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Is there a Linux driver?

post #1 of 5
9/4/06 at 12:12pm
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looking for the driver for the built in wireless on the M6811. I just did the Targa Bios update and that worked well but if I could run it on wireless it would be sweet
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post #2 of 5
9/4/06 at 2:21pm
Last I looked there was no broadcomm wireless driver for Linux. ndiswrapper works well though.
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post #3 of 5
9/4/06 at 3:46pm
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Thanks! Where do I get that?
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post #4 of 5
9/4/06 at 7:36pm
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/

There are some guides n that page also. Basically, you need the appropriate Windows drivers (make sure you are using 32bit for 32 bit distro, 64bit for 64bit distro), and the ndiswrapper download. Ndiswrapper is included on several of the distros already, so you may want to check before downloading again.
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post #5 of 5
9/4/06 at 7:43pm
Which flavor of Linux are you running? You may possibly already have it installed. Try this command to see if it is installed:
whereis ndiswrapper
If it is already installed, it will show the path to ndiswrapper.

If Debian based distro, try:
apt-get install ndiswrapper

If rpm based distro, try your package manager.

If none of the above works, then make sure you have gcc, make, and kernel source installed and get ndiswrapper from here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=93482

If I remember right, you don't even need to ./configure. Just "make" and then "make install". There should be a "readme" or "install" text file that gives detailed info after you "cd" to the place you downloaded it, and un-tar the file (tar -xzvf ndiswrapper-1.23.tar.gz). Depending on your distro, you may be able to just right-click on the tar.gz file and select "extract" from within your file manager.
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