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Linux Help
Category: Computers > Operating Systems Asked by: alongsummer-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
09 Dec 2005 14:03 PST
Expires: 08 Jan 2006 14:03 PST Question ID: 603830 |
How do I install a DWL G650m Wireless Notebook Adapter Driver onto A Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ610 which I recently converted to UBUNTU (Linux). I am trying to get on my network to access the internet and Print. I think I need a driver |
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Re: Linux Help
From: irlandes-ga on 11 Dec 2005 10:27 PST |
Generally, Linux geeks recommend using ndiswrapper which actually uses the XP wireless drivers for your machine. It is available in tar ball or package, don't remember off hand which one Ubuntu is. There are plenty of tutor pages on the Web, google. I saw yesterday a claim that a group was creating a wireless driver from scratch. |
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Re: Linux Help
From: alongsummer-ga on 11 Dec 2005 11:10 PST |
I used ndiswrapper and loaded the driver from my installation CD but it didn't seem to work. I am still messing with it though. |
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Re: Linux Help
From: wiggy1980-ga on 13 Dec 2005 11:31 PST |
don't have my laptop handy to try this but thought i'd suggest it anyway sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces add these two lines auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp then restart networking and ifup wlan0 |
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Re: Linux Help
From: alongsummer-ga on 13 Dec 2005 17:54 PST |
I am sorry. I am new to this. where do I add this once I pull it up in the terminal? |
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Re: Linux Help
From: irlandes-ga on 16 Dec 2005 21:00 PST |
vi, also known as vim for later versions, is a linux editor, which will run from a terminal mode. If you have a GUI, there are plain English editors, which do not require learning as on vi/vim. Examples are kwrite or kate for KDE; or gedit for gnome. That file, /etc/network/interfaces is probably a script file. Open it in your choice of editors (I use KDE, so I normally use Kate,) and look at that file. I don't have Ubuntu and Mandriva 2005 doesn't have that particular file. But, normally in a script file, one adds the suggested lines, perhaps at the bottom, then saves as with Notepad in Win. I hope this is not a google violation, but for this sort of problem if you do not get a satisfactory answer, I would advise googling for a forum on Ubuntu, and posting it there. Another choice is a main stream Linux forum, such as www.justlinux.com *** Normally, ndiswrapper looks for a Win partition and loads the Win drivers from there. Alas, if you are not dual booting, that won't work. |
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