I found the original post that I was able to install ndiswrapper. see post #33 in particular how to uninstall the driver.. http://forum.freespire.org/showthread.php?t=4829&page=2
On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, wirechief <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > try uninstalling the drivers first then reinstall, I don't use ndiswrapper > anymore but the coding to do all this can be found with google. > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:28 PM, u_07 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, I renamed the file to blkwgu.inf and reissued the ndiswrapper >> command and it gave me the following reply "driver blkwgu is already >> installed" so the .inf driver must be installed. But in Step 6 I still >> get the same message "blkwgu : invalid driver!" So the driver is >> installed but it's invalid? Not sure what I should do next as that's >> not good. thanks again! >> >> On Sep 7, 1:52 pm, wirechief <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > You didn't mention if you checked for the captialization problem, Linux >> is >> > case sensitiveI am refering to this .... >> > I copied the >> > following files to the inf folder: BLKWGU.inf and BLKWGUXP.sys. I >> > installed the BLKWGU.inf driver (Step 5), it wouldn't install the >> > other file so I left it alone (maybe a mistake?). >> > >> > Linux may not like the CAPS. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 1:42 PM, u_07 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > Okay, I needed some sleep so I've only been on this for about an hour >> > > today but I've made a little progress, still no connection. Also, >> > > obviously this is not a gOS problem and more of a Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy >> > > Heron) issue. Actually, in my opinion, I don't think it's even really >> > > an Ubuntu problem but more of a the hardware manufactures >> > > fault...that's just my opinion though. Plus, Linux is fairly new to me >> > > as well so that's probably the main issue here...anyways... >> > >> > > I found that I was wrong about the following link not giving me enough >> > > info (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756260) So definitely >> > > go and read that first. Anyone that hasn't checked that out first >> > > should as that's what I am using as a guide for now. >> > >> > > I did finally install the ndiswrapper. I put in my gOS CD and >> > > navigated to the /media/cdrom0/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper and installed >> > > the "ndiswrapper-utils..." .deb package. That installed with no >> > > problems (Windows users can just double-click on the .deb pagkage and >> > > it'll install it for them or use the terminal if you want to). >> > >> > > Fortunately, I had my "Smart Wizard" CD for my Belkin network adapter >> > > so I all i had to do is copy the drivers from the folder to a inf >> > > folder, just like the guide tells you to (Step 3). I copied the >> > > following files to the inf folder: BLKWGU.inf and BLKWGUXP.sys. I >> > > installed the BLKWGU.inf driver (Step 5), it wouldn't install the >> > > other file so I left it alone (maybe a mistake?). >> > >> > > I then followed Step 6 and typed in ndiswrapper -l but I got the >> > > following: "blkwgu : invalid driver!" so that's not good. I went back >> > > to Step 5 and ran the previous command and it tells me the driver is >> > > installed so I am pretty sure that it's installed. >> > >> > > I wasn't sure what to do after I got the error message in Step 6 so I >> > > went to the next few steps out of curiousity (maybe another mistake?). >> > > The next 3 steps (7, 8 and 9) went well, which I thought was strange. >> > > Step 9 (iwconfig) was especially interesting because it found the >> > > following ESSID:"Belkin_N_Wireless_A86CEB", which is not my wireless >> > > adpapter but the name of a wireless adapter that I am suppose to >> > > connect to get an internet connection, actually there's more than one >> > > router but I don't think that's really important. >> > >> > > Like I said, I already connected to this internet connection under >> > > Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) so I know it's not the particular "network >> > > set up" that's the problem, even though it is unusual. Regardless, >> > > here is the output after using the iwconfig command. >> > >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/inf$ iwconfig >> > >> > > lo no wireless extensions. >> > >> > > eth0 no wireless extensions. >> > >> > > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"Belkin_N_Wireless_A86CEB" >> > > Nickname:"zd1211" >> > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: >> > > 00:1C:DF:A8:6C:EB >> > > Bit Rate=24 Mb/s >> > > Link Quality=47/100 Signal level=12/100 >> > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 >> > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 >> > >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/inf$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid >> > > Belkin_N_Wireless_66591E >> > > Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : >> > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/inf$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid >> > > Belkin_N_Wireless_A86CEB >> > > Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : >> > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/inf$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid Belkin_N_Wireless_8B1A >> > > Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : >> > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/inf$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid BELKIN >> > > Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : >> > > SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.. >> > >> > > ...This is where I am at the moment (like I said I've made SOME >> > > progress). If anyone can put me in the right direction I'd appreciate >> > > it. Also, once I do figure it out (and I have an internet connection >> > > on my gOS machine) I will write step-by-step instructions on how to >> > > get this particular wireless adapter to work. Then hopefully someone >> > > with a lot more knowledge can generalize my steps and make it work for >> > > all (or most) USB Wireless Adapters. Thanks again for the replies. >> > >> > > On Sep 7, 3:06 am, gies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > > Same problem here, but as I am just stepping into the world of Linux >> / >> > > > gOS wouldn't mind a step by step explanation. Your help is highly >> > >> > > > PS like gOS so far >> > >> > > > On Sep 7, 7:31 am, jmolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > > > Am having basically the same problem only have never had this USB >> > > > > Adapter work. Help appreciated. Thanks! >> > >> > > > > On Sep 6, 10:55 pm, u_07 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > > > > Hi. >> > >> > > > > > I am having problems getting my Belkin Wireless G USB Network >> Adapter >> > > > > > F5D7050 to work. I do not have internet connection on this >> machine so >> > > > > > I can't simply use apt-get. Also, I've read the following post >> > > > > > ( >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux/browse_thread/thread/b4d1ba73. >> .. >> > > > > > ) and links it provided as well and they were sort of helpful >> but >> > > it's >> > > > > > not solving the problem. I am also looking over at the Ubuntu >> forums >> > > > > > as well. >> > >> > > > > > Anyways, the wireless network adapter worked without any problem >> on >> > > my >> > > > > > Ubuntu machine (Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)). But I see now that >> with >> > > > > > the Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) people are having problems with >> this >> > > > > > adapter so I need some good resources to get it all working. I >> see >> > > > > > that you need to install ndiswrapper so seeing as I do not have >> an >> > > > > > internet connection I put in my gOS CD, navigated to the cdrom >> drive >> > > > > > and with the terminal I typed out: sudo apt-get install >> ndiswrapper- >> > > > > > common* (utils doesn't seem to work and suggests that you use >> > > > > > ndiswrapper-common instead). From what I saw it seemed to >> install the >> > > > > > package but when I ran the following command sudo ndiswrapper -i >> > > > > > BLKWGU.inf I get the following: "Error: no ndiswrapper utils >> > > found!" >> > >> > > > > > Any links to resources on this particular Network Adapter using >> > > Ubuntu >> > > > > > 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is welcomed. 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