> I am either the only newbie that knows about this list, the only newbie > period, or the only newbie that is brave enough to ask questions. Anyway, > if I am being pesky, just ignore me or let me know.
Questions are great. Everyone learns when questions are asked in a public forum. :) > I am having some fun adventures in the land of linux. I found out that I > should NOT dock or undock my laptop while running linux. I got some cool > lines on the screen and lost all functionality so I had to power down the > hard way. Ouch! I've never worked with a dock, so I'm not sure about that, but if I were you, I'd check google and see if there's a fix for that! > Well on to the question. What is the deal with the kernel? In my mind I > associate it with the system registry from Windows. But is that what it > is? Well anywho, I tried that linuxant thing because it was the only thing > that made even a shred of sense to me (and because I have nothing to lose > if I totally hose my system.) It has a 30-day trial so I figured why not? > Anyway, interestingly enough, part of the installation of the driver was > to give linuxant my windows driver files. So after doing that, still no > wireless. I do get on ok with a wired connection but that's it. I don't > think I did any kernel updates or mods so maybe I am missing something?? > Any ideas? looks like someone's already answered your question regarding the kernel, so I'll just address the wireless questions. I did a quick search on your card and linux, and came across an article (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=125627) which says that your card (or at least a version of that card) can work with ndiswrapper. The instructions on that article won't work for you, because they're for gentoo, but I know there are a couple people on the list who are reasonably good with ndiswrapper setup, and could probably help you out. I've never used Linuxant, but from what you've mentioned, it sounds like it's somewhat similar to ndiswrapper, as both are wrappers for the windows driver. I dont know why Linuxant isn't working, unfortunately. One of these days, we're going to need to get something written to make ndiswrapper setup a bit less complex. Any takers? I'm busy for the next couple months, but it might be an interesting thing to look at in the future..... :) Anyway, good luck with everything, and keep up the great questions! ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
