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

[chili555]

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

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:

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

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

[Basti890]

Usually it is enough to simply do:

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

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

when i try it it cames:

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).

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

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

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

[chili555]

I would try:

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

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

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

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:

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

[bvpp]

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

[chili555]

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

It would help us to know what the errors are.

[Hooorus]

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

[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.

[chili555]

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.

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

lspci -nn | grep 0200

[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)

[chili555]

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)

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

sudo modprobe r8169

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

sudo su
echo r8169 >> /etc/modules
exit

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