Wifi problems with Compaq CQ60-419wm running Athelos ar5009

Question

I've tried almost everything i can find including Full Re-install of Kubuntu, And standard Ubuntu. A lot of people say its the drivers which are ATH5K driver which i have tried to run a new install of the driver, tried to run ndiswrapper(which removed my wireless completely) tried the madbull drivers, and tried a backporting the driver. none have worked. i added the computer type and wifi card type in the title just in case its one of those doing it instead.

this is a log of all of the wireless status.

http://paste.ubuntu.com/7642556/

Please run the script is in the accepted answer in the link below so we may see the information needed to help diagnose the issue. http://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-can-i-do — Wild Man, Jun 13 '14 at 01:23
i posted my results just now so anybody can help along with some recently developed things i have seen like the light flickering and the wifi switch locking the wifi permanantly — Moose, Jun 13 '14 at 04:08
I do not see the results of the script? did you paste them to pastebin like the directions said? if so we need the link. — Wild Man, Jun 13 '14 at 04:23
Look at my first comment, read the directions then click on the link and follow the directions there. — Wild Man, Jun 13 '14 at 05:24
I posted the answer that should fix your issue, you may have to reboot your computer and router. — Wild Man, Jun 13 '14 at 21:26
Only one issue per question is allowed so it does not create confusion. — Wild Man, Jun 13 '14 at 23:16
If it does not connect after you install the new driver run the script again and post a new wireless file so we can see the changes, but I believe it will. — Wild Man, Jun 14 '14 at 00:34
Added more code to the beginning of the answer to include code to install dependencies. — Wild Man, Jun 14 '14 at 06:07
Start with this one sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms and do all the commands again. — Wild Man, Jun 14 '14 at 06:20
United States why? I feel like removing window completely was a bad idea. — Moose, Jun 14 '14 at 07:24
i added a little more detail about my computer to see if it is something with the computer+ubuntu combo and the things I've tried so there is less confusion. — Moose, Jun 14 '14 at 18:04
UPDATE: i set up ubuntu standard and did all updates, i ran all the code lines posted and it went through. my network manager is working but it is still saying that the wlan0 status is disconnected. i will post an updated changelog for you to view now that i have updated. — Moose, Jun 14 '14 at 22:52

Wild Man · Answer 1 · 2014-06-14T06:07:14.300

Install 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-3.15-rc1-1
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

Wifi problems with Compaq CQ60-419wm running Athelos ar5009

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