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by maliskoleather » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:50 pm
anyone know a site that has drivers for wacky propriatary microsoft hardware? (specifically, i need drivers for the microsoft wireless desktop 6000, and im running Fedora Core 6)
google hasn't been my friend today apparently
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by feyd » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:19 pm
Have you tried the ndiswrappers?
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by Chris Corbyn » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:24 pm
+1, ndiswrapper is usually the first thing to try when it comes to getting windows wirelss drivers working on linux. You can just use the official driver (or sometimes better to use a different windows driver) if you have ndiswrapper loaded.
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by maliskoleather » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:30 pm
gah. i should have specified that better... its a wireless keyboard/mouse combo thingy, not a wireless network adapter
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by JAB Creations » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:55 pm
I'd try, uh...different hardware.
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by nickvd » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:27 pm
JAB Creations wrote: I'd try, uh...different hardware.
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by JAB Creations » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:29 pm
Don't worry, I've got more then just spare motherboards.