debian and ubuntu are 98 percent same..check the deb repositories for ur hardware module
incase u are unable to find it then there is a small hack by using ndiswrapper..which wraps ur windows driver into a linux wrapper and communicates over the linux box..this wasduring days of <2.6.12...but i guess there is going to be a rich support for ur hardware... if support is there and u r unable to find it in the repo then patch ur kernel i gave the options as per difficulty levels On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:07 PM, ankur kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 7:32 AM, ankur kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Alok Singh Mahor >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:29 PM, ankur <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> hi all. i need to configure the wireless network adapter on a compaq >>>> machine c786tu. please guide me in the right direction. >>>> my adapter details are: >>>> >>>> Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express >>>> Adapter >>>> >>>> thanks in advance >>>> >>>> -- >>>> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >>>> >>> specify which operating system you are on. if you are on Ubuntu go System >>> >> Administration >> hardware drivers >> select driver from list >>> before doing this set your sources.list file , uncomment the Ubuntu's >>> partner and backport repo line in sources.list >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Alok Singh Mahor >>> CSE, IIT Delhi >>> www.alokmahor.tk >>> >>> Join the next generation of computing, Open Source, and Linux/GNU! >>> >>> -- >>> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >>> >> >> oh i am so sorry.... i am using debian lenny kernel version 2.6.24-1-686 >> >> -- >> Ankur >> > hey friends.. please help me in this matter.... > > > -- > Ankur > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- without fear|without remorse|without pity -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
