Drivers for Wireless Cards

Hi everyone,

Recently the hard drive on my laptop malfunctioned and I lost everything. Upon replacing a new one, I felt the completely black hardrive was a perfect opprotunity to install Linux... I mapped out what I need the computer for and what programs I need.

The installation went fine, but I can't connect to the wireless LAN I have, and the wireless card light (which is blue when it is working) is red, so it is disabled.

Figuring it was a driver problem, I went to the HP site, but HP does not support Linux and have no drivers available. The Xubuntu site is more like a maze than a helpful resource.

So, feeling sunk, I come to the Blitz community as I did last time when I felt sunk (and had great success) to ask if anyone knows where I can find a wireless card driver. I have an HP Pavillion dv6000 and the newest edition of Xubuntu (I think)

Thanks for everyones help,
Sauer

Try this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=25683

Also see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WiFiHowTo
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

Using the lspci command in the terminal shows that the ethernet and network controller are both unknown devices.

I don't have a disk of drivers with my computer, and all the links on the Ubuntu site are broken, so I'm not really sure where to go from here.

Perhaps I should look into getting a copy of Windows XP...

This seems to be what you need, it seems to cover the range:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=769990&highlight=HP+Pavillion+dv6000+wireless


Depending on the make, wireless cards can be a pain in the arse. I which they would adopt a standard like the normal 10/100 cards have. Until they do its a game of hit and miss. TBH i have not had any problems myself on my 6 various laptops (2 are HP) but it does seem to be one of the most prominent moans about using linux. Dont give up!!

On step one when you're supposed to download the drivers I get a 404 error.

I would look for the drivers myself but I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for.

Thanks for the link though, as soon as I get these drivers I'll try making it through all the steps.

Ok well I found another solution, and that was just to not use wireless.

I discovered my dorm comes with data jacks in the wall, so I just plugged it in and worked instantly, no trouble at all.

So, if I end up needing wireless for some reason (don't think I will) I'll try to do this but until then I'll just make it on a wired connection.

Thanks to everyone,
Sauer

Ok, try this one:
http://penkin.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/ubuntu-804-broadcom-wireless/

Ok so this is unrelated to my wireless card question, but rather than start the million threads I'll probably need while I am learning linux, I'll just ask here...

I have trouble installing everything. Recently I installed a java plugin for firefox, but I can't seem to configure it correctly. I'm working off this site : http://www.java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#100.

They want me to create a symbolic link, but it always gives me a broken link. I'm not really sure what to do at this point.

Sadly, that page you linked to is way, way out of date and won't work.

Refer to:
http://ubuntusite.com/how-to-make-java-plugin-work-in-firefox-kubuntu-hardy-hero/
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=829319
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-366104.html

Edit: just to clarify, I have the latest Ubuntu hardy and with no Java stuff installed all I needed to do to get Java working in Firefox 3 was to install the sun-java6-plugin from the package manager.

Hey, thanks markcw, the third link worked beautifully.

Now I'm wondering why the Java website directed me to the page I was using, kind of disturbing.

It's entirely up to the Linux distro to tell you how to install Java today, I suppose they only maintain Java-specific docs now.

Out of curiosity, did you try out that last wireless link I posted?

No I'm sticking to wired connection at the moment.

Why do you ask? I can try it if you want me to, since today I got both Java and my digital camera working (a great triumph for me).

EDIT- Ok I just tried the last link you supplied for the wireless, and installation seemingly went well, but on rebooting my computer the light is still red.

hmmm...

Just curious if you tried it and it didn't work, it looks like a much better howto than the previous one I posted. I remember reading somewhere that it may work after a second reboot.

Just found this link yesterday. (It seems to work with Atheros chipset, and I dont' know what are you using...)
I've not time to test IF and HOW it works, maybe it's the final solution (and it should be included in Ubuntu 8.10...)

What's wrong with NdisWrapper+XP drivers? if you have to?

Hi everyone, I just wanted to report that Ubuntu 8.10 (Ipex) supports the cards and works right out of the box.

Now if I can just figure out how to get connected to my LAN I'll be set.