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wireless on 4780

post #1 of 10
11/6/05 at 11:17pm
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I just installed fedora core 4 on my 4780. everything is working from the touchpad to the display drivers, except my wifi card. i cannot get it to do much of anything. has anyone ever had success getting this to work? if so, how?
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post #2 of 10
11/6/05 at 11:49pm
things aren't working on fedora. Doesn't surprise me: there a lot better distros out there than fedora where hardware works: ubuntu, vector, suse, yoper. (and some of them are faster).
Anyway a good idea is: ndiswraper. A module that allows interoperability between windows netword card drivers and linux kernel. For ndiswrapper you need the inf driver file.good luck
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post #3 of 10
11/7/05 at 12:24am
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yah that seems to be the common consensus online..i was directed toward fedora by a few kids at school. im gonna try ubuntu tommorow.

will it be just as easy to setup a dual boot on the 4780 with ubuntu as it was with fedora? and would i go about it the same way
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post #4 of 10
11/7/05 at 1:27am
yeah, configing ubuntu is really easy. granted the install is in text rather than graphical, its well done and easy to understand.
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post #5 of 10
11/7/05 at 1:49am
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i just installed ubuntu in place of fedora..(went faster than i expected) but the wireless still wont work. it shows a wireless adapter in the device manager under "usb 1.0" but i cant seem to get it to show up as an ethernet card. can someone guide me in the right direction?
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post #6 of 10
11/7/05 at 10:09am
Try this:

Code:
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils
sudo apt-get install ndisgtk

killall gnome-panel

Then look in:
System->Administration->Windows wireless Drivers

Run the program and make sure you have the windowsxp wireless driver nearby to install them. Should work.
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post #7 of 10
11/7/05 at 12:53pm
If you continue to have trouble you'll probably want to try compiling your own kernel. Here's a really good howto: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=84174 If you follow all the steps exactly you shouldn't have any problems. If you have dependency issues try installing these:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install kernel-package
sudo apt-get install gcc (this will install gcc-4.0 for kernel 2.6.13 or superior)
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4
sudo apt-get install libncurses5
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt-dev
I'm compiling the new kernel right now. I noticed there's finally support for my Tascam US-122 audio device!!!!!! They've also added many more wifi drivers too.
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post #8 of 10
11/23/05 at 12:59am
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hi guys. now that iv had a little more free time iv got to play with this a little more. so far i did everything suggested and then some. but i still dont have wireless.

i have used ndiswrapper, it says driver present, hardware present. and when i go into the "Device manager" it shows my wireless card as being wlan0. however it doesnt have a MAC or hardware address like eth0 does. and it says "interface up - false"

when i run iwconfig, it says "wlan0 has no wireless extensions"

if anyone else has any ideas please let me know. this is a sager 4780. i cant really find a hard answer as to the brand or model of the wireless card it has. the best i can get is that is a "USB300"

thanks
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post #9 of 10
11/23/05 at 2:58am
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problem solved!

i had 2 copies of ndiswrapper installed and they were conflicting with each other.

all i did was

sudo ndiswrapper -i mydriver.inf
sudo ndiswrapper -m
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

and my wireless card came up. i activated it and bingo im making this post!
thanks guys. i hope this helps someone else
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post #10 of 10
11/23/05 at 6:02pm
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another new update...wireless works great. but now ubuntu takes FOREVER to boot up. its keeps hanging at "Loading network interfaces" even if i have my wifi card switched off. any ideas how i can stop this?
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