"Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
So....I don't have home access to wifi...I do have LAn at home....through my wife#s MAc..which works perfetcly on my linux box (12.04). But I have a new laptop. It has wifi capability - but, as I said, I don't have wifi at home. I've tried installing 12.10 on the ASUS X55A, but without LAN I can't update anything, so I can't install the drivers for the atheros 1861 ethernet.
I've tried using the method in your post but I keep getting dependencies missing.
Perhaps the best thing I can do is find someehre where I can use wifi and try to update and install the driver from there. What's the driver called and where can I find it, please?
It will be much easier. All you need to do is start Update Manager and let it install all the available updates. One will be linux-image-3.5.0-25 which includes your ethernet driver alx by default. Thank the coffee shop and reboot and your ethernet should be working.Perhaps the best thing I can do is find someehre where I can use wifi and try to update and install the driver from there.
"Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
Cheers...thanks for that....it was an interesting exercise in using the terminal..even if I don't have any nails or hair left!!!
Hi chili555
Maybe I should buy a wireless receiver for this computer, then maybe I can connect to the wireless in my house? Or maybe I should reinstall 12.10 64 bit without linux-image to 3.5.0-25, would that help? I would have use of the mouse then and I could try a different approach?
Or borrow one from a friend.Maybe I should buy a wireless receiver for this computer, then maybe I can connect to the wireless in my house?-24 also includes alx. Of course, with a temporary wireless connection, you could download the prerequisites and compile alx from source. Easily and quickly, like ten minutes. You could also, in one minute, install linux-backports-modules-cw.Or maybe I should reinstall 12.10 64 bit without linux-image to 3.5.0-25, would that help?
"Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
Hi chili555
I reinstalled 12.10 and ran this in terminal. I also got a D-Link Xtreme N Dual Band USB Adapter that I want to install, but not having much luck.
dennis@dennis:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for dennis:
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7d00000-f7d3ffff ioport:d000(size=128)
dennis@dennis:~$ cat/etc/network/interfaces
bash: cat/etc/network/interfaces: No such file or directory
dennis@dennis:~$ auto lo
No command 'auto' found, did you mean:
Command 'uuto' from package 'uucp' (universe)
auto: command not found
dennis@dennis:~$ iface lo inet loopback
iface: command not found
dennis@dennis:~$ cat/etc/resolv.conf
bash: cat/etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
dennis@dennis:~$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
dennis@dennis:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 32007 1
parport_pc 32688 0
ppdev 17073 0
bnep 18140 2
rfcomm 46619 0
bluetooth 209199 10 bnep,rfcomm
snd_hda_codec_realtek 77876 1
coretemp 13400 0
hid_generic 12493 0
snd_hda_intel 33491 5
snd_hda_codec 134212 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_i ntel
snd_hwdep 13602 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 96580 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
kvm 414070 0
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
ghash_clmulni_intel 13180 0
snd_rawmidi 30512 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 14899 1 snd_seq_midi
aesni_intel 51037 0
cryptd 20403 2 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel
snd_seq 61521 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
video 19335 0
aes_x86_64 17208 1 aesni_intel
snd_timer 29425 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14497 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
radeon 895653 2
microcode 22803 0
usbhid 46947 0
hid 100366 2 hid_generic,usbhid
mac_hid 13205 0
serio_raw 13215 0
ttm 83595 1 radeon
drm_kms_helper 46784 1 radeon
snd 78734 20 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_i ntel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,s nd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
lpc_ich 17061 0
drm 275528 4 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
lp 17759 0
soundcore 15047 1 snd
parport 46345 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
mei 40690 0
snd_page_alloc 18484 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
i2c_algo_bit 13413 1 radeon
dennis@dennis:~$ ifconfig -a
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:352 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:352 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:28720 (28.7 KB) TX bytes:28720 (28.7 KB)
dennis@dennis:~$ sudo modprobe alx
FATAL: Module alx not found.
dennis@dennis:~$ dmesg | grep alx NOTHING
grep: NOTHING: No such file or directory
dennis@dennis:~$ modinfo alx
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module alx
dennis@dennis:~$ lspci -nn | grep 0200
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet [1969:1091] (rev 10)
dennis@dennis:~$ rfkill list all
dennis@dennis:~$ sudo rfkill unblock all
dennis@dennis:~$ rfkill list all
dennis@dennis:~$
Please show us:D-Link Xtreme N Dual Band USB Adapter that I want to install, but not having much luck.Code:lsusb
"Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
dennis@dennis:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse M90
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2001:3c1a D-Link Corp.
dennis@dennis:~$
Yikes! A device with no native Linux driver that must be compiled from source. It's just as complex to get going as your ethernet. I'd return it.2001:3c1a D-Link Corp.
"Oh, Ubuntu, you are my favorite Linux-based operating system" --Dr. Sheldon Cooper, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
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