I'm sure that topics like this have been posted 100+ times... I've read a lot of posts about the situation and, honestly, I'm still confused. I'm a complete Linux noob... Like... completely lol. I am running Fedora Core 3 on my Compaq Presario 900 Laptop. Looks awesome and runs very well. The problem is that I cannot figure out how to install drivers for my Linksys WPC54G wireless network card. In the topics that I've read, they said some stuff about "ndiswrapper". I understand what it's supposed to do, I'm just unsure of how to use it lol. All the commands/file structures/etc... are still very new and foreign to me...
A person from another linux forum posted this...
Quote:the easiest way is to use a program known as ndiswrapper, this program allows you to use the windows drivers which came with your card in linux. ndiswrapper can be found on the cd/dvd you used to install your distro, you will also need to install the kernel-sources package and the wireless-tools package. Then in the command line do the following after copying the windows drivers to you home directory:Code:
Code:
su -
<enter root pass>
cd ~/drivers
ndiswrapper -i name_of_driver.inf
ndiswrapper -l <------- check to see if installed
ndiswrapper -m modprobe ndiswrapper <----------- save settings on reboot
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now launch your distro's hardware/network config tool and enter ndiswrapper as the driver for the wireless card. Then configure it as normal i.e. add the essid, wep key, ip address etc.
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The thing that's confusing to me is where do/how do I install this ndiswrapper program, where do I put the drivers for my wireless card, and anything else that a complete noob would need to know about this lol.
Thanks for your help/views in advance. I guess not knowing any of this is my punishment for using windows for 20 years =P
choose the Beta 4 (linux) version listed on the right,
once downloaded make the BIN file execuatble by doing this
chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
next, run the file by doing this
sh ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
Code:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.0.2091..................................................................
Installing mimetypes...
Running /usr/bin/update-mime-database /home/anyweb/.local/share/mime
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* Updating MIME database in /home/anyweb/.local/share/mime...
Wrote 2 strings at 20 - 6c
Wrote aliases at 6c - 70
Wrote parents at 70 - 74
Wrote literal globs at 74 - 78
Wrote suffix globs at 78 - d0
Wrote full globs at d0 - d4
Wrote magic at d4 - e0
Wrote namespace list at e0 - e4
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Installing desktop menu entries...
finally start it, and tell me is it working on on your system :)screenshots below
checking for KDE... configure: error:
in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE headers installed. This will fail.
So, check this please and use another prefix!
hildretd@linux-kblp:~/Programs/kompile-0.3-beta2>
I'm just trying to install Kompose, but I can't seem to get past the "./configure" stage.
I formatted my (previously windows) HDD today and installed ubuntu. I know nothing about linux OSs really and the files system is beyond me atm, but im getting there.
Im a member of an invision power board (much like this ;) ) that has live chat enabled, which I would like to get working. I went into the synaptic package manager, did the stuff it told me to on the ubuntu site, and downloaded and installed the JRE plugin.
Now when I click on live chat, the loading bar comes up, but when it gets to the top, FF closes :(. And not just that window, if I have another FF window opens, it shuts that too :(
Can anyone help????
Also, is a different distibution better for total linux noobs?
Hello all! It has been a while! I usually hate to come back to the boards with a question/favor, but I've gotta get this fixed ASAP.
So, I logged into linux this morning and was confronted with this problem. Basically, I have booted into KDE, but it is displaying a lot of properties of gnome. The kicker is still there and well, "kickin'", but I have gnome desktop properties, gnome desktop icons, gnome file manager, and that's all I'm aware of right now. I tried to log out and then back in again, but with same results.
I hope somebody can help! Please! Just let me know what I need to do for you guys as far as configuration files and what-not. Oh, and let me know how to do it too, I'm still new at this.
If you do a search on the forums and one or more things less than 4 characters long, IPB complains:
Quote:One or all of your search keywords were below 4 characters or you searched for words which are not allowed, such as 'html', 'img', etc, please go back and increase the length of these search keywords or choose different keywords.
With so many acronyms etc. that are less than 4 characters, this could result in irritation. Say if I want to find a topic on tunnelling X over SSH - I type in ssh x in the search box and it will reject the search. Not only is this a pain, but it's more likely to result in someone posting a new topic where they could search and find the answer.
I just wonder if you would consider lifting this restriction if it's at all possible, as I often find myself referring back to old topics using the search and I'm sure this would benefit newer LN members and reduce duplicate topic posting.
