play with and at step 7 it said that all data in both partitions would be deleted so I stopped it...
I did a Guided resize I think....

Now If I were to eradicate Vista all together and just go Linux I would either need to be wired or put the drivers before hand on a USB drive, is that correct?

Some basic info on my computer:

H-P
Compaq Presario F700 Notebook PC
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-57 1.90 GHz
32-bit OS

Display Adapters:
NVIDIA GeForce 700M/nForce610M

Another Networking adapter besides Atheros:
NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

Last thing sound:
Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221
......

I'll probably put this info plus some in my signature :wink:

I was looking at the Wikki at the combatible computers section and mine wasn't on the list...
I really don't wanna play guinie pig so if any thinks there might be an issue other than the Atheros one of course please let me know ahead of time...

We hope to see you around!

Thanks, and I do plan on staying :wink:

EDIT:
I have 1 hard drive with 2 partitions already(HP is great ain't it...):
Local Disk (C:)
and
PRESARIO_RP(D:)
2.00 GB free of 11.5 GB

So my question is can't I install the Mint OS over (D:) and Just use (C:) for programs and such(guess I still thinking in windows...lol), or would it be better to overwrite the entire drive all together(if I choose to trash Vista)

by **67GTA** on Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:31 am

It is up to you if you trash Vista. D: is your recovery partition, and C: is your Vista partition. If it were me, I would leave C: in case you have problems and need a backup OS until you get more comfortable with Mint. You can use the partition tool on the live CD before starting the installer:Menu>Administration>Partition Editor. I would shrink C: and delete the D: partition. Then in the empty space create a 1GB swap partition and create an EXT3 partition for Mint. When you go to install, tell the installer to mount the Mint partition you created as "/"(root). Since you did all of this manually, you will know exactly which partitions are being touched.

Now If I were to eradicate Vista all together and just go Linux I would either need to be wired or put the drivers before hand on a USB drive, is that correct?

This depends. You have a wired ethernet card in your laptop. If you have an ethernet connection, then it should work with Mint if you plug an ethernet cable into it. If you don't have one, then you will have to store the drivers somewhere to transfer them after install.

At step 6 or 7 it says that mint couldn't detect a suitable OS to transfer data from( that's why I thought it couldn't detect Vista)

That is the migration assistant. It tries to bring your settings from browsers, wallpaper, desktop settings and apply them to Ubuntu/Mint at first boot. It sounds like it chocked for some reason. It has nothing to do with dual booting.

I really don't see anything here that would suggest it won't work. If you could post the

Code: Select all: lspci

output from a terminal, we could see exactly what you have. Most HP PC's are pretty good with Linux.

by **valathor** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:01 am

I really don't see anything here that would suggest it won't work. If you could post the

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lspci

output from a terminal, we could see exactly what you have. Most HP PC's are pretty good with Linux.

Another dumb question: I would use the live CD for that right?
I am really that Linux illiterate, technically never used it(had Ubuntu once but tossed it after like 3 days of no Internet...)

Also as I type I'm making a "factory Backup" of my Vista(in case @#$% happens), and you wont believe this:

It takes 16 cd's for it to make a recovery "disk", still it would take 7 DVD's ...(I'm using cd's, lucky me :wink:

)

All I can say is that's a lot of crap...considering Linux Mint comes on 1 easy to stash cd, And I can only make 1 set, so if something happens to 1 of the many cd's (which is likely) it's a done deal...

EDIT: again, thanks for your help

by **67GTA** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:27 am

If your questions get too dumb, we will smack you around a little :lol:

Yes, lspci is a linux command, so it has to be run with the live CD if Linux isn't installed. lspci will list all PCI devices on your PC. You can also run

Code: Select all: sudo lshw

(list hardware)You will get a lot more detailed info on more devices. It took 3 DVD's with a brand new Vista install for me. They do not compress anything. One thing that makes it so big is they put the recovery partition(D:), and the Vista partition(C:) on the backups.

by **valathor** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:41 pm

ok, I know this part of what I 'm saying should be in installs or something, but since It's kinda just me and you it seems....: (i hooked up a USB WiFi...it worked, now to get that driver....)

I deleted D:, and I shrank C: to 111.53 GB, leaving me with 121.36 GB of unallocated space...

Then I create a 1024 Mib(MB?) linux-swap created as??? :arrow:

Primary partition or extended? I'll choose Primary...
tell me if I do somethin wrong :wink:

Then I'll make a 30720 MiB(MB i guess) ext3(why that particular file sys? I never heard of it, but what's the big diff from ext2 and FAT32?...you don't have to answer that, I could probably just google it

), and I presume Primary not extended here as well.... so That's 30 GB for Linux...

That leaves me with 90.35 GB of unallocated space to play with(thank god for a rather large and robust HD :mrgreen:

)

.......

