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Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by Lokalaskurar, May 3, 2011.

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  1. Lokalaskurar TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 616

    Lokalaskurar, May 3, 2011
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  2. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Ahh, I thought that might be the case. Its the Atheros networking.

    This page should work wonders for you! http://askubuntu.com/questions/11015/need-wired-wireless-atheros-driver-for-ar9285-and-ar8152

    Just download the .deb in Windows 7, and then boot Ubuntu and navigate to the downloads folder in your Windows C Drive, and run the .deb file.

    Once installed, you should be able to reboot, then connect to wireless, to then download the additional package to get your ethernet working.

    Should should then be done. :D
    Leeky, May 3, 2011
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  3. Lokalaskurar TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 616

    Argh! I'm getting an error during packing-up; "Error: Dependancy not satisfactionable" (pardon poor grammar) - I am sure I'm trying to install the AMD64-version as well...

    The wireless doesn't work after the pack-up, btw. And luckily, the router has Wi-Fi, (forgot to mention that :D ).
    Lokalaskurar, May 4, 2011
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  4. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    Leeky, May 4, 2011
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  5. Lokalaskurar TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 616

    But I am using 64 bit Ubuntu, should I still download the i386?
    Lokalaskurar, May 4, 2011
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  6. Leeky TechSpot Moderator Posts: 4,344   +59

    :haha: No AMD64 is what you need then. I assumed you were running 32 bit like most do. :)

    Thats very odd, it should work once that package is installed (for wireless anyway). Let me check the dependancies when I get a min dude. :)
    Leeky, May 4, 2011
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  7. Lokalaskurar TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 616

    I'm ever so grateful. :)
    Lokalaskurar, May 4, 2011
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  8. Lokalaskurar TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 616

    Yeah, you probably noticed by now that I have switched to BackTrack 5 instead of Ubuntu. I wouldn't say no to any working Atheros drivers for Ubuntu 10.04 -64-, but BackTrack had the drivers necessary for my Wifi-card -- and part from the occasional 'processor-panic'; Yippee!

    Although as I pretty much just overwrote my Ubuntu-partition(s) with the BackTrack 5 files, I see many funny (and cool) things that most BT users don't. I for instance have all the Ubuntu GUI stuff still activated (cool) and Grub still says that I'm running Ubuntu as a dual-boot (good, because no-one will ever notice that this machine has BT then ;) )

    Do you (or anyone) know what 'flavor' of Linux - BackTrack is based off? I heard it was Debian, but it looks to me like a normal Gnome thingy more related with Ubuntu!

    (I'm such a Linux-noob :facepalm: )
    Lokalaskurar, Jul 31, 2011
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