Linux r hard
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:25 am
Ok so I am once again trying to get my linux box kickin. I am having more success this time. So far I was able to get my mp3's to play! yay...
What I need to do more than anything is have the ability to use my wireless drivers. I found quite a good website that goes over things for my particular laptop at http://www.ampersand.com/nx6110/#FC4 but the wireless drivers thing required a command called ndiswrapper. Now I don't seam to have that command so what I did was downloaded the package (imagine that!) and attempted to install it. Problems ahhhhhhhh. I still don't have the command even after following all the instructions. I don't know how to get this command working straight from the console because I can kinda install the drivers to the point that linux recognizes that I have a wireless card but when I try to start it I get a error saying that some command failed. I am perdy sure its because the ndiswrapper is not installed properly. I have read many tutorials but to no avail. Any help?
edit:
Maybe if I started everything with these drivers from scratch it would help out a lot. I seam to have installed a new kernel while my whole process was being attempted so I want to remove the older version because the new one should help me get my video drivers working well. How do I uninstall software? I want to get rid of everything dealing with ndiswrapper that I have previously installed and the older kernel stuff. Is there a easy way to do this without breaking everything?
edit 2:
Just noticed that this almost definatly belongs in the linux forum...sorry bout that one.
What I need to do more than anything is have the ability to use my wireless drivers. I found quite a good website that goes over things for my particular laptop at http://www.ampersand.com/nx6110/#FC4 but the wireless drivers thing required a command called ndiswrapper. Now I don't seam to have that command so what I did was downloaded the package (imagine that!) and attempted to install it. Problems ahhhhhhhh. I still don't have the command even after following all the instructions. I don't know how to get this command working straight from the console because I can kinda install the drivers to the point that linux recognizes that I have a wireless card but when I try to start it I get a error saying that some command failed. I am perdy sure its because the ndiswrapper is not installed properly. I have read many tutorials but to no avail. Any help?
edit:
Maybe if I started everything with these drivers from scratch it would help out a lot. I seam to have installed a new kernel while my whole process was being attempted so I want to remove the older version because the new one should help me get my video drivers working well. How do I uninstall software? I want to get rid of everything dealing with ndiswrapper that I have previously installed and the older kernel stuff. Is there a easy way to do this without breaking everything?
edit 2:
Just noticed that this almost definatly belongs in the linux forum...sorry bout that one.