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    I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop lenovo G580, wired connection is not working.

    I found solution in http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2680...n-ubuntu-12-04

    I downloaded compact-wireless-2012-07-03-p.tar.bz2

    Here the steps i followed along with output

    1. shravankumar@shravankumar-Lenovo-G580:~/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p$ scripts/driver-select alx

    Output:
    Processing new driver-select request...
    Backup exists: Makefile.bk
    Backup exists: Makefile.bk
    Backup exists: drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Makefile.bk
    Backup exists: drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Makefile.bk
    Backup exists: Makefile.bk
    Backup exists: Makefile.bk
    Backup exists: drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/Makefile.bk

    2.shravankumar@shravankumar-Lenovo-G580:~/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p$ make

    output:
    make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/build M=/home/shravankumar/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p modules
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
    scripts/Makefile.build:44: /home/shravankumar/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/Makefile: No such file or directory
    make[4]: *** No rule to make target `/home/shravankumar/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/Makefile'. Stop.
    make[3]: *** [/home/shravankumar/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx] Error 2
    make[2]: *** [/home/shravankumar/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros] Error 2
    make[1]: *** [_module_/home/shravankumar/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p] Error 2
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic'
    make: *** [modules] Error 2

    3. hravankumar@shravankumar-Lenovo-G580:~/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p$ make install

    output:
    FATAL: Could not open /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic/modules.dep.temp for writing: Permission denied
    make: *** [uninstall] Error 1

    4. shravankumar@shravankumar-Lenovo-G580:~/Desktop/compat-wireless-2012-07-03-p$ modeprobe alx

    output:
    No command 'modeprobe' found, did you mean:
    Command 'modprobe' from package 'module-init-tools' (main)
    modeprobe: command not found


    I am new to Ubuntu ,Please help me.

    Thanks in advance
    Last edited by shravankumar531; August 12th, 2012 at 10:25 AM.

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