Acer Aspire 4530 wireless

[kris99466]

Hi, i just installed ubuntu in my laptop Aspire 4530 and it having problem with the wireless, i don't know how i activate the wireless.. please help if there is a solution of it.. THX... ^^

[pytheas22]

Please open up a terminal (Applications>Accessories menu), run these commands (one per line) and post the output here:

lspci -nn
lshw -C Network
uname -m

That will help us figure out what you need to do to make the wireless work.

[kris99466]

lsci -nn
bash: lsci: command not found

lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1e:68:83:e6:d1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86

ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 module=tg3 multicast=yes
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0

uname -m
i686

[pytheas22]

lsci -nn
bash: lsci: command not found

You made a typo there; it should be "lspci -nn"

It would still be good to see the "lspci -nn" output, but I think I know which chipset you have and how to make it work. Please see this post and the Word document attached to it, which has instructions on how to make your card work (don't worry if you don't have the same computer model mentioned there; your wireless chipset is the same).

Please let me know how it goes. Please also post:

lspci -nn | grep -i atheros

when you get a chance so that I can be sure that your chipset is the same as the one for which that guide was written.

[kris99466]

Hahaha.. I sleep last night, and just wake up, still blur ^^

lspci -nn | grep -i atheros
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)

Ok.. Iam trying to follow the word document instruction there ^^

[kris99466]

Hi, i already done the installing the problem now is that i not even know wheter my wireless is on or off, because i have this easy-launch buttons that seems doesn't work including the wireless button...

[pytheas22]

0b:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter [168c:001c] (rev 01)

You have the right chipset, so that guide should work for you.

Hi, i already done the installing the problem now is that i not even know wheter my wireless is on or off, because i have this easy-launch buttons that seems doesn't work including the wireless button...

If you don't know whether the switch is on or off, just press it again and see if the wireless comes on. If not, press the switch a second time, and try then.

If you still can't get wireless to come on, please post the output of:

lshw -C Network
ndiswrapper -l
iwlist scan

[kris99466]

lshw -C Network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
PCI (sysfs)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:1e:68:83:e6:d1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.86 ip=192.168.1.101 latency=0 module=tg3 multicast=yes
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: latency=0


ndiswrapper -l
net5211 : driver installed
device (168C:001C) present (alternate driver: ath_pci)

iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

[pytheas22]

Thanks for the information. Please try running:

lsmod | grep ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe -v ndiswrapper
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist scan

and please post the output. That should lead to the solution.

[kris99466]

ERmm... i tried run it 2 times, and resulting hangs... and then i restarted my computer...