hanakj Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 I am trying to get my D-link DWL-650+ working on my Compaq Presario 700 laptop. I have been led to believe I need to use the ndiswrapper to do this. When i try to install ndiswrapper, I get a message saying that the package has a bad signature. how do I get a fresh copy on my laptop? I have a working internet connection through a wired connectio, but I would like to use my wireless. Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Do not worry about "bad signature" warnings. Just install it. This warning comes up for protocol errors. If you got the file from some obscure source, then don't use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanakj Posted January 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 That's the problem. It WONT install. I just did an easyurpmi to try to get fresh packages, and now ndiswrapper is gone from the software packages installation section of the control center. Yikes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanakj Posted January 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Not only that iwconfig is not found when i try to run it in a Konsole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 OK, so download the file to your /home directory and install it from there. On the command line, type "urpmi /home/username/filename" . You must do this as root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanakj Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 OK, remember I'm still a newbie(I still don't know how to format a floppy!). I logged in as root and did "urpmi home/mypersonalusername/iwconfig" and I got back "no package named home/mypersonalusername/iwconfig". any thoughts? And why isn't something as basic as iwconfig part of the standard package? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Step by step  1) Download the file into your user directory. This wil be in /home/(whateveryour usernameis) Note: for my oen directory, it says /home/dan, because that is the name of my user.  2) In a console, cd to the directory. su to root, and type "urpmi /home/yourusername/the.file.name" Note: the file name is the complete name of the file, including the endings. For example, if I were installing the ndiswrapper, type "urpmi /home/dan/ndiswrapper-1.2-3mdk.i586.rpm" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanakj Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 OK, step 1"Download the file into your user directory". I know where my usr dir is, but how to dl into there, I'm not sure. Here's what happened--- [hanakj@192 ~]$ su root Password: [root@192 hanakj]# urpmi /home/hanakj/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.2-3mdk.i586.rpm unable to access rpm file [/home/hanakj/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.2-3mdk.i586.rpm] error registering local packages [root@192 hanakj]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 That means it does not exist in the directory. Did you download it? Oh, I did not say usr, I said your users. It is in the /home directory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanakj Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I assumed the function of the urpmi was to d/l it. Am i wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Sorry. No, it is for installation. Read my pm to you, and post here if you need more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.