[Ubuntu-US-NM] help with my linux

Brandon Bernie bmbernie at gmail.com
Sun Dec 30 22:45:58 GMT 2007


from a terminal try this: 

sudo apt-get install ndiskgtk.

There are 2 other packages that i saw in the Synaptic repository that
might be needed.

ndiswrapper-common and ndiswrapper-utils-1.9.


On Sat, 2007-12-29 at 12:04 -0600, Jimmy Turner wrote:
> Hi i'm a complete newb I have ubuntu 7.10 on my other computer. I cant
> seem to get the internet to work.
> I can't even get my wireless thing to show up on the computer. Its a
> 2Wire usb wireless receiver. 
> Where it says 
> 
> 
> Ubuntu supports a system known as NDISWrapper. This allows you to use
> a Windows wireless device driver under Ubuntu.
> 
>      1. Obtain the Windows Driver for your system and locate the file
>         that ends with .inf.
>         
>      2. Install ndisgtk (System → Administration → Synaptic Package
>         Manager).
>         
>      3. Open ndisgtk (System → Administration → Windows Wireless
>         Drivers ).
>         
>      4. Select Install new driver.
>         
>      5. Choose the location of your Windows .inf file and click
>         Install.
>         
>      6. Click OK.
>         
> in the help forums i cant find ndisgtk in the synaptic thing. I am
> totally lost and have no IDEA what to do. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
> 
> 
> 
> 




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