KK, now on step 4 of install, I did manual and selected the Mint partition as root(had to edit and I also selected "use Ext3 journal file sys" and I did NOT select format to partition(think we just did that))

last but not least info from 'lspci':

Code: Select all: 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) 00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP67 IDE Controller (rev a1) 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 GeForce 7000M (rev a2) (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 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 02:05.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12) 02:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 02:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 12) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

AND from 'lshw' or i guess 'sudo lshw':

Code: Select all: mint description: Notebook product: Compaq Presario F700 Notebook PC vendor: Hewlett-Packard version: Rev 1 serial: CNF8181GQJ width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp configuration: boot=oem-specific chassis=notebook cpus=2 uuid=434E4638-3138-3147-514A-001E685A6C08 *-core description: Motherboard product: 30EA vendor: Quanta physical id: 0 version: 86.09 serial: None3 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Hewlett-Packard physical id: 0 version: F.05 (12/07/2007) size: 109KiB capacity: 960KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb agp smartbattery *-cpu:0 description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-57 vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 3 bus info: cpu@0 version: 15.8.2 slot: Socket S1 size: 1900MHz capacity: 1900MHz width: 64 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 5 slot: L1 Cache size: 128KiB capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 6 slot: L2 Cache size: 256KiB capacity: 512KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified *-memory:0 description: System Memory physical id: b slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB capacity: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 0 slot: DIMM 1 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 1 slot: DIMM 2 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-cpu:1 physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@1 version: 15.8.2 size: 1900MHz capacity: 1900MHz capabilities: cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 0 size: 128KiB *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 1 size: 256KiB *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED description: RAM memory product: MCP67 Memory Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz (15.2ns) capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-isa description: ISA bridge product: MCP67 ISA Bridge vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: MCP67 SMBus vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 1.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED description: RAM memory product: MCP67 Memory Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 1.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz (15.2ns) configuration: latency=0 *-processor UNCLAIMED description: Co-processor product: MCP67 Co-processor vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 1.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.3 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bus_master configuration: latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 *-usb:0 description: USB Controller product: MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd *-usb:1 description: USB Controller product: MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ehci_hcd *-usb:2 description: USB Controller product: MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: e bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd *-usb:3 description: USB Controller product: MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 4.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:04.1 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ehci_hcd *-ide:0 description: IDE interface product: MCP67 IDE Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 6 bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0 logical name: scsi0 version: a1 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=pata_amd *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD RW AD-7530B vendor: Optiarc physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 logical name: /cdrom version: NH02 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime,relatime state=mounted status=ready *-medium physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /cdrom configuration: mount.fstype=iso9660 mount.options=ro,noatime,relatime state=mounted *-multimedia description: Audio device product: MCP67 High Definition Audio vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 version: a1 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2 module=snd_hda_intel *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: MCP67 PCI Bridge vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 8 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list *-system:0 description: SD Host controller product: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:02:05.0 version: 22 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=sdhci latency=64 module=sdhci *-system:1 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: R5C843 MMC Host Controller vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd physical id: 5.1 bus info: pci@0000:02:05.1 version: 12 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=64 *-system:2 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd physical id: 5.2 bus info: pci@0000:02:05.2 version: 12 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=64 *-system:3 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: xD-Picture Card Controller vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd physical id: 5.3 bus info: pci@0000:02:05.3 version: 12 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=64 *-ide:1 description: IDE interface product: MCP67 AHCI Controller vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 9 bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0 logical name: scsi2 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ahci *-disk description: ATA Disk product: Hitachi HTS54252 vendor: Hitachi physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: BBFO serial: 080406BB0F00WDJ1A6YC size: 232GiB (250GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=89d189d1 *-volume:0 description: Windows NTFS volume physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 version: 3.1 serial: 8042fffc-bde9-7949-9c94-a97769997d56 size: 111GiB capacity: 111GiB capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2001-02-26 16:38:39 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true *-volume:1 description: Linux swap volume physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 version: 1 serial: f491a9b9-54ed-41b3-89f1-478705f98c75 size: 1027MiB capacity: 1027MiB capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096 *-volume:2 description: EXT3 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 3 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,3 logical name: /dev/sda3 version: 1.0 serial: 13357fc3-ef41-4ad3-8da5-58d40628514e size: 29GiB capacity: 29GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2008-06-24 20:29:01 filesystem=ext3 modified=2008-06-24 20:29:02 state=clean *-network description: Ethernet interface product: MCP67 Ethernet vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: a bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0 logical name: eth0 version: a2 serial: 00:1e:68:5a:6c:08 capacity: 100MB/s width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: MCP67 PCI Express Bridge vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: c bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport-driver *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: MCP67 PCI Express Bridge vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: d bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport-driver *-network UNCLAIMED description: Ethernet controller product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: GeForce 7000M (rev a2) vendor: nVidia Corporation physical id: 12 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0 version: a2 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-pci:3 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 101 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:5 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 102 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:6 description: Host bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 103 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=k8temp module=k8temp *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 1 logical name: wlan0 serial: 00:1a:70:a3:e0:46 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.1.108 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g

