Ubuntu 8.04 on an acer aspire 5315

yours31f

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15 years ago

I have this laptop (mentioned here ^^) and cannot get the wifi to work. i have hours into this and cannot get anywhere. Yes i'm new to ubuntu but i have hours of searching behind me.

ghost

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15 years ago

what type of wireless card?

yours31f

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15 years ago

umm 1 sec its built in so i'll find out what i can.

yours31f

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15 years ago

Atheros 802.11 Wireless Network Adapter.

ghost

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15 years ago

Have you tried using madwifi? http://madwifi.org/

(I noticed those laptops use an Atheros based wireless card, you should double check that though)

ghost

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15 years ago

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1679#comment:201 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/113460-install-wifi-acer-4315-atheros-ar5007eg.html http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-setup-atheros-ar5007eg-wireless-on-feisty-fawn-with-ndiswrapper.html

just a quick google search.

yours31f

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15 years ago

as i said, i have done hours of searching. that means of course i tried google. This is HBH and you can expect a flame if it were that easy.