Thread: Netgear WG511 Wireless PC Card stopped working after upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise

last year decided try linux , installed ubuntu 11.04 natty narwhal onto dell latitude c600 notebook (pentium iii, 512mb system memory). able netgear wg511 wireless pc card (pcmcia) work (ndiswrapper process) reading postings in forum (thanks!). able regular software updates through pcmcia card throughout year until last saturday when informed no more available natty narwhal -- upgrade available. took upgrade. after several hours , reboot in ubuntu 11.10 (new me) unity graphical desktop. again checked software updates , saw 12.04lts precise pangolin available. learned lts short long term support (i thought might give me stable environment upon continue learning linux). again took upgrade. 12.04lts upgrade downloaded using wireless netgear wg511 pcmcia card. difficulty encountered occurred several hours , toward end of download process. review of forum's postings suggested change "download from: server united states" "download from: main server" on "ubuntu software" tab on "software sources". upgrade download started again , picked left off. once download finished ubuntu 12.04lts completed installation couple of hours later. although 2 times toward end of installation process popup window asked me make decision sort of file conflict. both times chose go new 12.04lts file on existing file (possible mistake?). , after reboot in ubuntu 12.04lts netgear wireless pc card no longer worked , no wireless options appeared under wireless configuration icon in top right corner of desktop. able ping computer on wired ethernet lan test of network connectivity. , review of forum's postings suggested download "linux-firmware_nonfree-1.11.all.deb" package , install terminal session using command "sudo dpkg -i". did , result bunch of files installed /int/firmware directory. pcmcia card still not work. wanted confirm still had windows driver in ndiswrapper pcmcia card, not know how this. ran application "additional drivers" produced window statement "no proprietary drivers in use on system."

please advise how can pcmcia card work ubuntu 12.04lts (but please remember still quite new of this). other similar posts forum requested provide additional information. , commands , results of commands follow:

cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a

distrib_id=ubuntu distrib_release=12.04 distrib_codename=precise distrib_description="ubuntu 12.04.1 lts" linux mg10-latitude-c600 3.2.0-32-generic #51-ubuntu smp wed sep 26 21:32:50 utc 2012 i686 i686 i386 gnu/linux

lspci -nnk |grep -ia2 net

00:10.0 ethernet controller [0200]: 3com corporation 3c556 hurricane cardbus [cyclone] [10b7:6055] (rev 10) subsystem: 3com corporation device [10b7:6456] kernel driver in use: 3c59x

-- 06:00.0 network controller [0280]: intersil corporation isl3890 [prism gt/prism duette]/isl3886 [prism javelin/prism xbow] [1260:3890] (rev 01) subsystem: netgear wg511 v2/v3 54 mbps wireless pc card [1385:4800] kernel modules: p54pci, prism54

lsusb

bus 001 device 001: id 1d6b:0001 linux foundation 1.1 root hub bus 001 device 002: id 062a:0000 creative labs optical mouse

iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

vboxnet0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

rfkill list all

(nothing returned command)

lsmod

module size used by

atmel_cs 12735 0

atmel 40492 1 atmel_cs

vboxnetadp 13328 0

vboxnetflt 27840 0

vboxdrv 230140 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt

vesafb 13516 1

joydev 17393 0

snd_maestro3 23064 2

snd_ac97_codec 106082 1 snd_maestro3

ac97_bus 12642 1 snd_ac97_codec

snd_pcm 80845 2 snd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec

snd_page_alloc 14115 1 snd_pcm

dcdbas 14098 0

snd_seq_midi 13132 0

snd_rawmidi 25424 1 snd_seq_midi

snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi

snd_seq 51567 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event

snd_timer 28931 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

snd_seq_device 14172 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq

psmouse 96684 0

snd 62064 11 strong textsnd_maestro3,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_rawmid i,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device serio_raw 13027 0

soundcore 14635 1 snd

i2c_piix4 13093 0

video 19068 0

mac_hid 13077 0

rfcomm 38139 0

bnep 17830 2

bluetooth 158438 10 rfcomm,bnep

parport_pc 32114 1

ppdev 12849 0

pcmcia 39791 1 atmel_cs

binfmt_misc 17292 1

yenta_socket 27428 0

pcmcia_rsrc 18367 1 yenta_socket

pcmcia_core 21511 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,pcmcia_rsrc

shpchp 32325 0

lp 17455 0

parport 40930 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp

usbhid 41906 0

3c59x 37445 0

hid 77367 1 usbhid

floppy 60310 0

unfortunately there bug in ndiswrapper in 12.04 stops driver installing. had same problem in lubuntu 12.04 same netgear card , solved using is, think, way working, ie compiling ndiswrapper following info at:-

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11970543
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1967383
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wi...er/ndiswrapper - (section 4)

not difficult may seem, takes while compile , go through compared normal installation. make sure follow instructions fully, , think first link easiest follow.

luck!

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