Hope that I did it right

If not please inform me so I can correct it...txs

by **valathor** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:20 pm

Code: Select all
wget http://blakecmartin.googlepages.com/ar5007eg-32

This will download them to your /home folder. Extract the drivers in your home folder

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tar xvf ar5007eg-*.tar.gz

Had to add '-0.2.tar.gz' to the end :wink:

np though

I get through the second code fine...

at this one though:

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tar xvf ndiswrapper-newest.tar.gz

Install the driver

All i get is

Code: Select all: ryan@ForbiddenRealm ~ $ tar xvf ndiswrapper-newest.tar.gz tar: ndiswrapper-newest.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

I even found your other link: viewtopic.php?f=17&t=12853&start=105&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
(that's how I fixed the first code :wink:

)

I tried coping and pasting the inf file to get this result:

Code: Select all: ryan@ForbiddenRealm ~ $ /home/ryan/ar5007eg-32-0.2/ar5007eg/net5211.inf bash: /home/ryan/ar5007eg-32-0.2/ar5007eg/net5211.inf: Permission denied

any suggestions? am I doing something wrong?

by **67GTA** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:07 pm

Sorry about the typo. You have to install that .inf file with ndiswrapper. You should run

Code: Select all: sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/ryan/ar5007eg-32-0.2/ar5007eg/net5211.inf

by **valathor** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:37 pm

67GTA wrote:Sorry about the typo. You have to install that .inf file with ndiswrapper. You should run
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sudo ndiswrapper -i /home/ryan/ar5007eg-32-0.2/ar5007eg/net5211.inf

hmm, I put that in then I put in:

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

At that point the screen dimmed and the OS froze, I had to force a shutdown, surprisingly there was no error reporting(or w/e it is in linux)...

by **67GTA** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:56 pm

Did you remove the ath_pci module before trying it?

Code: Select all: sudo rmmod ath_pci

I've seen this happen a lot lately. I'm not sure what causes the ndiswrapper module to freeze the system like that. I would remove and blacklist the ath_pci module, check the restricted drivers manager:(Menu>Administration>Hardware Drivers) to be sure any ath drivers aren't enabled, reboot, and try it again. That way we know it isn't another module causing it.

by **valathor** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:44 pm

I did what you said, when I did

Code: Select all: sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

I got:

Code: Select all: ryan@ForbiddenRealm ~ $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper WARNING: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist line 43: ignoring bad line starting with '“blacklist'

Is that ok?

I did

Code: Select all: echo “ndiswrapper” | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

and it replied:
"ndiswrapper"

Now I had already blacklisted the default pci,so I should be good, should I keep the HAL off???

I guess I'll reboot and see what happens...

EDIT: Did reboot and still nothin :cry:

I wonder.....

by **67GTA** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:14 am

We should be really close. Post a copy of your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file so we can see what it is complaining about. Post a copy of /etc/modules. Also post the output of

Code: Select all: lsmod

from a terminal. You should disable ath_pci and ath_hal in the drivers manager.

by **valathor** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:14 am

I did disable both Atheros pci and hal in the manager...

As for code, here is "lsmod":

