acer aspire 1801 WSMI_2.93

[Jackcool]

Hello,
completely new here, just installed mint 13 as win XP replacement.
computer is shown above only trouble i have is that there is no wireless connection possble because the wireless device is nowwhere to be found.
please some advice
tnx

[PatH57]

Hi,

can you connect through Ethernet, then go to control center, driver manager and check if additional drivers are shown?

[Jackcool]

Hi,
cabled connection ok
no additional drivers found

[karlchen]

Hi, Jackcool.

Then it will be time to open the terminal window. Execute

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inxi -Fxz

Post the complete screen ouput here, please. This will give a concise overview of your system configuration including the devices which Mint has detected.
Next, please, execute

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iwconfig

Post the screen output. And finally

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rfkill list

This will list any blocked wifi devices, if any are found. Post the screen output.

Kind regards,
Karl

[Jackcool]

Tnx Karl,
here are the points from the terminal:
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: femke-Aspire-1800 Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.6.3)
Desktop: KDE 4.8.3 (Qt 4.8.1) Distro: Linux Mint 13 Maya
Machine: System: Acer (portable) product: Aspire 1800 version: Null
Mobo: Acer model: Aspire 1800 version: Null Bios: PHOENIX First version: V2.70 date: 02/17/2005
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB flags: (nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 5852.13 clocked at 2926.067 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.11.3 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on ATI RV380 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: 3000 3880 bus-ID: 00:1e.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet driver: tg3 ver: 3.121 bus-ID: 0a:01.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Card-2: InProComm IPN 2220 802.11g port: 5000 bus-ID: 0a:02.0
IF: N/A state: N/A mac: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (6.4% used) 1: /dev/sda ST9808210A 80.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 74G used: 4.9G (7%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 1.34GB used: 0.06GB (5%) fs: swap
Sensors: Error: You do not have the sensors app installed.
Info: Processes: 141 Uptime: 6:43 Memory: 838.4/1253.5MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.6.3 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.33



femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.


no results for: rfkill list

[PatH57]

ok not detected

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lspci

[Jackcool]

femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI Express Root Port (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]
0a:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB21 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
0a:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
0a:02.0 Ethernet controller: InProComm Inc. IPN 2220 802.11g
0a:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)

[PatH57]

no the feared acer IPN2220
It's going to be a long ride:

if at any stage you get an error message please stop and come back here with the error.

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sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

Download the windows driver on the Acer website [url]ftp://ftp.work.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_4000/driver/a802.zip[/url]
and place the downloaded a802.zip file in your "Home" folder.

Back in the terminal enter

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cd ~

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unzip a802.zip

you should now have a folder called A802 in your Home folder

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sudo -cp -Rf ~/A802/ /opt/

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sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

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sudo ndiswrapper -i /opt/A802/Win2k/neti2220.inf

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sudo ndiswrapper -m

Now check in NetworkManager to see if your wireless network is detected... if it is, configure your wireless connection.

Now to load the driver every time your system boots... back in a terminal, enter:

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sudo gedit /etc/modules

and add the line:

ndiswrapper

at the end of the file... save and exit.

[Jackcool]

Bij de eerste actiekrijg ik al een fout, heb daarna verder de lijst afgewerkt en zie ik de wireless connectie maar ik kan er niet op werken !!! ok niet na alles ingesteld te hebben.
Nu is er enkel nog het probleempje bij de laatste stap om de driver telkens opnieuw te laden, ik kan de lijn niet toevoegen vanwege 'command not found'
Alvast heel hartelijk bedankt voor de snelle en goede oplossing

femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
[sudo] password for femke:
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd
De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils is niet beschikbaar, hoewel er naar verwezen wordt door
een ander pakket. Mogelijk betekent dit dat het pakket ontbreekt,
verouderd is, of enkel beschikbaar is van een andere bron
Echter, de volgende pakketten vervangen dit:
ndiswrapper-common

E: Pakket 'ndiswrapper-utils' heeft geen kandidaat voor installatie
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ cd ~
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ unzip a802.zip
Archive: a802.zip
creating: A802/
inflating: A802/data1.cab
inflating: A802/data1.hdr
inflating: A802/data2.cab
inflating: A802/ikernel.ex_
inflating: A802/install.txt
inflating: A802/layout.bin
inflating: A802/ReleasedNote.txt
inflating: A802/Setup.exe
inflating: A802/Setup.ini
inflating: A802/setup.inx
inflating: A802/setup.iss
inflating: A802/silent.txt
creating: A802/Win2k/
inflating: A802/Win2k/i2220ntx.cat
inflating: A802/Win2k/i2220ntx.sys
inflating: A802/Win2k/neti2220.inf
inflating: A802/Win2k/neti2220.PNF
creating: A802/Winxp/
inflating: A802/Winxp/i2220ntx.cat
inflating: A802/Winxp/i2220ntx.sys
inflating: A802/Winxp/neti2220.inf
inflating: A802/Winxp/neti2220.PNF
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ sudo -cp -Rf ~/A802/ /opt/
usage: sudo [-D level] -h | -K | -k | -V
usage: sudo -v [-AknS] [-D level] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-u user name|#uid]
usage: sudo -l[l] [-AknS] [-D level] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-U user name] [-u user name|#uid] [-g groupname|#gid] [command]
usage: sudo [-AbEHknPS] [-C fd] [-D level] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-u user name|#uid] [-g groupname|#gid] [VAR=value]
[-i|-s] [<command>]
usage: sudo -e [-AknS] [-C fd] [-D level] [-g groupname|#gid] [-p prompt] [-u user name|#uid] file ...
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ sudo ndiswrapper -i /opt/A802/Win2k/neti2220.inf
driver neti2220 is already installed
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ sudo ndiswrapper -m
module configuration already contains alias directive

module configuration already contains alias directive

femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $ sudo gedit /etc/modules
sudo: gedit: command not found
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $

[PatH57]

as I said if any error stop and come back, why did you go on?

[Jackcool]

stupdiness i guess

[PatH57]

na more stressed to get it working.

So start again and at each error come back. If I'm not there at least someone else can fix the step where you are hanging.

[Jackcool]

problem 1: sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils

Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd
De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
Pakket ndiswrapper-utils is niet beschikbaar, hoewel er naar verwezen wordt door
een ander pakket. Mogelijk betekent dit dat het pakket ontbreekt,
verouderd is, of enkel beschikbaar is van een andere bron
Echter, de volgende pakketten vervangen dit:
ndiswrapper-common

E: Pakket 'ndiswrapper-utils' heeft geen kandidaat voor installatie
femke@femke-Aspire-1800 ~ $