[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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