[ath9k-devel] Please help install on Ubuntu Jaunty

[Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:31:40AM -0700, Carlos Kosloff wrote:
> 
> *-network UNCLAIMED
> description: Ethernet controller
> product: AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter
> vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
> version: 01
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: bus_master cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> 
> This is the output of lshw.
> I installed all updates of Jaunty, all codecs too (including Medibuntu).
> Installed cheese, tried with Hardware Drivers, tried ndiswrapper, no luck.
> Still no wireless.
> The bundled driver is ath5k, there is a newer driver, ath9k.
> Please explain how to install.
> I am on an Acer Aspire One, some models ship with Linux pre-installed, so there must be a way to make it work.
> Wireless works fine under Windows, I am on a dual-boot machine.
> I see that the width of the card is 64 bits, maybe I should download 64-bit codecs?
> Thanks.

Codecs with wireless? What are you talking about?

Anyway please read:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/

And beforey you do that please read thorughly:

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/Reporting_bugs

  Luis