Help with compaq wireless w200 in lubuntu

[TheAzther]

-Hello, i have a little problem with lubuntu 14.04.2 and is that i cannot use the wifi, i just cant turn the wifi on, lsusb say this:

theazther@TheAzther-Evo-N610c:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 049f:0076 Compaq Computer Corp. Wireless LAN MultiPort W200
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

i tried using the orinoco usb driver but doesn´t work (i dont know if im doing something wrong, i follow this tutorial https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...ice/CompaqW200 but doesn´t work for me), and also when i try to use the windows driver on ndsiwrapper the computer freeze, please help (im using a usb wifi adapter right now)

[chili555]

I'm confused. Are you trying to get the internal device, an Orinoco perhaps, working, or the USB. You provided details of only the USB and then said:

(im using a usb wifi adapter right now)

If you want to get an internal device working, let's see:

lspci -nn | grep 0280

Thanks.

[TheAzther]

-Sorry if i explained wrong, right now im using a wifi stick connected via usb, its the

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573Wireless Adapter

.
-i just cant use the Wireless LAN MultiPort W200, my laptop its a compaq evo N610c and i followed the tutorial i said and this thread that you answered but doens´t work too: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1932398 i do everithing you say there but the module dont start

[TheAzther]

i want to make the w200 work

[chili555]

Where did the instructions in the other link go wrong? Were you able to install the firmware? When you loaded the module orinoco_usb, was a wireless interface, either wlan0 or eth1, created? Can you click the Network Manager icon and see networks? What happens when you try to connect to yours? Is there any clue in the log?

sudo modprobe orinoco_usb
dmesg | grep -e ndis -e orinoco

"...doesn´t work for me..." doesn't tell us much.

I'm sorry for my previous mistake.

[TheAzther]

-I follow you´r steps that you say in the other thread but when i reboot nothing happens, the network manager dont appears and when i press Fn+f2 nothing happens, but a interesting thing is sometimes in lsusb only appears this:

Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

but if i press Fn+F2 the compaq lan w200 appears again in lsusb.
And also in the help ubuntu tutorial when i try to download all the packages it says with this code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion linux-headers-`uname -r` gcc-3.4-base cpp-3.4 curl

the terminal say some packages cant be found. im sorry for my bad explaining its just my english is not much good and im only 13 years old

[chili555]

Please don't worry about your English. I will try harder to understand and help you. I promise.

Let's try to get your device working with the driver already in Ubuntu without downloading other things. First, load the module from the terminal:

sudo modprobe orinoco_usb

Are there any errors or warnings? If so, post them and we'll see if we can solve the errors. Check if a wireless interface is created:

iwconfig

If not, see if there are any errors in the log:

dmesg | grep orinoco

The pipe symbol | is on the right side of my keyboard on the same key with \.

Thanks.

[TheAzther]

sudo modprobe orinoco_usb dont show anything, iwconfig show this:

theazther@TheAzther-Evo-N610c:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions

and dmesg \ grep orinoco show this:

theazther@TheAzther-Evo-N610c:~$ dmesg \ grep orinoco

Usage:
dmesg [opciones]

Opciones:
-C, --clear clear the kernel ring buffer
-c, --read-clear read and clear all messages
-D, --console-off disable printing messages to console
-d, --show-delta show time delta between printed messages
-E, --console-on enable printing messages to console
-f, --facility <list> restrict output to defined facilities
-h, --help display this help and exit
-k, --kernel display kernel messages
-l, --level <list> restrict output to defined levels
-n, --console-level <level> set level of messages printed to console
-r, --raw print the raw message buffer
-s, --buffer-size <size> buffer size to query the kernel ring buffer
-T, --ctime show human readable timestamp (could be
inaccurate if you have used SUSPEND/RESUME)
-t, --notime don't print messages timestamp
-u, --userspace display userspace messages
-V, --version output version information and exit
-x, --decode decode facility and level to readable string

Supported log facilities:
kern - mensajes del núcleo
user - random user-level messages
mail - sistema de correo
daemon - system daemons
auth - security/authorization messages
syslog - mensajes generados internamente por syslogd
lpr - line printer subsystem
news - network news subsystem

Supported log levels (priorities):
emerg - system is unusable
alert - se debe tomar una acción inmediatamente
crit - condiciones críticas
err - condiciones de error
warn - condiciones de advertencia
notice - normal but significant condition
info - informational
debug - debug-level messages

[chili555]

It is not:

dmesg \ grep orinoco

That is the backslash.

Instead, it is:

dmesg | grep orinoco

That is the pipe symbol.

On my US keyboard, over on the right, it this key: http://njgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/...33-300x300.jpg The lower-case is \. We need the upper-case; that is, Shift+\.

[TheAzther]

dmesg | grep orinoco dont show anything but when i pressed Fn+F2 and i tried again, the terminal showed this:

theazther@TheAzther-Evo-N610c:~$ dmesg | grep orinoco
[ 467.292736] orinoco 0.15 (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>, et al)
[ 467.662186] orinoco_usb: probe of 2-3:1.0 failed with error -14
[ 467.669299] usbcore: registered new interface driver orinoco_usb