Code: Select all: ryan@ForbiddenRealm ~ $ lsmod Module Size Used by forcedeth 51980 0 rt73usb 27136 0 rt2x00usb 12800 1 rt73usb rt2x00lib 22528 2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb rfkill 8592 1 rt2x00lib input_polldev 5896 1 rt2x00lib crc_itu_t 3072 1 rt2x00lib mac80211 165652 2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib cfg80211 15112 1 mac80211 af_packet 23812 4 arc4 2944 2 ecb 4480 2 blkcipher 8324 1 ecb rfcomm 41744 2 l2cap 25728 13 rfcomm bluetooth 61156 4 rfcomm,l2cap ppdev 10372 0 powernow_k8 16704 1 cpufreq_conservative 8712 0 cpufreq_ondemand 9740 1 cpufreq_userspace 5284 0 cpufreq_stats 7104 0 freq_table 5536 3 powernow_k8,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave 2688 0 container 5632 0 sbs 15112 0 sbshc 7680 1 sbs dock 11280 0 iptable_filter 3840 0 ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables parport_pc 36260 0 lp 12324 0 parport 37832 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp joydev 13120 0 uvcvideo 58116 0 compat_ioctl32 2304 1 uvcvideo videodev 29440 1 uvcvideo v4l1_compat 15492 2 uvcvideo,videodev v4l2_common 18304 2 uvcvideo,videodev snd_hda_intel 344728 2 snd_pcm_oss 42144 0 snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 78596 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc 11400 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm snd_hwdep 10500 1 snd_hda_intel snd_seq_dummy 4868 0 snd_seq_oss 35584 0 snd_seq_midi 9376 0 snd_rawmidi 25760 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event 8320 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 54224 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event serio_raw 7940 0 snd_timer 24836 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 9612 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq video 19856 8 output 4736 1 video sdhci 19076 0 psmouse 40336 0 wmi_acer 9644 0 ricoh_mmc 4352 0 mmc_core 51460 1 sdhci nvidia 7825536 40 battery 14212 0 snd 56996 15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device ac 6916 0 button 9232 0 agpgart 34760 1 nvidia shpchp 34452 0 pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp soundcore 8800 1 snd k8temp 6656 0 evdev 13056 7 i2c_core 24832 1 nvidia pcspkr 4224 0 ext3 136712 1 jbd 48404 1 ext3 mbcache 9600 1 ext3 sg 36880 0 sr_mod 17956 0 cdrom 37408 1 sr_mod sd_mod 30720 3 pata_acpi 8320 0 ata_generic 8324 0 ahci 28420 2 pata_amd 14212 0 libata 159344 4 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ahci,pata_amd scsi_mod 151436 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata ehci_hcd 37900 0 ohci_hcd 25348 0 usbcore 146028 6 rt73usb,rt2x00usb,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd thermal 16796 0 processor 36872 4 powernow_k8,thermal fan 5636 0 fbcon 42912 0 tileblit 3456 1 fbcon font 9472 1 fbcon bitblit 6784 1 fbcon softcursor 3072 1 bitblit fuse 50580 3

Here's a copy of blacklistfile :

Code: Select all: # This file lists those modules which we don't want to be loaded by # alias expansion, usually so some other driver will be loaded for the # device instead. # evbug is a debug tool that should be loaded explicitly blacklist evbug # these drivers are very simple, the HID drivers are usually preferred blacklist usbmouse blacklist usbkbd # replaced by e100 blacklist eepro100 # replaced by tulip blacklist de4x5 # causes no end of confusion by creating unexpected network interfaces blacklist eth1394 # snd_intel8x0m can interfere with snd_intel8x0, doesn't seem to support much # hardware on its own (Ubuntu bug #2011, #6810) blacklist snd_intel8x0m # causes failure to suspend on HP compaq nc6000 (Ubuntu: #10306) blacklist i2c_i801 # replaced by p54pci blacklist prism54 # replaced by b43 and ssb. blacklist bcm43xx # most apps now use garmin usb driver directly (Ubuntu: #114565) blacklist garmin_gps # replaced by asus-laptop (Ubuntu: #184721) blacklist asus_acpi # disable ipv6 blacklist ipv6 “blacklist ath_pci”

AND here's a copy of ect/modules:

Code: Select all: # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded # at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored. fuse lp “ndiswrapper”

That's all, Also I have a lot of permission problems, Like I was reading the Manual (which is for Daryna ) and I should be able to drag i.e. firefow from menue list to the desktop, well I can't it says I do NOT have permission, happens with many things that I should be able to do...I'll try to find another thread for this issue though

txs

by **67GTA** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:33 am

Your ndiswrapper module isn't loaded. Edit the modules file

Code: Select all: sudo gedit /etc/modules

and delete the quotation marks on each end of ndiswrapper. It should load after that. The quotation marks are keeping it from being loaded. You also need to remove the quotation marks from the ath_pci module in your blacklist file

Code: Select all: sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

so it just reads blacklist ath_pci. I bet you will have wireless then after a reboot.

by **valathor** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:26 pm

Man, thanks dude...

It worked

I really appreciate the help, there are a few things that I need help with though, but like I said it's for another thread...

But I will ask this is anyone going to make a manual for Elyssa(since I am a Newb and all)
like in mint desktop there's this thing called Gnome compositing??? It's not in the previous manual...
I'm talkin about the PDF beginners Guide thing, I also need to find out about the permission problems(it's a pain in !@#, lol)...

oh yeah, I can't get to a server on the IRC...(the Gnome one) It keeps saying connection failed...and permission denied...

Well, again txs a lot

by **67GTA** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:46 pm

Users guide: http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/ ... /EN-v1.pdf There isn't a link up for it yet. It would be better to make new threads for your other issues so they don't get buried in this thread. I'm sure we can get you fixed up. Make sure and edit your original post and mark it solved :wink:

by **cedenburn** on Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:57 pm

Any one have any success getting this card to work with the Atheros drivers?

17:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5418 802.11abgn Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

Thanks

Chuck

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