OK, so for anyone that remembers my last post...i'm a linux n000b having just installed linux under duel boot. I have a problem (wow that was quick). Linux doesn't like my wireless card, so I go to download drivers. Found the drivers, put them on my flash drive which linux recognises, and just copy them onto the desktop. Browse the files and don't figure out how to install it Question : How do I install drivers? Oh and by the way, I can't alter the filesystem. Any idea why? It's says i'm not the right user. And I only setup one user. Drivers are for an ATMEL WU221p, and they came from here : http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/downloads.html Also my linux is ubuntu 5.10 (pc) Thanks.
Ok To alter the filesystem (something you don't wana do unless you know exactly what you should do) you need to be the root user. the root user (user name root) is kinda like the adminastrator user in Windows in that he can do basicly anything to the system. that said you actually have @ least 2 users the one you made and the root user. What you downloaded is a kernel patch installing it isn't THAT hard but since i'v been living in the command line of Linux for the last 2 years or so my opinion of Not THAT hard is rather wrong i'm sure.. basicly you'll need to have the current kernel source, then parch that source with what you downloaded, after that you can make config the kern and you'll have the option to enable the support dor the patch device, you enable it, then recomplie the kernel. after it's don compiling you copy the new kernel over to the /boot partition naming it something else so it don't overwrite anything. then add the new kernel to the boot loader. then you can reboot the pc and select teh new kernel. and if all went well the PC will not Seg Falt or Kernel panic, if it all went EXTREAMLY well you'll even have the support you're looking for. ^^ basicly to sum it up.. i'd just get a different nick (unless there is a ubunto patch or something) becouse you'll have to repartch everthign you wana upgrade the kernel. You can also see if ndiswrapper will support it (it might). after installing ndiswrapper (if not allready) via the ubunto tools you can follow the instructions from "Install Windows driver" http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Installation your in the trying to make it work portion of using linux now so get used to teh command line it's 99% command line from here out. AKA so if you see lspci ... or something that makes little sense it's probably a command line program or utlity allready installed like cd, or dir in windows.
you'll not be able to alter the file system because every thing out side of the /home/user/ folder is set with read only privileges, you would need to be root to amend them. With Ubuntu I don't think its as easy as logging in as root you would need to work with the command line and use sudo before any command. Or If you really wanted to make a mess or your default security you could log in on the command line and sudo chown or sudo chmod for each folder you wanted to work with then you could do as you like with the gui eg sudo chown user /etc sudo gives you root power for the length of the command that it precedes. There is probably a way to enable the root user have a google i'm sure it will be fairly straight forward.
Not really, there was a command to get a root account, I think it was "sudo passwd root" and then type the (new) root pass twice. If yuo issue a "su -" then, you'll be logged on (in the terminal) as root, that ditches the sudo in front of every line. And "installing" drivers is as easy as getting/compiling the package and issuing a "modprobe <driver>" But, like woodshop said, you got a kernel patch. Maybe there is a easier way... (like ndiswrapper), google "ubuntu <wireless chipset>", that should help you out
In ubuntu, the default user's password is also the "administrator" password. (which is the root account) If you need to run a command as root, just type in Code: sudo {command} I'm not surprised wireless isn't working in 5.10, they hadn't devoted a ton of time on it for that release. 6.06 included a script to download and install the linux broadcom drivers. The drivers you have look like they require recompiling the kernel, which is never good for a newbie. (yes, it makes you learn stuff, but learning stuff doesn't keep the computer running when future updates come out) I'd reccomend ndiswrapper, you can use precompiled windows drivers for your wireless card, so all you need is the windows version of your wireless drivers. I'll see if I can dig up the howto, but I know the one I followed was from either ubuntuforums.org or the ubuntu wiki.... this guide looks like it should work.
