luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 yup you were right [root@localhost trey]# urpmi kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.i586.rpm unable to access rpm file [kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.i586.rpm] error registering local packages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 OK. Let's re-initialise the urpmi database, and start again with adding the sources. So, type this command at the prompt: urpmi.removemedia -a this will remove all sources. Then, go back to the easyurpmi link at the top of this page, and then choose a mirror (closest to you preferred), and then make sure you have all these added to your list - main, contrib, jpackage, plf-free, plf-nonfree and updates. Make sure you choose the use compressed index option, so that the lists can be downloaded quickly. Then copy and paste each line into a terminal window, and let it run through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 ok i removed them and then reinstalled them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 OK, now, let's verify we have the lists using: urpmq --list-media if all of the ones we added are listed, then do this command to find a kernel-source: urpmf --name kernel-source post the output, and I'll check which one we need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 ok looks the same as last time execpt without the installation cds in the first one [root@localhost trey]# urpmq --list-media jpackage contrib updates plf-nonfree plf-free main [root@localhost trey]# urpmf --name kernel-source kernel-source-2.4:kernel-source-2.4-2.4.28-0.rc1.6mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.6:kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-stripped-2.6:kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source:kernel-source-2.4.27-0.pre2.1mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.6:kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-12mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-stripped-2.6:kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.8.1-12mdk.i586.rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Yep, that's cool. I was thinking that the installation cd's might be causing a problem. OK, now, run this command: urpmi kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-12mdk.i586.rpm it may fail, but with a different error than before. If it does, then use this one: urpmi kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-26mdk.i586.rpm and that should hopefully end up with the kernel source installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 (edited) nope they both failed,now i find that extremely odd edit:ok i just did the 2nd one without the i586.rpm and its now downloading Edited February 7, 2006 by luke9511 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 OK, cool. Normally I just type up to the end of mdk, and it starts downloading and installing. It's about 40MB or so, so shall take a little while depending on the speed of your link. You can verify it's installed using the commands I listed before which are: rpm -qa kernel-source ls -l /usr/src if you have selected to install the 2nd one, 2.6.8.1.26, then if you have problems trying to compile ndiswrapper, post back here, and I can then help you with upgrading your kernel to make sure it matches the kernel source. However, you MIGHT be OK. But if it fails to compile, it's really no problem to do the next step of upgrading the kernel to match it correctly. If you prefer to upgrade your kernel to match the source before sorting ndiswrapper out, which is preferred anyway, do this: urpmf --name kernel-2.6 this will list a few kernel versions no doubt. Then you need to find the one that matches the source, which might look something like kernel-2.6.8.1.26. So, then we would do this to install it: urpmi kernel-2.6.8.1.26 after it has installed, you'll need to reboot your system to use the latest kernel. There will also be two other options on the LILO menu, called 2.6.8.1.12 which is your old kernel so if the new kernel fails to boot, you can choose this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 ok the new kernel and kernel source is installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Excellent, can you post the output of this, just so we can verify where you are at: uname -r and the: ls -l /usr/src just to make sure all is OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 heres the first one [root@localhost trey]# uname -r 2.6.8.1-26mdk heres the 2nd one [root@localhost trey]# ls -l /usr/src total 8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 7 03:28 linux -> linux-2.6.8.1-26mdk/ drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Feb 7 03:28 linux-2.6.8.1-26mdk/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 3 10:05 RPM/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Excellent, it's all installed correctly. Have a go at ndiswrapper now, you should be all OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 ok the make command and the make install command worked great,now what should i do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 You'll need to follow this documentation here: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawi...hp/Installation But your next steps are to install the windows driver in linux using this command: ndiswrapper -i filename.inf where filename.inf is the name of the broadcom driver for your wireless card. This guide works fine, so follow this and you should get it installed no probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke9511 Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 the driver i got from dell is a .exe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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