Ubuntu Help, please.

[Chaco]

So I burned a live disc, and started the download and such. To get to 59% of installation, and then it stopped saying there was an error. I was using my older laptop, so I tried the disc again. Got to 59% again.

It said there was either something wrong with the disc itself, the drive, or the computer was overheated.

So, I'm burning it from my Desktop now and trying it from this, and if it fails on disc I'll try USB. But I need support here, so is there anything else I should try in case this fails?

 

[Super_ness]

Does it say what the error was?

 

[Chaco]

I actually got it fixed, however, I now cannot get it to read my wireless network. any advice?

 

[OFY]

Chacotaco...Go into terminal and paste these two commands

lspci
lshw -C network

Copy and paste the output here, I'll try to help you out

 

[Chaco]

kyle@kyle-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02)
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
03:01.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
03:01.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
03:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
03:01.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
kyle@kyle-laptop:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:fe8fc000-fe8fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1d:09:ad:6e:eb
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 latency=64 multicast=yes
resources: irq:17 memory:fe5fe000-fe5fffff
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1e:4c:26:15:d4
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg


Thanks in advance.

 

[OFY]

Chaco if you don't have access to internet from ethernet, insert your LIVE CD

and type these commands into terminal

sudo apt-cdrom add

add the CD when asked then paste these two commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ndiswraper-utils-1.9

Reboot then go into system>administration>hardwaredrivers and it should recognize the wireless hardware. Oh by the way, if you do have internet access via ethernet you dont have to sudo apt-cdrom add

 

[Super_ness]

Actually, you should be able to just go to System,Administration,Hardware Drivers without doing all that.

 

[OFY]

Actually, you should be able to just go to System,Administration,Hardware Drivers without doing all that.

Only if it's a proprietary driver that hasn't been enabled by default I think..

Either way. Taco, start by seeing if the driver is restricted, if it is enable it. If that doesn't work or there is nothing there follow the steps in my last post.

 

[Chaco]

Only if it's a proprietary driver that hasn't been enabled by default I think..

Either way. Taco, start by seeing if the driver is restricted, if it is enable it. If that doesn't work or there is nothing there follow the steps in my last post.

What would the command be if I was using a USB instead if a live disc?

 

[OFY]

What would the command be if I was using a USB instead if a live disc?

Darn, I can't seem to find a command for that. I'll keep looking for it though, if worst comes to worst, you can always manually download the .deb on another computer and transfer it to usb>linux box...If you decide to do that heres how you install it...

sudo dpkg -i PACKAGENAME.deb

Just replace PACKAGENAME with the name of the .deb file you download...

The .deb is here

http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/i386/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9/download

TBH, I think it's going to give you an error since you haven't updated via terminal, but its worth a try.

 

[Chaco]

I can burn another LIVE disc if you can't find it.

 

[OFY]

Yeah just do that then lol, takes like 5 mins anyways

 

[Chaco]

Alright this is what I got when I tried it:

kyle@kyle-laptop:~$ sudo apt-cdrom add
Using CD-ROM mount point /media/apt/
Identifying.. [d00480f76f2d81dbf30817849c039fdc-2]
Scanning disc for index files..
Found 2 package indexes, 0 source indexes, 0 translation indexes and 1 signatures
This disc is called:
'Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)'
Copying package lists...gpgv: Signature made Thu 29 Apr 2010 08:56:05 AM EDT using DSA key ID FBB75451
gpgv: Good signature from "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key <cdimage@ubuntu.com>"
Reading Package Indexes... Done
Writing new source list
Source list entries for this disc are:
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)]/ lucid main restricted
Repeat this process for the rest of the CDs in your set.
W: Skipping nonexistent file /media/apt/dists/lucid/main/binary-i386/Packages
W: Skipping nonexistent file /media/apt/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-i386/Packages
kyle@kyle-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/restricted Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/multiverse Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-updates Release.gpg
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-updates/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/restricted/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/universe/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid-security/multiverse/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
kyle@kyle-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
ndiswrapper-common
Suggested packages:
ndiswrapper-source
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/58.1kB of archives.
After this operation, 225kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Err cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)/ lucid/main ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 1.54-2ubuntu1
File not found
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release i386 (20100429)]/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-utils-1.9_1.54-2ubuntu1_i386.deb File not found
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

 

[Super_ness]

Well, Administration, Hardware Drivers works fine for my BCM4318.

 

[OFY]

He's got no internet access to even download the drivers if they are restricted. He can't update so he cant even download the ndiswrapper. Taco just connect it through ethernet since your ethernet should work, update and download ndiswrapper. Ndiswrapper should get you the drivers for the wireless.

 

[Chaco]

Fixed and working 100%.

 

[OFY]

Fixed and working 100%.

Did my advice work?

 

[Chaco]

Yep, thanks Ophy. Plugged it in via ethernet and upgraded from the terminal.

 

[Chaco]

Yep, thanks Ophy!