[SOLVED] Atheros AR5007 not working on 8.04 Hardy

[Spartacus84]

When I get to the part where I enter "sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper", I get the following error: "E: Couldn't find package ndiswrapper". What do I do now?

[ToM-X]

Ok try this...

download ndiswrapper and save to your Home folder.

http://wifix.sourceforge.net/software.php?title=ndiswrapper

Then open the terminal:

tar xvf ndiswrapper-1.51.tar.gz

pushd ndiswrapper-1.51

sudo make uninstall

make

sudo make install

popd

Then Ndiswrapper should be installed.

[Spartacus84]

I did that, and everything worked! I installed wicd, and can see the networks and configure them, but I cannot connect. Any idea what's wrong?

[Tuxseak]

Can someone explain to me why get this error? I have an Atheros AR5007EG with Hardy 8.04
i'm running an i386 copy instead of 64 bit (my laptop has an AMD 64 Athlon X2) because 64 bit wont install - does it have an impact?
-Please I'd appreciate a response as I'm getting very frustrated over this wifi business.
- Is it better if I get an USB wifi card that is known to work? can you recommend one?
Sorry this is so long - Thank you all in advance]


serge@Tuxseak-laptop:~/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007$ make
Checking requirements... ok.
Checking kernel configuration... ok.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-16-generic/build SUBDIRS=/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
CC [M] /home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath/if_ath.o
CC [M] /home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath/if_ath_pci.o
LD [M] /home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath/ath_pci.o
CC [M] /home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/ah_os.o
HOSTCC /home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:26:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:27:19: error: errno.h: No such file or directory
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:28:20: error: getopt.h: No such file or directory
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:29:20: error: string.h: No such file or directory
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:30:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:32:23: error: sys/fcntl.h: No such file or directory
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:33:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c: In function 'uudecode_usage':
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:37: warning: implicit declaration of function 'printf'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:37: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'printf'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c: At top level:
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:40: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:70: error: expected ')' before '*' token
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c: In function 'main':
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: 'FILE' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:121: error: 'src_stream' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:122: error: 'dst_stream' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:122: error: 'NULL' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:130: warning: implicit declaration of function 'getopt'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:134: error: 'optarg' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:138: warning: implicit declaration of function 'exit'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:138: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:141: error: 'optind' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:142: error: 'stdin' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:144: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fopen'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:146: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fprintf'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:146: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:146: error: 'stderr' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:147: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strerror'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:147: error: 'errno' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:147: warning: format '%s' expects type 'char *', but argument 4 has type 'int'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:148: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:152: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:156: warning: implicit declaration of function 'get_line_from_file'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:156: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:157: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strncmp'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:164: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:165: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:168: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strtoul'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:170: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strchr'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:170: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'strchr'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:172: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:173: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:178: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strcmp'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:179: error: 'stdout' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:182: error: 'O_WRONLY' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:182: error: 'O_CREAT' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:182: error: 'O_TRUNC' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:186: error: 'O_EXCL' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:188: warning: implicit declaration of function 'open'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:189: error: 'S_IRWXU' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:189: error: 'S_IRWXG' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:189: error: 'S_IRWXO' undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:191: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fdopen'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:193: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'fprintf'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:194: warning: format '%s' expects type 'char *', but argument 4 has type 'int'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:195: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'exit'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:199: warning: implicit declaration of function 'read_stduu'
/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode.c:201: warning: implicit declaration of function 'fclose'
make[3]: *** [/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal/uudecode] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007/ath_hal] Error 2
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/serge/madwifi-ng-r2756+ar5007] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

[Spartacus84]

When I attemt to connect to the internet on wicd, it says I am "Connected to none at 0 (IP: 192.168.X.X), and my internet doesn't work. Am I doing the static IP adress wrong? I just put in my regular IP adress. What should I do?

[Spartacus84]

Hmm... when I try it without a static IP, it goes between saying "<SSID>: Obtaining IP adress..." and "None: Obtaining IP adress...", and it ends up with "Not connected". Any ideas?

[Spartacus84]

Below the "Auotmatically connect to this network" box is the following: "90% Secured WEP 00:18:01:F3:E1:27 Managed Channel 6".

In preferences, my WPA supplicant driver is set to ndiswrapper, my wireless interface is wlan0, and my wired interface is eth0.

What do I have to do to get it to connect?

[troach]

These instructions are useless to me. Why? I don't have any network access. Just a wireless card.

Any idea how I can download on another machine and load everything on my Ubuntu?

You'd think Ubuntu would have had most of this worked out by now.

[major_rocks]

Below the "Auotmatically connect to this network" box is the following: "90% Secured WEP 00:18:01:F3:E1:27 Managed Channel 6".

In preferences, my WPA supplicant driver is set to ndiswrapper, my wireless interface is wlan0, and my wired interface is eth0.

What do I have to do to get it to connect?

try setting the wpa supplicant driver to "wext" instead, you may need to reboot as well.

[zeba]

I tried to install those things I was told at ubuntu forums, mad wifi, the wrapper, cant remmeber itś exact name, and a windowsdriver i dl from acer, but also should be availeble at atheros site. I did nt get it to work and no wireless connection in my list of connection options.

Then I installed the package in synaptic called hostapd and suddenly I could see the wireless networks. I don t really know how I did but maybe u can get some help out of it?
this is the program I installed last and suddenly everything worked..

but I dl both my driver in windows version, madwifi, wrapper and Im not sure what is the key for it all..I dont dare to test it either ...what if I cant get it right again..lol...

The current version includes support for other drivers, an integrated
EAP authenticator (i.e., allow full authentication without requiring
an external RADIUS authentication server), and RADIUS authentication
server for EAP authentication.

hostapd works with the following drivers:

* Host AP driver for Prism2/2.5/3,
* Prism54 driver for Intersil/Conexant Prism GT/Duette/Indigo,
* madwifi driver for cards based on Atheros chip set (ar521x),
* Any wired Ethernet driver for wired IEEE 802.1X authentication.