pr0gramr7
August 28th, 2012, 12:25 PM
Hello,
I recently installed Karmic Koala from liveCD and removed Windows 7 (At least, I believe it is erased). However, it is not recognizing wireless signals. That is, the LED button on the keyboard for the internal WIFI (RaLink 5390; driver: rt2x00) just stays red. I bought an external USB adaptor (Netgear WNDA3100v2; driver: ar9170), but Karmic is not recognizing it. I am sure I need a driver somewhere. Or maybe more than that. I am not familiar with how to add the Harware Drivers in the system. And I can imagine this is more complicated because I have no internet connection on the HP. (neither Ethernet nor WIFI).
I have provided info below and the commands connected with them for much more specific details of the problem for my more experienced readers.
1. lspci
01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 5390
2. lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0846:9011 NetGear, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 058f:a001 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024
3. lspci -nn | grep 'Wireless Brand'
(no response. returned to prompt.)
4. ifconfig
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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
5. iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
6. lsmod
Module Size Used by
usbhid 43968 0
binfmt_misc 10220 1
ppdev 8232 0
uvcvideo 65260 0
lp 11908 0
iptable_filter 3872 0
psmouse 57124 0
ip_tables 21200 1 iptable_filter
videodev 43360 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 16804 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 13344 1 videodev
x_tables 25832 1 ip_tables
parport 40528 2 ppdev,lp
serio_raw 6596 0
r8169 38884 0
mii 6368 1 r8169
video 23612 0
output 3680 1 video
7. dmesg
(VERY LONG; AM NOT SURE WHICH INFO / LINE IS USEFUL; MAYBE YOU CAN HELP!)
8. sudo lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: RaLink
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:c2500000-c250ffff
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 44:1e:a1:d6:47:89
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
resources: irq:33 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:c0404000-c0404fff(prefetchable) memory:c0400000-c0403fff(prefetchable)
9. iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
10. lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
11. uname -mr
2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
12. sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
As you can tell, except for number 7, I have provided all the info I thought was pertinent for the problem. Please suggest for number 7 the line of the output that would be useful.
By the way, i am a newbie. This is my second post. I think my first post might not have been detailed enough so I am trying again with specific detail.
To sum up: I want to use the Netgear adaptor, not the RaLink that came with the computer. Also, I DO NOT HAVE ANY internet access on the HP, so please, if you would be so kind, let me know STEP-BY-STEP how to download, copy and install all potential info I will have to hunt from another computer. I am prepared to hunt, but I know I lack certain techniques / know-how regarding how to check for files, memory, checksums, etc. But I will learn.
P.S. I suppose if I could access the internet from the HP I would not need to write this thread.
P.S. #2 Just a side note, could you give me an opinion about whether or not this computer is good for installing / running Ubuntu distros or any Unix distro for that matter?
Thank you in advance.
I recently installed Karmic Koala from liveCD and removed Windows 7 (At least, I believe it is erased). However, it is not recognizing wireless signals. That is, the LED button on the keyboard for the internal WIFI (RaLink 5390; driver: rt2x00) just stays red. I bought an external USB adaptor (Netgear WNDA3100v2; driver: ar9170), but Karmic is not recognizing it. I am sure I need a driver somewhere. Or maybe more than that. I am not familiar with how to add the Harware Drivers in the system. And I can imagine this is more complicated because I have no internet connection on the HP. (neither Ethernet nor WIFI).
I have provided info below and the commands connected with them for much more specific details of the problem for my more experienced readers.
1. lspci
01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink Device 5390
2. lsusb
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0846:9011 NetGear, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 058f:a001 Alcor Micro Corp.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024
3. lspci -nn | grep 'Wireless Brand'
(no response. returned to prompt.)
4. ifconfig
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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
5. iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
6. lsmod
Module Size Used by
usbhid 43968 0
binfmt_misc 10220 1
ppdev 8232 0
uvcvideo 65260 0
lp 11908 0
iptable_filter 3872 0
psmouse 57124 0
ip_tables 21200 1 iptable_filter
videodev 43360 1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat 16804 2 uvcvideo,videodev
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 13344 1 videodev
x_tables 25832 1 ip_tables
parport 40528 2 ppdev,lp
serio_raw 6596 0
r8169 38884 0
mii 6368 1 r8169
video 23612 0
output 3680 1 video
7. dmesg
(VERY LONG; AM NOT SURE WHICH INFO / LINE IS USEFUL; MAYBE YOU CAN HELP!)
8. sudo lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: RaLink
vendor: RaLink
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:c2500000-c250ffff
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 44:1e:a1:d6:47:89
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
resources: irq:33 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:c0404000-c0404fff(prefetchable) memory:c0400000-c0403fff(prefetchable)
9. iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
10. lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
11. uname -mr
2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
12. sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Reconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
As you can tell, except for number 7, I have provided all the info I thought was pertinent for the problem. Please suggest for number 7 the line of the output that would be useful.
By the way, i am a newbie. This is my second post. I think my first post might not have been detailed enough so I am trying again with specific detail.
To sum up: I want to use the Netgear adaptor, not the RaLink that came with the computer. Also, I DO NOT HAVE ANY internet access on the HP, so please, if you would be so kind, let me know STEP-BY-STEP how to download, copy and install all potential info I will have to hunt from another computer. I am prepared to hunt, but I know I lack certain techniques / know-how regarding how to check for files, memory, checksums, etc. But I will learn.
P.S. I suppose if I could access the internet from the HP I would not need to write this thread.
P.S. #2 Just a side note, could you give me an opinion about whether or not this computer is good for installing / running Ubuntu distros or any Unix distro for that matter?
Thank you in advance.