[newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG
Hi. You've probably all seen a question like this before, but here goes I have a laptop running MDK 10.1. I'm trying to get my wireless adapter to work. I've been looking through different mailing lists, forums etc. but what I really need is a step-by-step guide getting this to work. I can see that Mandrake already comes with a driver but what to do with thisI haven't a clue. Please help. -Henriette Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG
On Sunday 06 March 2005 18:23, Henriette Holm wrote: Hi. You've probably all seen a question like this before, but here goes I have a laptop running MDK 10.1. I'm trying to get my wireless adapter to work. I've been looking through different mailing lists, forums etc. but what I really need is a step-by-step guide getting this to work. I can see that Mandrake already comes with a driver but what to do with thisI haven't a clue. Please help. -Henriette Mandrake supplies the driver but not the Intel proprietary firmware. Go here http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. Extract the firmware and put it into /lib/hotplug/firmware You will need to be root user to do that so open up a root copy of konqueror with Alt+F2 and type 'kdesu konqueror' in the box. Reboot and the firmware should load and you should be able to run through the new connection wizard in MandrakeControl Centre. I hope I got that right since I do not actually own one of those. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG
On Sunday 06 March 2005 03:35 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. You will need to be root user to do that so open up a root copy of konqueror with Alt+F2 and type 'kdesu konqueror' in the box. kdesu konqueror! how cool! this is handy to know. (Alt-F2 does nothing on my box - is this a keyboard problem?) -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG
On Sunday 06 March 2005 10:49 pm, Julie Sloan referred: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. _ as root, you can command :- tar xzvf filename best rgds _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG
On Sunday 06 March 2005 06:00 pm, riccardo wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 10:49 pm, Julie Sloan referred: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. _ as root, you can command :- tar xzvf filename Yes, I knew this, thank you (I am not the one who asked the original question). What I did not know is you can open Konqueror as root. I was happy to read your answer, kdesu konqueror. -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG
On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:49, Julie Sloan wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 03:35 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: download the correct .tar.gz file To uncompress the file just click on it with konqueror. You will need to be root user to do that so open up a root copy of konqueror with Alt+F2 and type 'kdesu konqueror' in the box. kdesu konqueror! how cool! this is handy to know. (Alt-F2 does nothing on my box - is this a keyboard problem?) I was assuming KDE was the Window Manager. Alt+F2 in KDE gives you a Run box to enter a single command. kdesu is simply a way to run a single command as root. The alternative is to open a terminal and enter su to become root user, then all commands will run as root. e.g. konqueror (The '' runs the command in background so the terminal can do other things.) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problems with Ipw2200 BG
On Sunday 06 March 2005 06:29 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:49, Julie Sloan wrote: (Alt-F2 does nothing on my box - is this a keyboard problem?) I was assuming KDE was the Window Manager. Alt+F2 in KDE gives you a Run box to enter a single command. Yes, KDE is my windowmanager, but Alt-F2 does nothing. I suppose I need a new keyboard; I know my ESC does not work, now it seems F2 also doesn't. I don't know enough about the F keys to know what they ought to do. I do know the left Alt is functioning as I was using it in place of Esc in VIm today. Alt-F3 and Alt-F5 are giving me menus. None of the other F's are doing anything with Alt. Thanks for the information. :) -- Julie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
