Nice explanation, Graham. Graham Todd wrote: > On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:36:30 -0800 (PST) > MikeMurdock <[email protected]> wrote: > >> so has anyone found a working realtek driver for gOS? Am using one on >> a slower B adapter, but I want to get my internal G working on my >> gateway Mt3418 laptop and it's not even seeing the wireless internal. >> However, install Windows and that badboy is there. Any help is >> appreciated. >> >> Mike > > Hi Mike! > > This is one of those cases where the manufacturer has not supported > Linux, but has supported "the other operating system". Accordingly, if > a driver is going to be produced, it is up to one being back > engineered: however, there is an active project to do just that, and > you can find details at > http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Installing#Debian.2FUbuntu > > The project hasn't yet issued any packages, but they have a listing in > Subversion where you can obtain the latest code. Some of it has been > incorporated into newer kernels, and will work "out of the box" but for > users who do not have those kernels, their distros will not be able to > connect out of the box - not just gOS, but any Linux distribution. > > Instructions on how to get and install the latest code is on the > project's web page. HTH >
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