[GLLUG] Wireless Driver

[Darrel Ray Clute, III]

On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 17:13, Michael McCarty wrote:
> > Which card is this?  Is it an a, b, or g card?
> It is a g card.
> 

Which card?  The below suggests that it is a card that does not have
native Linux drivers since driverloader is provided by the company that
also produces linmodem software.  This simply allows a module into the
kernel which uses the Windows ndis drivers.  A similar open source
product can be found at ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net and is included with
Mandrake.

> > To install the rpm on Mandrake issue:
> > 
> > 	urpmi <rpmname>.rpm
> Here's what happens: 
> $ urpmi driverloader-1.76_k2.6.3_mdk.i586.rpm
> bash: urpmi: command not found
> 

You must have root privileges to install RPM's.  Issues the command:
	su -c '/usr/sbin/urpmi driverloader-1.76_k2.6.3_mdk.i586.rpm'
This allows you to be root for the smallest amount of time, only during
execution of the command.

> > 	rpm -i <rpmname>.rpm
> OK, lets try the more general command:
> $ rpm -i driverloader-1.76_k2.6.3_7mdk-1mdk.i586.rpm
> warning: driverloader-1.76_k2.6.3_7mdk-1mdk.i586.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         wireless-tools is needed by driverloader-1.76_k2.6.3_7mdk-1mdk

There is a wireless-tools RPM included with Mandrake and the above
revised urpmi command will fulfill the dependency.

Hope that helps.

-- 



Darrel Clute, CCNP/CCDP

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