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I have a Z170 Gaming K6 motherboard with a killer ethernet 2400. I have just installed Ubuntu but I'm not getting any internet even though I connected it with a wired connection to my router. I have looked around and found this post

Is there any way to install Atheros e2400 drivers?

and this link

http://www.killernetworking.com/support/knowledge-base/17-linux/21-killer-e2400-in-linux-ubuntu-debian

but I get stuck on the first few steps. 

sudo apt-get source linux-image-$(uname-r)`

gives me the following error

E: You must put some 'source' URIs in you sources.list

Here is what happens when I use lspci:

sudo lspci -vvnn | grep Ehternet
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]L Qualcomm Atheros Device [1969:e0a1] (rev 10)

and lshw gives me

sudo lshw -C network
*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Ethernet controller
product: Qualcomm Atheros
vendor: Qualcomm Atheros
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
version: 10
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory: df100000-df13ffff ioport:c000(size=128)

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

ifconfig tells me

Link encap: local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr:  ::1/128 SCope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:528 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:528 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:41936 (41.9 KB)  TX bytes:41936 (41.9 KB)
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  • And what does ifconfig say? – Ken Sharp Dec 05 '15 at 00:23
  • Your device is covered by default in Ubuntu 15.10. Would you like to install 15.10 or may I propose another solution? – chili555 Dec 05 '15 at 01:24
  • I would rather use 14.04 since I plan on installing a software (ABINIT) that has worked with this version before, and I have had trouble installing this software in the past with other linux OS. I have never tried it on 15.10 though – Anh-Khoi Trinh Dec 05 '15 at 01:37

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I suggest that you update the ethernet driver alx. Download this package to your desktop. Right-click it and select 'Extract Here.'

Then, go to the directory <extracted backport>/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/alx/ and make changes in files reg.h and main.c as described here.

Now, back to the terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential
cd ~/Desktop/backports-20151115
make defconfig-alx
make
sudo make install

Reboot and tell us if there is any improvement. We will probably have one more step.

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  • I get the following error when I input your first line: 'code'(E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-generic) 'code'(E: Unable to locate package build-essential) – Anh-Khoi Trinh Dec 05 '15 at 01:30
  • Edit on the way! Sorry. – chili555 Dec 05 '15 at 01:44
  • Thanks for the quick reply! apt-get update doesn't seem to work since I get multiple "Failed to fetch" – Anh-Khoi Trinh Dec 05 '15 at 01:49
  • Do you have a temporary working internet connection, by wireless, thethered or whatever means possible? – chili555 Dec 05 '15 at 01:51
  • Not with my desktop. I have a working laptop where I currently use to transfer files through a USB – Anh-Khoi Trinh Dec 05 '15 at 01:51
  • It will be lengthy and tedious to do so by transferring by USB. I recommend 15.10. – chili555 Dec 05 '15 at 01:54
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    So I have upgraded to 15.10 and the drivers are working fine. Thanks for your help! – Anh-Khoi Trinh Dec 05 '15 at 04:34
  • @chili555, I tried to follow your instructions. After rebooting I steel have no wireless or wired connection. Could you describe your "one more step"? Thanks. – VeLKerr Jan 22 '16 at 17:12
  • @VeLKerr I suggest you start your own new question. I'll be happy to help. – chili555 Jan 22 '16 at 20:42
  • @chili555, Ok. I adjusted my Ethernet and according to this edited your post (please, review and approve if necessary). But WiFi still aren't working. Here is my new question about it. Thanks for the answer in advance. – VeLKerr Jan 22 '16 at 23:17
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E: You must put some 'source' URIs in you sources.list

It is telling you exactly what to do.

Add deb-src lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main

deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse

And then sudo apt-get update.

However, it's not clear if you're going the correct way about it yet.

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  • Thanks for the quick reply! I figured as much and I've been trying to find which sources I needed. I added your links, but I can't use the "update" command since it can't fetch those links. How can I work around this? – Anh-Khoi Trinh Dec 05 '15 at 00:43
  • I guess you would need to download the packages and copy them across or temporarily install another network card or device (such as an Android mobile phone). I don't think Ubuntu offer downloadable DVD ISO files, unfortunately. – Ken Sharp Dec 06 '15 at 01:41