[Deaf-lug] My network settings - FAO Joe
Paul Johnston
gingerdeafman at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Apr 2 09:16:51 BST 2008
Hi Joe,
Thanks for this. I admit I took a shortcut to open gedit via the menu and it backfired on me :-)
The "root" access - what gives this? sudo command, or the terminal app?
I have a similar problem. I have downloaded the drivers but can't create a folder for them? My laptop don't have internet access yet (I suppose I could plug in an Ethernet cable etc), so the EXE containing the drivers are on a memory stick. I can't seem to copy the EXE from the stick onto the hard drive?
I am sure we will get there in the end :-)
Cheers,
Paul.
----- Original Message ----
From: JGJones <mailinglist at gwallgofi.com>
To: deaf-lug at mailman.lug.org.uk
Sent: Wednesday, 2 April, 2008 12:09:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Deaf-lug] My network settings - FAO Joe
That's why I said to type:
sudo gedit
Sudo is a command that temporarily grant root (superadmin) access to the
next command you run - the command above would run gedit as the root
user and thus allow you to edit the file itself.
Another option you could try is to do this command:
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
I have tested the above and it works - try it please.
(alternativaly if you can get the Run prompt to show up (like Windows'
Windows key + R) you can use this command in that:
gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
Paul Johnston wrote:
> I can't edit the blacklist file!! Don't have the permission!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:deaf-lug-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of JGJones
> Sent: 01 April 2008 11:51
> To: deaf-lug at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Deaf-lug] My network settings - FAO Joe
>
>
> I know it's over your head - don't worry but it does tell me what I want
> to know...the 2nd bit is what we need to know what wireless you have:
>
> > description: Wireless interface
> > product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN
> Controller
> > vendor: Broadcom Corporation
>
> A quick look on Ubuntu forum show this one that works for you:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1725395&postcount=3
>
> I'll edit it so that it's easier to understand though. I do not know
> what you need to do to bring up the Run dialog in Gnome (as I customise
> mine long ago and can't remember the default) so we will use Terminal
> here again (sorry...I'll prefer to avoid that for you!)
>
> In terminal type:
>
> sudo gedit
>
> Enter your password.
>
> In gedit (it's a Gnome text editor) go to File > Open and go to
> /etc/modprobe.d and open the blacklist file
>
> In 'blacklist' file at bottom add this:
>
> blacklist bcm43xx
>
> Save the file and close gedit.
>
> Now go to System > Administration > Synaptics Package Mangaer (if you
> want to use Terminal to do this, type sudo synaptic)
>
> Search for ndiswrapper-utils and right click on it and select "Mark it
> for installation" Now click on Apply in toolbar and it will then install it.
>
> Close Synaptics when it's done.
>
> Now you'll need to download the Dell driver for wireless for Windows XP
>
> http://support.euro.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WW1&osl=EN&catid=5&impid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=INSPIRON1300%2FB130&hidos=WW1&hidlang=en
>
> (that link should take you to the network drivers for Inspiron 1300 on
> Windows XP)
>
> When you have downloaded the exe file, right click on the file and
> select the option "Extract Here" - it'll extract the contents into a new
> folder (which is named after the file)
>
> Now let's go back to Terminal...
>
> I hope you remember how to use DOS etc...
>
> You need to change to the folder where the files are extracted to so use
> the commend "cd" and directory name to change to where the file is for
> example:
>
> cd Desktop will change to your desktop folder and so on. If you have
> trouble with this, let me know.
>
> Once you are in the extracted driver folder do this command:
>
> ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf
>
> Then you need to check that it is installed properly by running this
> command:
>
> ndiswrapper -l
>
> which should display the following if correctly installed:
>
> Installed drivers:
> bcmwl5 driver installed, hardware present
>
> Then run this command next:
>
> ndiswrapper -m
>
> Now reboot your laptop so that it get loaded.
>
> (This illustrate why Ubuntu need a nice easy GUI for using ndiswrapper
> instead of making newbies use the Terminal...I think OpenSUSE have a GUI
> for installing Windows driver via ndiswrapper now?)
>
> Hope that helped.
>
> Paul Johnston wrote:
>> As requested. Does this help?!! To be honest all this is over my head.
>>
>> No sign of Centrino sticker.
>>
>> paul at paul-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C network
>> [sudo] password for paul:
>> *-network:0
>> description: Ethernet interface
>> product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
>> vendor: Broadcom Corporation
>> physical id: 0
>> bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
>> logical name: eth0
>> version: 02
>> serial: 00:14:22:8f:5c:58
>> size: 10MB/s
>> capacity: 100MB/s
>> width: 32 bits
>> clock: 33MHz
>> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
>> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=1.01 duplex=half latency=64 link=no module=b44 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
>> *-network:1 DISABLED
>> description: Wireless interface
>> product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
>> vendor: Broadcom Corporation
>> physical id: 3
>> bus info: pci at 0000:02:03.0
>> logical name: eth1
>> version: 02
>> serial: 00:14:a5:56:11:58
>> width: 32 bits
>> clock: 33MHz
>> capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
>> configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.22-14-generic latency=64 link=no module=bcm43xx multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
>> paul at paul-laptop:~$
>>
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