Easy Tutorial To Install Atheros Wireless Card On Acer Aspire One ZG5 Under Ubuntu 14.04

     



     I have just upgraded my system from Ubuntu 12.04 to ubuntu 14.04 on my Acer Aspire One ZG5 . But , i  couldn't use wireless connection , so  i was obliged to read many articles to solve this problem . And this is a simple and easy way for you to install Wireless card on this Netbook or any laptop that use Atheros wireless card .

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Install the dependencies required to compile the driver: sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms Go here and download the newest driver to your computer then place the file on your desktop and right click and extract here. Then compile the driver using the directions below. cd Desktop/backports-3.16-1 make defconfig-ath5k make sudo make install sudo modprobe -rv ath5k sudo modprobe -v ath5k When you have an upgrade to the kernel you will need to do: cd ~/Desktop/backports-3.15-rc1-1 make clean make defconfig-ath5k make sudo make install sudo modprobe -rv ath5k sudo modprobe -v ath5k

Sources : http://askubuntu.com/questions/486212/ubuntu-14-04-wifi-problems-and-blinking