Lenovo G480 / Atheros AR8162 woes: unable to initiate wired/dsl

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Originally Posted by jeeptrash

One last question, should these drivers stay in place with future updates or will it need attention if i run the auto updater?

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An excellent question, young Jedi! As with any driver or module that's compiled from source code, it was compiled against your running kernel version only. When you get updates and get a newer kernel version, also known as linux-image, you will need to recompile:

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cd Desktop/compat-wireless-3.5.1-1-snpc <--or whichever version you compiled
make clean
./scripts/driver-select alx
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe alx

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You might copy these instructions to your desktop so you'll recall when the time comes.

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Originally Posted by chili555

Usually it is enough to simply do:

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sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic

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The -generic package is supposed to work out all the dependency issues for you. Please try it.

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when i try it it cames:

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sebastian@sebastian-HP-Elite-7500-Series-MT:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
[sudo] password for sebastian:
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut     
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen... Fertig
build-essential ist schon die neueste Version.
linux-headers-generic ist schon die neueste Version.
Probieren Sie »apt-get -f install«, um dies zu korrigieren:
Die folgenden Pakete haben unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten:
 g++-4.6 : Hängt ab von: gcc-4.6-base (= 4.6.3-10ubuntu1) aber 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 soll installiert werden
 gcc-4.6 : Hängt ab von: gcc-4.6-base (= 4.6.3-10ubuntu1) aber 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 soll installiert werden
          Hängt ab von: cpp-4.6 (= 4.6.3-10ubuntu1) aber 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 soll installiert werden
 libc6 : Hängt ab von: libc-bin (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.2) aber 2.15-0ubuntu20 soll installiert werden
 libstdc++6-4.6-dev : Hängt ab von: gcc-4.6-base (= 4.6.3-10ubuntu1) aber 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 soll installiert werden
 linux-headers-generic : Hängt ab von: linux-headers-3.2.0-35-generic ist aber nicht installierbar
 linux-headers-generic-lts-quantal : Hängt ab von: linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic ist aber nicht installierbar
E: Unerfüllte Abhängigkeiten. Versuchen Sie »apt-get -f install« ohne Angabe eines Pakets (oder geben Sie eine Lösung an).

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and when i do ./scripts/driver-select alx

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sebastian@sebastian-HP-Elite-7500-Series-MT:/media/sebastian/F042-8A1B/ubuntu/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1$ ./scripts/driver-select alx
bash: ./scripts/driver-select: Permission denied
sebastian@sebastian-HP-Elite-7500-Series-MT:/media/sebastian/F042-8A1B/ubuntu/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1$ sudo ./scripts/driver-select alx
sudo: ./scripts/driver-select: command not found
sebastian@sebastian-HP-Elite-7500-Series-MT:/media/sebastian/F042-8A1B/ubuntu/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1$ sudo -i
root@sebastian-HP-Elite-7500-Series-MT:~# cd /media/sebastian/F042-8A1B/ubuntu/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1/
root@sebastian-HP-Elite-7500-Series-MT:/media/sebastian/F042-8A1B/ubuntu/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1# ./scripts/driver-select alx
-bash: ./scripts/driver-select: Permission denied

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when i install for examble gcc-4.6-base (= 4.6.3-10ubuntu1) it crys aobut other packages, that need 4.6.3-1ubuntu5 :(

please any help?

PS: i downloaded the newest driver from http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/...table_releases

I would try:

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall build-essential
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-`uname -r`

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Those backticks are on the left side of my US keyboard on the same key with ~.

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sebastian@sebastian-HP-Elite-7500-Series-MT:/media/sebastian/F042-8A1B/ubuntu/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1$ ./scripts/driver-select alx
bash: ./scripts/driver-select: Permission denied

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It looks like you are trying to install off of a CD, DVD or similar. They are read-only. Please drag and drop the compat-wireless package to your desktop and then do:

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cd ~/Desktop/compat-wireless-3.6.8-1
./scripts/driver-select alx
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe alx

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Sir.....
I have the same problem and i followed your instructions But still i can't access ethernet.
It shows an error also with a red bubble on the top side of my ubuntu desktop. While installing the packages it also shows error in processing dpkg etc so many packages....
Plsss help me

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While installing the packages it also shows error in processing dpkg etc so many packages....

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It would help us to know what the errors are.

I just want to thaks CHili555

I tried several things, did not work. YOUR STEP BY STEP GUIDE for amaters helped a lot !
I have lan atheros-AR8161

Thanks thanks thanks

Hi I am using ubuntu 12.10 on DELL Laptop XPS. I am not able to connect with Wired Internet. It was working fine just one day before but not now. Wireless is working. I tried these options discussed earlier but didn't help me out. Please help me.

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Originally Posted by paramjeet

Hi I am using ubuntu 12.10 on DELL Laptop XPS. I am not able to connect with Wired Internet. It was working fine just one day before but not now. Wireless is working. I tried these options discussed earlier but didn't help me out. Please help me.

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Do you have the exact same ethernet device? Please open a terminal and run and post:

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lspci -nn | grep 0200

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Thanks for your reply.
output is:

16:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)

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Originally Posted by paramjeet

Thanks for your reply.
output is:

16:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)

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You have a whole different device and we needn't clog up this thread, but try this:

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sudo modprobe r8169

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Does your ethernet come to life? If so, please do:

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sudo su
echo r8169 >> /etc/modules
exit

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If that doesn't solve it, please start your own new thread.