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    Compaq F700 Wireless

    Hello I have a Compaq F700 laptop and trying to get Wifi working on it. I installed Kubuntu 9.04 yesterday and now trying to get internet on it. I have activated the drivers:
    [img width=325 height=400]http://i34.tinypic.com/280kxfd.png[/img]
    but everytime i go to the network manager it wont let me choose wireless tab (its disabled):
    [img width=400 height=246]http://i35.tinypic.com/vfi1z8.png[/img]
    so maybe my card isn't working ? Any help on fixing this is appreaciated, thanks.

    If its any help I have a Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter network adaptop.
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    #2
    Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

    Could you please try go to System -> Hardware Drivers? Do you see it there? If so, could you try to activate it?
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      Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

      strang mines onley 1 # off from yours and it worked out the box.

      vinny@desktop:~$ lspci | grep -i net
      06:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5008 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
      hear using ath9k

      vinny@desktop:~$ lsmod | grep -i ath
      ath9k 280760 0
      mac80211 217592 1 ath9k
      led_class 12036 1 ath9k
      I must say though the ath9k dident work in my other box (using the same card) and had to use ndiswrapper.

      but I never did try the madwifi or wicd.

      the comand

      Code:
      iwconfig
      will show a configured wireless device

      vinny@desktop:~$ iwconfig
      lo no wireless extensions.

      eth0 no wireless extensions.

      eth1 no wireless extensions.

      wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

      wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"linksys"
      Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:17:3F:57:43:7C
      Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
      Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thr=2352 B
      Power Managementff
      Link Quality=81/100 Signal level:-36 dBm Noise level=-88 dBm
      Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
      Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

      pan0 no wireless extensions.
      and

      Code:
      ifconfig
      vinny@desktop:~$ ifconfig
      eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:11:8f:d5:74
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

      eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0a:01:02:3c:c7
      UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
      Interrupt:22 Base address:0xb800

      lo Link encap:Local Loopback
      inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
      RX packets:1554 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:1554 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:108868 (108.8 KB) TX bytes:108868 (108.8 KB)

      wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:e5:fb:c2:7f
      inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
      inet6 addr: fe80::21e:e5ff:fefb:c27f/64 Scope:Link
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:16270 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:14226 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:20285403 (20.2 MB) TX bytes:1912502 (1.9 MB)

      wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1E-E5-FB-C2-7F-32-37-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
      UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
      RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
      RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

      vinny@desktop:~$
      will show witch ones are up
      and

      Code:
      ifconfig -a
      will show all even if down



      VINNY
      i7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
      16GB RAM
      Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores
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        Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

        thanks lmilano, but I'v already done that. The funny thing is as soon as I installed Linux it did actually work, I tihnk I may have changed something? Possibly if I re-install it may would, not im not really sure about that. Is there a way to say "reformat" like windows has ?

        @vinnywright Yeh when I do that it says "no wireless extensions" for all of them.
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          Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

          Ah, you need to tell us these things in advance, please, the more info the better!

          Is it possible that there is some blacklisting going on? I had a similar experience (and fixed it) before:
          http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3104787.0

          Cheers!
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            #6
            Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

            Oh I thought you would have noticed from the picture I posted (first one), sorry. Urm possibly but I can't check because when I go to run Kubuntu I get this:
            [img width=400 height=221]http://grab.by/6Z2[/img]
            It says:
            The following installation problem was detected while trying to sart KDE:

            No write access to '/home/ben/.ICEauthority'.

            KDE is unable to start.
            This happens after I login, so when it loads these:

            it gets to the globe, then stops and If I click on the box it just gives me the above error.
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              Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

              no worries. Can you login in some other environment? Even if you can in safemode, just try this in a console window:

              Code:
              sudo chmod u+w /home/ben/.ICEauthority
              If that doesn't work, maybe this (which will remove the file, in the hope it will be recreated with the proper permissions:

              Code:
              sudo rm /home/ben/.ICEauthority
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                #8
                Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

                Ok thanks, I'll just re-boot into linux now.
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                  Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

                  This is a symptom of using sudo to run a kde program as root when you are supposed to use kdesudo
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                    #10
                    Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

                    thanks, but didn't do anything. I think I'll just format my Linux partition and re-install
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                      Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

                      skunk is correct. Also, don't perform root operations (using a file browser as root, installing software, etc.) in your home folder, or it will happen again.

                      If you don't need the practice of reinstalling, and don't have a lot of "settings" that you need to keep, you can (after shutting down X) simply rename (or delete) the .kde folder, and the .ICEauthority and .Xauthority files, and then log back in to a clean default desktop.

                      Ctrl-Alt-F1, and log in.

                      ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
                      ~$ mv .kde .kde_bak
                      ~$ rm .ICEauthority
                      ~$ rm .Xauthority
                      ~$ sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start

                      and you should be back in business.

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                        Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

                        Ahh ok thanks, I shall try that. I don't mind re-installing I hate nothing on there at all that I need, and my Network Manager went when I tried wcid, I prefer the default one but don't know to get it back. But thanks ill have a go at that!
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                          Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

                          Originally posted by Banjo348

                          my Network Manager went when I tried wcid, I prefer the default one
                          I think you are the first person in the history of Kubuntu to say that!

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                            Re: Compaq F700 Wireless

                            Originally posted by dibl
                            Originally posted by Banjo348

                            my Network Manager went when I tried wcid, I prefer the default one
                            I think you are the first person in the history of Kubuntu to say that!



                            Quite frankly, wicd has been more reliable for me, but I like Network Manager KDE better, so I use it wherever it works, and fall back to wicd otherwise (and I really think it would be wise of Kubuntu to do this systematically, i.e. allow you to install both and switch back and forth in a way that is easy for a regular user).

                            Cheers!
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