Cool, thanks for all the help. I'm writing this using the wifi on the netbook - all good!
I have to say, the help I'm getting on this list is first-rate. Fantastic distro and good community. James On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 3:37 PM, altern <[email protected]> wrote: > az., 2010.eko otsren 10a 20:53(e)an, James Harkins(e)k idatzi zuen: > > Moving to another thread, since this is becoming specifically about >> ndiswrapper rather than general wifi support. >> >> To install an xp driver, I need to use a command like this: >> >> sudo ndiswrapper -i path/to/driver.inf >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper >> >> But the command is not found in the puredyne live boot environment. >> >> I thought this might be because I messed up and did sudo make uninstall, >> so just now I booted from the original live DVD that I downloaded and >> same thing -- the command is not found in any of the $PATH directories. >> So it seems the executable isn't there in the baseline puredyne distro >> after all? >> >> sudo find / -name ndiswrapper >> >> /lib/modules/2.6.31-9-rt/kernel/ubuntu/ndiswrapper >> /usr/src/linux-rt-headers-2.6.31-9-rt/ubuntu/ndiswrapper >> >> The /lib/.../ndiswrapper directory contains ndiswrapper.ko, nothing else. >> >> Do I need to compile it after all? >> > > I think you might need to install the ndiswrapper application which is > probably not the same as the module I did > $ aptitude search ndiswrapper > p ndiswrapper-common - Common scripts required to use the > utiliti > v ndiswrapper-modules-1.9 - > p ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 - Userspace utilities for the > ndiswrapper Li > > So you probably need to install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 or ndiswrapper-common > > try both and see if you can then run the command, i bet you will > > btw, this is a little howto i saved couple of years ago when i needed to > use ndiswrapper, maybe it is useful for you?. I just translated very quickly > from spanish I hope it makes sense > > Ndiswrapper : > Ndiswrapper is a program that emulates the windows drivers to make your > device run under linux. > For example, I put them into /home/knithx/wireless/ and this are the files: > wusb209x.sys, wusb20xp.sys, wusb54g.cat y wusb54g.inf. My device is a > Linksys WUB54G. > > CD /home/knithx/wireless/ > ndiswrapper -i wusb54g.inf (*) > ndiswrapper -l (**) > ndiswrapper -m > modprobe ndiswrapper > > (*) Replace “wusb54g” with the name of your .inf file > (**) In this step you should get “driver present, hardware present“, this > means the driver has been detected, otherwise thats not the right file. > > If all went right iwconfig should show a wireless called maybe wlan0 > > search for a WIFI network : iwlist wlan0 scanning > connect to a WIFI network : iwconfig essid nameofthenetwork enc thepassword > -- James Harkins /// dewdrop world [email protected] http://www.dewdrop-world.net "Come said the Muse, Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted, Sing me the universal." -- Whitman
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