Install Ubuntu Hardy (8.04.1) Guide

IT WORKS! Thanks a ton. I bought a book to explain all this, but I haven't made it to that chapter yet! Seriously awesome help here!
Matt

 

Hi all,
I followed the instructions for installing alsa 1.0.17 from source described in the HdaIntelSoundHowto hoping to make the mic works.
After compiling and installing I rebooted, but now the WiFi is not working anymore.
dmesg says:

Code:

[  446.440533] ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol _ath_hal_attach
[  446.440565] ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_attach
[  446.441714] ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_hal_process_noisefloor
[  446.441726] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_process_noisefloor
[  446.443479] ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
[  446.443498] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_computetxtime
[  446.445428] ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee
[  446.445441] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_mhz2ieee
[  446.446825] ath_pci: Unknown symbol _ath_hal_detach
[  446.455932] ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_hal_init_channels
[  446.455946] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_init_channels
[  446.457546] ath_pci: disagrees about version of symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes
[  446.457557] ath_pci: Unknown symbol ath_hal_getwirelessmodes

It's my fault or is there a conflict between the drivers?
Anyone has tried wifi and alsa 1.0.17 togheter?

sam.

 

Hi Sam,

Sounds like you just need to recompile the wireless after the alsa upgrade. In the source directory of the module do:

Code:

make clean
make
sudo make install

and reboot - it should be back up and working.

 

@WanderingStar great job!
I have it since last Saturday, and with Ubuntu installed with your help.
By the way, I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix and it worked like a champ.

 

Guys this install guide rocks. I consider myself a Linux-Newb and I was able to follow it quite easily.

One problem however; the Aspire One supports 1024x600 yet the highest resolution option in Ubuntu is 800x600. Any idea how to set it to 1024x600 ?

PS I'm using xubuntu.

 

Now none of my USB drives will mount properly... I have no idea where to start as far as troubleshooting. I am loving Ubuntu though...

 

Hi mattylight. Did you do this bit of the how-to?

Even if you did - just open fstab ("gedit /etc/fstab") and double check that you have commented (#) the right line.

 

I followed this guide, I guess my wireless worked fine for a second, but now it's a mess again. Is there any way to uninstall the drivers and re-install them? I've tried to re-install them but with no success (no wireless networks found).

Also, for some odd reason System-Administration-Hardware shows drivers for Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL) and Support for Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN cards are being in use, even though I have disabled them?

Any help to get wlan working on my Aspire one is greatly appreciated.

 

Hi,

For this just do a fresh recompile using the following command sequence from within the madwifi folder:
make clean
make
sudo make install

Or alternatively type: make uninstall (this will really remove the previously compiled code).

For this follow the guide at: http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo

cheers

 

For this follow the guide at: http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo

cheers[/quote:26s5ewo3]


Thanks for the reply. I tried the commands you suggested and also followed the commands at madwifi.org but it didn't do any good. Well as I just installed Ubuntu so I probably should just re-install the OS and give it a go from the scratch.

 

Hi, thank you for the answer. It works again now. You're right, after recompilation & reboot wifi is up and working.

Perhaps, I'm still in trouble with mic (also external mic does not work).
I have now alsa 1.0.17, in /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base I added:

Code:

options snd-hda-intel model=auto

External speaker and headphones are working correctly, but testing the mic with Skype and with arecord I cannot hear my voice but only a slight hiss...
I use gnome-alsa-mixer and it seems that the mic is not mute:

Are there any other options/tweaks that are needed to make mic works?

sam.

 

I have the exact same problem using xubuntu. Is there a fix for this?

 

In my ubuntu It's 1024x600 default. Try make a dpkg-reconfigure to xserver-xorg.

Try lowering the mic boost. Can you see if the output is set to the mic (external). Front mic don't work, cdrom either and line doesn't work too.

 

Hi thank you for the answer.
Looking into gnome volume control I've found that there's only one possible input source and it is set to "Front Mic".


It's not possible to switch to others input source as you can see from the screenshot.

Thank you again for your answer.
sam.

 

Few things i'd like to get working:

I'd like to use my 3G Mobile phone (Nokia E61) as an modem when i'm not in a WLAN network. Problem is, it isn't so simple.

I have used some instructions how to get the connection working, but it doesn't work, i don't know if it is my mistake or feature of acer aspire one.

Other way could be using an program in my phone which makes it an WLAN hotspot, but it doesn't work either, A1 finds it but it can't connect to it. The phone wlan hotspot is in ADHOC mode, maybe it has something to do with it?

The WLAN hotspot program for S60 mobile phones: http://www.joikuspot.com/

Any progress with headphones / mic / card reader problems?

 

What do you mean by "switch the wifi on"?

 

Still having problems getting wifi to work. I followed the instructions once again and did everything precisely as suggested but still not getting wifi to work :|

iwconfig gives:

Code:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wifi0     no wireless extensions.

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm   Sensitivity=1/1  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/70  Signal level=-148 dBm  Noise level=-148 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Any ideas on how to continue from here?

 

Hi Orbital,

Is the wireless switched on? In other words flick the little switch on the front of the one. Since the light is non functional it will not show if its on or off.

Failing that, what happens when you use the network manager to actually try and connect to your network. If you could in a terminal type tail -f /var/log/syslog >> wirelesslog.txt, then try and connect to a network.
After it fails copy the contents of the text file (hit ctrl+c to stop the logging) to here and perhaps I could see something.

Jeff

 

Haha all it probably took was to use the switch, because now it's working like a charm! Thanks!

 

I'm very sorry, instead of model=auto, please change it to model=acer.
Again, I'm sorry about the mistake, the right setting is model=acer and not model=auto.