How to install USB Dongle in Ubuntu 6.06

[Steven Susbauer]

On 02/24/2011 09:34 AM, Eric Genaro P. Arceo wrote:
> I have recently installed Ubuntu 6.06 to my laptop (since it is the only
> version that will work with this laptop).  However, I am having trouble
> installing my USB Dongle.  The driver of my dongle is a
> moduleDB31.TAR.GZ.  I must admit, I am not the programming type nor do i
> claim to know anything about coding, much less knowing how to install
> using the command line.  If anyone can please help me to understand this
> as well as to be able to install my dongle will be a lifesaver.  
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> BTW, the driver came with a Readme file and I can't make heads or tails
> with this, hope you can help me ...  as follows;
> 
> --------------
> Release Date: 2006-01-24, ver 1.1
> RTL8187 Linux driver version 1.1
> 
> --This driver supports RealTek RTL8187 Wireless LAN driver for Linux
> Debian3.1 kernel 2.6.13
> 

Can you check what version of kernel you are running? This driver
requires 2.6.13, Dapper shipped with a 2.4 kernel I believe. I'm not
sure if it was even updated to 2.6.

You can check the version by running 'uname -r' (minus single quotes) on
the command line, it may also say when you boot the system.

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