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<bobertdos> well let's see<puller> nope lol<bobertdos> lol<puller> or maybe i did register but dont remeber<bobertdos> Well, ndiswrapper generallly works better with XP drivers, but Isuppose we can try it with Vista ones.<puller> ok<bobertdos> What you're going to want to do is extract the driver to somedirectory you can get to from Linux.<puller> hmmm ur loosing me already<bobertdos> You're new to this whole seen, aren't you? :p*scene<puller> i have been usign linux for liek 5 years now but new to this wrapperthing and usually all my hardware has been detected lolbut i can get around terminal etc, usually but i have been off of linux for amonth and hated vista<bobertdos> I understand<puller> sso now i am back<bobertdos> Well, do you have Windows at all?<puller> yes i partitioned the hd so i have hardy and vista<bobertdos> okayWell, go to Dell's website, download the driver for your card.<puller> ok<bobertdos> I have it here, but I don't think I can file transfer from thischannel.<puller> could you just upload it to www.mediafire.com<bobertdos> I'll link you<puller> thanksappreciate it<bobertdos>http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/downloads/en/downloads_splash?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~mode=popup&file=236824<puller> alrighty that is downloadingthanks<bobertdos> It needs to be run from Vista, of course, 'cause it's an exe.<puller> ooooso do i need to log out?and logg into vista?<bobertdos> When you extract it, direct it to a folder that you can easily get toin Linux<puller> or can i sue wine?<bobertdos> I don't know, you might be able to use Wine, just for the sake ofextraction. It's worth a shot I guess.<puller> okso shall i give it a try to use wine<bobertdos> go right ahead<puller> if i remember correctly i just cd to the desktop then do a winefilewname.exeok so it said it sucesfully extracked but then crashe dinstallign but i from whati understand we just needed to extract it?<bobertdos> yes<puller> ok so whats next<bobertdos> Well, assuming Ubuntu can read your Windows partition, (which itshould), now we need ndiswrapper and ndisgtk<puller> ok so sudo apt-get install both?<bobertdos> yes, though I can't remember their exact package names.<puller> i will search synaptic thenok i found them and they are all being installed
whats next<bobertdos> one minute<puller> ok<bobertdos> run ndisgtk<puller> ok<bobertdos> in the terminal would be easiest<puller> yes i didthen a thing openedi then can pick to install new driver and i have to pick a file, what file do ipick?<bobertdos> the inf file I THINK you want is bcmwl6 in the driver subfolder.<puller> ok so i need to find where i extracted it to?<bobertdos> yep<puller> do u know where wine puts its c directory in linux?found it<bobertdos> no clue, I know that in Windows, the default directory isC:\dell\drivers\R174292oh okay<puller> so i am looking for a .inf file type?<bobertdos> yes<puller> bcmwl6.infis that the one?<bobertdos> I'm PRETTY sure......<puller> ok lets give it agook i installed itnow what<bobertdos> Try the command, ndiswrapper -l<puller> mike@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ndiswrapper -lbcmwl6 : driver installeddevice (14E4:4328) presentmike@ubuntu:~/Desktop$<bobertdos> that's a very good sign<puller> nice<bobertdos> now: sudo depmod -a<puller> ok that didnt give me an output<bobertdos> it shouldn't have :)<puller> good then lol<bobertdos> now: sudo modprobe ndiswrapper<puller> okthat didnt give me an output either but i assuem its not supposed to either<bobertdos> nope<puller> coolu have no idea how long i have been tryign to get everythign workign on thislapto pin linux lol<bobertdos> actually, with ndisgtk, these last couple commands probably weren'tneeded, but they don't hurt<puller> i feel liek were almost therethast ok, better safe then sorry<bobertdos> Now, if you go into System->Administration->Network, you SHOULD have awireless connection listed.<puller> i dont think soo.... i will send u a screenshothere: http://photie.com/photo/9484/original<bobertdos> err.......Okay then<puller> plan b?<bobertdos> Let's go back to the terminal and check something.<puller> ok<bobertdos> Show me the output of: ifconfiger, rather, just tell me if you see wlan0 listed
<puller> mike@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ifconfigeth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1d:09:5f:37:0binet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.127 Mask:255.255.255.128inet6 addr: fe80::21d:9ff:fe5f:370b/64 Scope:LinkUP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1RX packets:111754 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0TX packets:75635 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000RX bytes:150187774 (143.2 MB) TX bytes:8255674 (7.8 MB)Interrupt:16lo Link encap:Local Loopbackinet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:HostUP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1RX packets:4200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0TX packets:4200 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0collisions:0 txqueuelen:0RX bytes:210000 (205.0 KB) TX bytes:210000 (205.0 KB)mike@ubuntu:~/Desktop$oo ok lolum...i dont see it do u?<bobertdos> nopedarn it<puller> so whast that tell us<bobertdos> *huff* that google is our last hope? lol<puller> damni have been googling this for days and havent found or understood muchi heard alot abotu this wrapper thignyu have anymore ideas?<bobertdos> I just read a forum post saying there's been [shaky] success with thisdriver: http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R151517.EXE<puller> hmmm so i cant get wireless on my laptop in linux?<bobertdos> Well, let's just try this other driver before we totally give up.<puller> okwhich one is that<bobertdos> The one I just sent<puller> lol, sorry i am a little out of itdownloading now, then i will extract it etc<bobertdos> yep<puller> just let me knwo what the file name is i will b elookign for with thewrapper thingy<bobertdos> ndis is actually pretty simple after you've done it once<puller> yea<bobertdos> The file is named bcmw15.infIt's probably also in a driver subfolder or something.<puller> okok its installed hwo do i test if it works again?<bobertdos> first, ndiswrapper -l<puller> mike@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ ndiswrapper -lbcmwl5 : driver installeddevice (14E4:4328) presentbcmwl6 : driver installeddevice (14E4:4328) presentmike@ubuntu:~/Desktop$<bobertdos> good<puller> ok<bobertdos> sudo depmod -a
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