I know this may have been mentioned before because I got the idea to swap out the crappy Broadcom wireless card for the Atheros chipset.
I purchased my Atheros from eBay for about $35, don't have the sellers name handy but I will add his name later, and installed the wireless card per HP tutorials regarding the disassembling of the notebook.
Once the physical work was done I installed Ubuntu 8.10
After the install I connected the notebook through Ethernet and began the process below. I would say from start to finish I may have an hour maybe hour and a half, which includes the tear down and reassembly of the notebook.
Here is the simple, fast, and super effective way of getting the Atheros AR5007EG (AR5BXB63) card working in Ubuntu 8.10:
*** Note - I downgraded my BIOS from F.05 to F.04 before doing this ***
*** I am not sure if F.05 will still work, but I will test it this weekend *** Quote:
*** This Assumes You Are Using GNOME As Your Windows Manager ***
Click --> System --> Administration --> Hardware Drivers Quote:
--> Highlight "Support for ... Atheros ..." line near the top
--> Click "Deactivate" button in the lower right corner
| Click --> Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal Quote: Quote: Edit Using Favorite Text Editor:
Code: vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
| Quote: At The Bottom Of The Blacklist File Enter The Two Lines Below: Code: # blacklisting the ath_pci in order to use the ath5k module
blacklist ath_pci
| Code: apt-get install linux-backports-modules-intrepid
| Reboot System
Click --> Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal |
Hope this helps others as it has helped me
