linksys wmp54g

Has anyone ever figured out how to install one of these with Debian?
Or should I just drop that and go for fedora core or mandrake?

Randy wrote:
> Has anyone ever figured out how to install one of these with Debian?
> Or should I just drop that and go for fedora core or mandrake?

Hi,

you need the ndiswrapper package and the windows xp driver. The
ndiswrapper wiki gives more help.

BR
Hans-Juergen Lange

Hans-Juergen Lange wrote:
> Randy wrote:
>
>> Has anyone ever figured out how to install one of these with Debian?
>> Or should I just drop that and go for fedora core or mandrake?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> you need the ndiswrapper package and the windows xp driver. The
> ndiswrapper wiki gives more help.
>
> BR
> Hans-Juergen Lange

ndiswrapper is in a package with debian
i did:
#nidswrapper -i bcnml5.inf (or whatever the driver name was)
#ndiswrapper -l
hardware and driver present
#modprobe ndiswrapper
"I can't find that"
No programs to configure hardware so I'm stuck.

Randy wrote:
> Hans-Juergen Lange wrote:
>
>> Randy wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone ever figured out how to install one of these with Debian?
>>> Or should I just drop that and go for fedora core or mandrake?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> you need the ndiswrapper package and the windows xp driver. The
>> ndiswrapper wiki gives more help.
>>
>> BR
>> Hans-Juergen Lange
>
>
> ndiswrapper is in a package with debian
> i did:
> #nidswrapper -i bcnml5.inf (or whatever the driver name was)
> #ndiswrapper -l
> hardware and driver present

Thats fine.

> #modprobe ndiswrapper
> "I can't find that"
> No programs to configure hardware so I'm stuck.

This not.

The ndiswrapper kernel module is not present. These are two different
things. ndiswrapper tools, to load a windows driver, and the kernel
module to interface the windows driver to the linux kernel.

I dont use debian or such distributions. Mine is slackware with lots of
software added.

But of sure. The kernel module seems not present. Have a look if you
find it precompiled or you download the ndiswrapper package and compile
it yourself. Its only to type make.

BR
Hans-Juergen Lange

Hans-Juergen Lange wrote:
> Randy wrote:
>
>> Hans-Juergen Lange wrote:
>>
>>> Randy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Has anyone ever figured out how to install one of these with Debian?
>>>> Or should I just drop that and go for fedora core or mandrake?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> you need the ndiswrapper package and the windows xp driver. The
>>> ndiswrapper wiki gives more help.
>>>
>>> BR
>>> Hans-Juergen Lange
>>
>>
>>
>> ndiswrapper is in a package with debian
>> i did:
>> #nidswrapper -i bcnml5.inf (or whatever the driver name was)
>> #ndiswrapper -l
>> hardware and driver present
>
>
> Thats fine.
>
>> #modprobe ndiswrapper
>> "I can't find that"
>> No programs to configure hardware so I'm stuck.
>
>
> This not.
>
> The ndiswrapper kernel module is not present. These are two different
> things. ndiswrapper tools, to load a windows driver, and the kernel
> module to interface the windows driver to the linux kernel.
>
> I dont use debian or such distributions. Mine is slackware with lots of
> software added.
>
> But of sure. The kernel module seems not present. Have a look if you
> find it precompiled or you download the ndiswrapper package and compile
> it yourself. Its only to type make.
>
> BR
> Hans-Juergen Lange

I have found that Linux is not for me. I don't like an OS that will not
work properly.
Thanks anyway