Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - wifi issue
Hi,
I have recently installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS in my laptop. Everything looks cool, i am pretty much happy with it. But i have a minor regarding wifi and wired connection.
Ubuntu is unable to find the wireless or wired connections which are available. I have searched and found to try with the below command,
Output of this command doesn't give me any detail about wifi, it states about the bluetooth device only. Can anyone please help me here?
Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - wifi issue
All,
I have found the solution for the network issue here,
http://somethingcomputers.blogspot.i...untu-1204.html
But the problem is, i don't have proper roles to execute the steps mentioned above in the link. Please find the output below,
Code:
vel@vel-Satellite-C850:~/vel-home/compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p$
vel@vel-Satellite-C850:~/vel-home/compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p$ scripts/driver-select alx
bash: scripts/driver-select: Permission denied
vel@vel-Satellite-C850:~/vel-home/compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p$ sudo scripts/driver-select alx
sudo: scripts/driver-select: command not found
vel@vel-Satellite-C850:~/vel-home/compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p$ make
/bin/sh: 1: cannot create /home/vel/vel-home/compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p/.config: Permission denied
make: *** [.compat_autoconf_compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p] Error 2
vel@vel-Satellite-C850:~/vel-home/compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p$
Please help.
Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - wifi issue
The directions you linked to have a small error. Adding the ./ in front of scripts/driver-select alx is necessary to tell ubuntu that you want it to execute a command from the current directory, not from the default path.
Code:
cd compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p
./scripts/driver-select alx
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe alx
The first permission denied error was probably because ubuntu didn't know what you meant by scripts/driver-select
The second one was probably because you forgot to run the command as root (using sudo).
If you ARE running a command as root, and still get a permission denied error, then there's usually something else going on. In theory, root has permission to do (almost) anything.
Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - wifi issue
Quote:
Originally Posted by
squigish
The directions you linked to have a small error. Adding the ./ in front of scripts/driver-select alx is necessary to tell ubuntu that you want it to execute a command from the current directory, not from the default path.
Code:
cd compat-wireless-2012-02-28-p
./scripts/driver-select alx
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe alx
The first permission denied error was probably because ubuntu didn't know what you meant by scripts/driver-select
The second one was probably because you forgot to run the command as root (using sudo).
If you ARE running a command as root, and still get a permission denied error, then there's usually something else going on. In theory, root has permission to do (almost) anything.
Hi,
I have even installed it using root user, but still wifi is not enabled and not even shown in the hardware list. Please advice.
Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - wifi issue
Which driver should i download from the below available list?
http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/