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chuffer Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Posts: 3 Other Topics	Posted Apr 25, 2008 at 6:03:32 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble I just put kubuntu 8.04 on my sony vaio, model number vgn-nr260e, and the atheros wireless card dosen't work because it has a switch in the front used to turn the function on and off, the switch worked using vista but now the wireless dosent work period, even when i had the switch on while installing. I have the driver for it so i cant think of any reason it wouldnt work, if any one has had this happen to them and knows how to fix it i would be very gratefull for any help received.
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proopnarine Joined Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 337 Location:San Francisco Other Topics	Posted: Apr 26, 2008 5:01:31 AM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble Chuffer, is the card being recognized by kubuntu at all? Maybe turn it off, and then on again, and type dmesg and see if the system saw the card. Take the red pill www.calacademy.org/blogs
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chuffer Joined Apr 25, 2008 Posts: 3 Other Topics	Posted: Apr 28, 2008 5:32:52 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble yeah, the card is recognized and kubuntu even installed the driver for it, the problem is that the switch wont turn the card like it did under vista.
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proopnarine Joined Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 337 Location:San Francisco Other Topics	Posted: Apr 29, 2008 6:55:26 AM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble I have a different model Vaio, and it works fine. So, if I understand you correctly, when you turn the switch to "on", kubuntu recognizes that the card has been activated? If yes, then there's probably something wrong with the LED indicator light, and your card is fine. Take the red pill www.calacademy.org/blogs
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chuffer Joined Apr 25, 2008 Posts: 3 Other Topics	Posted: May 14, 2008 6:25:48 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble no, whether the switch is on or off dosent matter, the driver and hal are installed and i can see them in restricted hardware drivers but it dosent show a wireless device in network management or when i use iwconfig. [Modified by: chuffer on May 14, 2008 06:31 PM]
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harmonic Joined May 17, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: May 17, 2008 12:14:24 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble chuffer I have exactly the same problem in ubuntu.. the atheros card driver and atheros hal are loaded.... i get nothing with iwconfig. The light does not turn on whether I switch it on or off.. when i go back to my vista partition everything works fine (light and all)
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harmonic Joined May 17, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: May 17, 2008 12:36:20 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble hmm this looks promising.. I will keep you posted if i can get my card to work http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14644
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xi Joined May 02, 2008 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted: May 17, 2008 2:32:11 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble Do the drivers you're trying to use have a firmware portion that might have forgotten to install?
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justwally Joined May 17, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: May 17, 2008 8:41:01 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble The madwifi driver (for the newer Atheros wireless chipsets) needs to be patched and will not work. I don't know of a patch for it other than one done-up by a Mepis user. I had the very same problem, compiled the latest madwifi, gave it my best, and finally uninstalled madwifi, installed ndiswrapper, and used this atheros driver: http://www.savagehamsters.com/chewtoys/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/atheros-5007eg-wlan-drivers.zip It performs flawlessly. EDIT: (not two minutes later) Do yourself a big favor and also install the gtk interface for ndiswrapper. It is called "ndisgtk." [Modified by: justwally on May 17, 2008 08:43 PM]
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justwally Joined May 17, 2008 Posts: 2 Other Topics	Posted: May 17, 2008 11:03:44 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble Chuffer, Can you post the results of the command "lspci" as executed from the command prompt? It would be very useful. :-)
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jsmjsm Joined Jul 07, 2008 Posts: 1 Other Topics	Posted: Jul 07, 2008 10:23:59 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble Similar problem.. I have a Sony VAIO VGN-NR310E and the led on the Wifi card does not work in Ubuntu and I cannot scan for local networks. Drivers were installed automatically by Wubi/Ubuntu. Works fine in Vista. Hmm.. any ideas? 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 15) 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) [Modified by: jsmjsm on July 07, 2008 10:34 PM]
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Nathan Willis Joined Jun 12, 2007 Posts: 28 Location:Republica de Texas Other Topics	Posted: Jul 10, 2008 9:29:35 PM Subject: Sony Vaio wireless trouble jsmjsm, It is better to start your own thread than to latch your question onto another one. The original poster hasn't responded since May; you'll have better luck starting a thread of your own that will attract fresh eyes and fresh ideas. Nate -- Forum Guidelines, The Quicker Picker Upper: http://www.linux.com/forums/topic/1665
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