aspire one series wireless problems on ubuntu

my brother has an aspire one zg5...........i put ubuntu on it and the wireless driver isn't there any more..............where can i download another one?

 

Option #1: Check the forum for a link to sickboy's kernel.
Option #2: Install linux-modules-backports for your kernel from the Ubuntu repository

 

I installed Xubuntu using Wubi and then googled to find the instructions to get wifi working. http://bad.ilink.lv/2008/07/guide-how-to-install-xubintu-on-acer-aspire-one/

Install wi-fi drivers:
mkdir source
cd source
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-ha ... ent.tar.gz
tar xzvf madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-current.tar.gz
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
cd madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3816-20080724 (This will change when new snapshots are made)
make
sudo make install
sudo -i
echo ath_pci >> /etc/modules
exit

 

Try using Ubuntueee i downloaded it earlier today, installed it via usb pendrive and have managed to configure all hardware. Not bad for a total dimwit where Linux is concerned!
Webcam Working
Sound Working
Wifi working, although wifi notification light doesn't light
Far better looking than Linpus

 

Compiling madwifi is unnecessary, as said above, installing the backports will make wifi work just fine. Assuming you installed Ubuntu 8.10, installing the backports should work just fine.

1. Go to System/Admin/Hardware drivers. You should have two items there relating to your wireless device, Disable "Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards"
2. Restart
3. After restarting/logging in, open a terminal and type sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid-generic
4. Restart again
5. Once logged in, you should be able to see Wireless networks, join networks, etc.

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