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| Thread ID: 79631 | 2007-05-26 21:59:00 | Help with Ubuntu | ockron (12328) | Press F1 |
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| 553435 | 2007-05-26 21:59:00 | Hi. I have been using Windows all my computing life and have heard so much about Linux that I decided to give it a try. I am a complete noobie and needs all the help I can get. I have been around since windows 3.1 so please be patient!! I have a spare PC around home and ordered the Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) CD’s. The installation worked like a dream and everything seems just dandy … now here comes the tricky part. This PC as a wireless network card installed to connect with my home network. I have tried all that I can read on the Ubuntu forums to get it to work and seems to stumble at the most basic levels. Fort example: ndswapper is an application that is supposed to make it possible to use windows drivers for the wireless network card. I am unable to install ndiswapper!! All the forums says – download it from here and extract it by …. HELLO!!! I can’t connect to the net. So I downloaded ndswapper (on my XP computer) and wrote it to a CD … I still cannot install it. Most of the forums are way above my current level of knowledge/experience … but I hope to get there and maybe one day I can even help someone else. Is there someone that can help out there? |
ockron (12328) | ||
| 553436 | 2007-05-26 22:06:00 | Hi Ockron, Welcome to PF1. There are a number of Linux users on this forum who will be only too happy to help you although unfortunately I am not one of them. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 553437 | 2007-05-26 22:31:00 | When you say you can't install ndiswrapper, what do you mean? Is it giving you an error message? If so, what is the message? Although I have never dealt with ndiswrapper or wireless on Linux, I am asking so that those who can help have the info they will require anyway :) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 553438 | 2007-05-26 23:24:00 | When you say you can't install ndiswrapper, what do you mean? Is it giving you an error message? If so, what is the message? Although I have never dealt with ndiswrapper or wireless on Linux, I am asking so that those who can help have the info they will require anyway :) Thanx for the question ... I should have given more information. I don't know how to install it? I have run the command sudo tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.99.tar.gz It did not fild the .tar file to unzip/install |
ockron (12328) | ||
| 553439 | 2007-05-26 23:49:00 | Thanx for the question ... I should have given more information. I don't know how to install it? I have run the command sudo tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.99.tar.gz It did not fild the .tar file to unzip/installChange directory to the folder where the file is. For example, if the file is on cd (and assuming the cd is at /mnt/cdrom): cd /mnt/cdrom then run your tar command Seeing as how you use Ubuntu I would guess the cd command will have to be preceded by sudo (but as I don't run Ubuntu, I'm not sure) Edit: and because tar will want to extract the file somewhere, you will need to specify a destination folder. Therefore I would run something like: sudo tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/ndiswrapper-1.99.tar.gz -C /home/(whatever your user name is here) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 553440 | 2007-05-27 01:50:00 | I am not at my PC right now ... I will have to reply properly tomorrow morning. I copied the file to my desktop in the hope that I will be able to install it from there. |
ockron (12328) | ||
| 553441 | 2007-05-27 03:51:00 | If you can, have a look at this page monkeyblog.org It looks like an easy to follow guide to installing things on ubuntu. be it packages or from source. |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 553442 | 2007-05-27 06:41:00 | Copy the tarred file to your hard disk and unzip there - it will create a folder with the uncompressed files in it. | johnd (85) | ||
| 553443 | 2007-05-27 08:55:00 | First things first, whats your Wireless Network card details? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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