Universe repository is enabled, but there is no madwifi or madwifi-dev. Here is the output you requested.
ni...@niels-acer:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:05.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:12.0 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 Serial ATA Controller (rev 80) 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller (rev 80) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller (rev 80) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 83) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 IDE Controller (rev 80) 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB4x0 High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge (rev 80) 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge (rev 80) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP] 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) 06:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 06:04.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB-712/4 Cardbus Controller (rev 10) 06:04.1 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller (rev 01) 06:04.2 SD Host controller: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digital Card Reader Controller (rev 01) 06:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc: (rev 01) 06:04.4 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc SD/MMC Card Reader Controller (rev 01) ni...@niels-acer:~$ lsusb Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 09da:000a A4 Tech Co., Ltd Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus Printer Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Regards, Niels On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Claudio Moretti <flyingsta...@gmail.com>wrote: > Have you tried to install madwifi via synaptic? > if madwifi itself doesn't work, try with madwifi-dev (hope it exists); > don't compile it yourself. > If you're not able to find it, be sure you have enabled universe > repositories from System >Administration >Software Sources, then try to > install it. > > Can you also post the output of "lspci" and "lsusb" (launch them in a > terminal), please? > > -- > 8.04 blinking caps lock on bootup > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309311 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Problem occurs when booting "Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-22-generic" (line > copied from /boot/grub/menu.lst) on an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop. After > initial install the boot went ok. I have a configuration document I follow > to perform a fresh install of Ubuntu, and I was nearing the completion of > the install. As the final series of steps, I installed wine and > network-manager-pptp, configured wine, and installed a Windows program under > wine. VPN requires a reboot to enable VPN, and the problem occurs during > the reboot. Based on previous experience, the problem will recur on every > single reboot. The work-around is to boot from "Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel > 2.6.24-16-generic" instead. I suspect the problem is caused by VPN, and next > time I do a fresh install, I will reboot after each of my install steps, to > confirm the machine will still boot. I am not using Ubuntu 8.10 because I > haven't been able to get wireless to work under 8.10. > -- Niels Andersen Guelph, Ontario, Canada -- 8.04 blinking caps lock on bootup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
