On 4 February 2013 11:40, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/02/13 08:38, Alan Pope wrote: >> >> On 04/02/13 04:03, Rowan Berkeley wrote: >>> >>> In my unending search for ways to implement the wireless driver on my >>> converted Compaq machine, I have found the recommended driver on HP's >>> website, and it comes in an MS-DOS .exe package which ndiswrapper cannot >>> use because the latter needs to access certain component files in the >>> package. >>> >> >> It's probably just a self extracting zip file. You can find out what it is >> with the "file" command:- >> >> file <thing.exe> >> >> You'll probably be able to unpack it with unzip:- >> >> unzip <thing.exe> >> >> Cheers, > > I'm glad I have several machines, so the one I'm writing on (a Lenovo) is > not the one I'm talking about (the Compaq). I had to revert the latter to > 3.5.0.22, because on startup this morning in 3.5.0.23, its Ethernet > interface was disabled and unclaimed. Evidently all my tinkering with > drivers has knocked it about a bit. I uninstalled 3.5.0.23 via Synaptic. > Hopefully when the machine updates to 3.5.0.23 again, the problem will not > recur. Now, regarding your suggestions, unfortunately, it seems that you can > have a package sitting in plain view on the desktop but the terminal will > keep telling you "no such file or package." This rather stops me in my > tracks.
Show us the command you are typing and the error (and tell us which folder you are in in the terminal). Preferably copy/paste it out of the terminal (Ctrl+Shift+C to copy from terminal). Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
