Guest modestgeek Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 I have downloaded it, on windows, and I have also downloaded the correct driver for my wireless card. Now what? I have looked through many guides and such, but none of them actually explain how to install ndiswrapper or anything. I apologise if I sound completely stupid, but today was my first venture into the world of linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Post what linux distro you are running, eg mandriva 2006, suse 10.2, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest modestgeek Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Windows XP Pro dual booted with Mandriva 2006 on a Packard Bell Easynote H5 laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 First, set up your urpmi repositories using the easy urpmi link at the top of this page. Then do: urpmi ndiswrapper there are guides for ndiswrapper, and they explain it really well. Here is the main one: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawi...hp/Installation you just have to continue from the ndiswrapper -i command to install the driver, and go from there. Mandriva requires one additional modification, to /etc/modprobe.preload and add: ndiswrapper to the bottom of this file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest modestgeek Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Hmm...when I type urpmi ndiswrapper, it says: bash: urpmi: command not found I need more practice with Mandriva..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Type this first: su (enter root password when prompted) and then try urpmi again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Note the urpmi solution is only going to work if you have some other connection to the Internet working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Note the urpmi solution is only going to work if you have some other connection to the Internet working. unless of course ndiswrapper is on the CDs - which i thought it was :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 To get the best performance from ndiswrapper it's worth grabbing the latest version, which may mean building it from source. If modestgeek wants to try that then (of course) we'll be happy to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 ndiswrapper is on the CDs. Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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