No wireless driver (SOLVED)
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:58 am
I have installed Mint 13 (Mate) on a brand new Novatech nSpire laptop, and there doesn't seem to be a driver for the wifi.
lspci shows the Network Controller as an Atheros 0037 (rev 1)
I followed the instructions in Post 35 of this thread, but it failed
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2035902&page=4
For information:
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4c:72:b9:86:d8:23
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0normh@normh-nspire ~ $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4c:72:b9:86:d8:23
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:42 Base address:0xa000
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:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2035902&page=4
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) TX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB)
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for normh:
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Atheros Communications Inc.
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7c00000-f7c7ffff memory:f7c80000-f7c8ffff
lspci shows the Network Controller as an Atheros 0037 (rev 1)
I followed the instructions in Post 35 of this thread, but it failed
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2035902&page=4
For information:
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4c:72:b9:86:d8:23
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0normh@normh-nspire ~ $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4c:72:b9:86:d8:23
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:42 Base address:0xa000
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:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2035902&page=4
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB) TX bytes:1920 (1.9 KB)
normh@normh-nspire ~ $ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for normh:
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Atheros Communications Inc.
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7c00000-f7c7ffff memory:f7c80000-f7c8ffff