Here I posted the log of installation of compate-wireless. (sorry, I am not confident doing this (first time and so many unfamiliar terms), so welcome detailed suggestions). Thanks, Note: iwl4965 detected, we're going to disable it. If you would like to enable it later you can run: sudo iwl-load iwl4965 Running iwl-enable iwlagn... 2 iwl4965 modules found we'll disable all of them Disabling iwl4965 (1) ...WARNING: -e needs -E or -F [ERROR] Module is still being detected: updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965.ko Disabling iwl4965 (2) ...WARNING: -e needs -E or -F [OK] Module disabled: updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl4965.ko depmod will prefer updates/ over kernel/ -- OK! Currently detected wireless subsystem modules: updates/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko updates/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/adm8211.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/at76c50x-usb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k_htc.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/b43legacy.ko updates/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/b44.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/carl9170.ko updates/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.ko updates/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlegacy/iwl3945.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/iwmc3200wifi.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_ccmp.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_tkip.ko updates/net/wireless/lib80211_crypt_wep.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_cs.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_sdio.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/libertas_spi.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf/libertas_tf_usb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/libipw.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/mwl8k.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_cs.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_nortel.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_pci.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_plx.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco_usb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54pci.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54spi.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54usb.ko updates/drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/rtl8180.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtlwifi.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/rtl8192ce.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/spectrum_cs.ko updates/drivers/ssb/ssb.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/usb8xxx.ko updates/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/wl1251/wl1251.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl12xx.ko updates/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd1211rw.ko Currently detected ethernet subsystem modules: updates/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.ko updates/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.ko updates/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e.ko updates/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c.ko Currently detected bluetooth subsystem modules: updates/drivers/bluetooth/ath3k.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/bcm203x.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/bluecard_cs.ko updates/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.ko updates/net/bluetooth/bnep/bnep.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/bpa10x.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/bt3c_cs.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/btmrvl_sdio.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/btsdio.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/btuart_cs.ko updates/net/bluetooth/cmtp/cmtp.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/dtl1_cs.ko updates/net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/hci_vhci.ko updates/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.ko updates/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/rfcomm.ko Now run: sudo make unload to unload all: wireless, bluetooth and ethernet modules sudo make wlunload to unload wireless modules sudo make btunload to unload bluetooth modules Run sudo modprobe driver-name to load your desired driver. 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