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hi
just wandering, is linux able to run resonabily well on a SATA HDD?
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never mind it seems to be running ok 
i have a 'd-link dwl g650 wireless pci adapter' how can i get it to work with kubuntu. no sure which version but i downloaded it in september 06 i believe and its got kde 3.5.2
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There are several versions of the G650. Take a look at the following link and maybe it will help you determine which one it is, and how you can get your version working. Just click on the D in the alphabetical list and then scroll down until you find your adapter.
You may need to run "lspci -v" as root to get a more complete description of your wireless adapter.
Also, if you find you need to use ndiswrapper and have some questions about post them and I'll help you with it.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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sorry i have a 'd-link dwl g-510' and i can't seem to find the linux driver on that site
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| Quote: | | sorry i have a 'd-link dwl g-510' and i can't seem to find the linux driver on that site |
It looks like, from what I've found, that the only way to set up this card is with ndiswrapper. It's not too hard though. It takes a few steps, but once you have done this a couple times you will find it's actually pretty easy to do.
First, to install ndisrwapper you'll need to install module-assistant. It automates the entire process for you so that you don't need to compile ndiswrapper from source. Just "apt-get install module-assistant" should do the trick for you. It will add either a kernel-headers or linux-headers package and possibly some development packages that it needs to be able to compile and install ndiswrapper.
Once you have module-assistant installed enter, as root, "m-a --auto-install ndiswrapper" at a bash prompt. It will bring up an window in your bash shell and give you step-by-step instructions in how to install ndiswrapper. Follow them all and don't skip any steps.
Once ndiswrapper is installed you will need to find the XP drivers for wireless adapter. You will need, and I'm not exactly sure of which drivers you will need as there are a couple of revisions for this card, the .ini file and the .sys file from the XP drivers.
Once you locate them copy them from the cd to a folder created just for them in your home directory. Then use the cd command in the bash shell to navigate to that directory. Then using sudo or root run ndiswrapper -i filename.ini. After that run the same command using the filename.sys file. If those two commands run successfully run "ndiswrapper -l" (that's a lowercase L for list) and if the drivers installed correctly ndiswrapper will tell you they did and that the hardware is present. If they didn't install correctly, most likely because you chose the wrong .ini or .sys file, you can remove them with ndiswrapper. I can't recall the switch that will unistall the Windows driver but you can find it by just entering "ndiswrapper" all by itself. Do the above until ndiswrapper tells you that you have the correct drivers installed.
Once you have the correct drivers install type "ndiswrapper -m". That will load the files into the kernel. To make sure they load every time you reboot use a text editor as root and edit the file /etc/modules. Create a line that simple says "ndiswrapper". That will cause ndiswrapper to be loaded by the kernel every time you boot.
All that is left is to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file. If you need help with that, ask.
If the Windows drivers are installed using an .exe file in Windows copy that .exe file to the folder you created in your home directory and then install a program called cabextract from the Ubuntu repositories. Once it is installed just make sure you are in the folder that the .exe file is in and enter "cabextract filename.exe". That will extract all the individual files out of the windows installer. Then you can proceed as above. |
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tobyreynolds
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| Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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well i have the ndiswapper on my memory stick but when i plug it into my linux computer i get a message
'a security policy in place prevents this sender from sending this message to this recipient see message but configuration file (rejected message had
interface "org.freedesktop.hal.device..volume"member"mount" error name "(unset)" destinatation ".org.freedesktop.hal")
btw i have decided to install open suse 10.2 and i have changed my account type in the yast adminstrator settings to root to see if i could get it to work but no joy 
any help
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well i burnt the files to a cd and logged in as root and all went well. when i did that thing with ndiswrapper -l the .ini and .sys files came up as invalid driver but the .inf file was successul and the hardware is present
where do i go from here as i don't know how to connect to a wireless network yet
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I'm not real familiar with SuSe, but I'll help you out as much as I can. I was under the impression that you were using Ubuntu so that's why I posted all the directions I did. I'm posting a link below that comes from the OpenSuSe website.
http://en.opensuse.org/Ndiswrapper_howto
Just a hint for finding help with the problems you'll be running into in learning a new system: It always helps to go to the site the distro has created because they will almost always have some documentation for the common problems people run into when first using their distribution. |
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hi
wow freeloader for the first time ever on any operating system other than Windows, i have internet access
thankyou soo much
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