Dapper Dan

Wicked, I think we're snagged. You said that SIS162U was printed on that chip. Look here and see that the '162' is one of two versions that there isn't a Linux driver for. Stll, I would try the Integrated driver for it to see. It might be worth a try... If you want to try it and get stuck trying to install it, let us know. Sorry I couldn't help more...

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I admire your ambition. I can't see any reason why you couldn't accomplish it if you really set your mind to it. I wouldn't have the patience for such an undertaking. I have a few paperweights around here too, though, we call them, "boat anchors." I've got a nice Visioneer scanner, a piece of crap Epson printer,(a brand I will never buy again even if they threw all their support behind Linux) about 12 winmodems, which sometimes I actually do use as paperweights!), and various bits and pieces that won't work with Linux. Someone has to write the modules for hardware. I say go for it if it really interest you!

I'm mostly just coming up empty every way I go trying to figure out what can be done to get your adapter to work. It seems from the pdf files you link to that your dongle uses what is known as a baseband/mac wlan chipset. It is unclear to me whether there is actually Linux drivers for this chipset or they are still under development. I also found this and this. Anything there look familiar? Like I said, Linux+USB+Wireless=headaches! Anyone else have any ideas? If we can't get any movement on this soon would you consider spending a little cash for an adapter that is known to work? We can give plenty of fairly inexpensive suggestions.

Huh! I could have sworn I posted after your previous post! Well... I guess I wrote it up and previewed it without posting. I've done that a few times before, sorry. Anyway, do you find it listed when you do: /sbin/lsusb from a terminal as root? what does the ouput say? Sometimes it will give the actual chipset rather than just the manufacturer. That would help to know what chipset.

Yes. You must have a legitimate copy of pre-NT Windows. Once Win4Lin is installed, you have to put the Windows CD in. Win4Lin then copies the files from the Windows CD, then there is a regular Windows installation, complete with 75 reboots and all. It will ask for the product key and will not work unless you provide it. This works well for those of us who still have our pre-NT disks.

You may rerefering to Win4Lin which enables you to run non-NT Windows as an application straight from your Linux desktop. It makes Windows much more stable than when it runs natively. It takes a while to warm up, but once it does, it will run Windows apps just as fast as under native Windows. The only apps that won't run under Win4Lin are DirectX games.Win4Lin costs. Here's a screenie of Win4Lin in action way back when I was running Mandrake 9.0...

In Windows, have a look at what's on that CD. Do you see a file that ends with .iso? Or do you see several files and stuff? Sounds like you may have burned the .iso file to the CD rather than burning the iso image. If that is the case, check back and we'll steer you through the process of burning the image. If this isn't the case, you may have a corrupt CD, either through the burning process or it was corrupted during download. Did you do a md5sum check to see that the file was all there before burning it?

It will help a lot if you can tell us about your computer. Motherboard, onboard NIC type, etc. danleff is good on this type stuff if you can fill us in on your hardware.

I liked Ubuntu too. They say BeatrIX is even faster. One guy over at Linuxforums.org said BeatrIX is the fastest distro he's ever used! The only thing that put me off with Ubuntu and BeatrIX was the wireless utility kept freezing on me. I never could get my Netgear MA311 working nor the Orinoco Gold PCMCIA in my wife's laptop. I like their approach though. Clean, simple and limited to a well considered set of apps without the bloat. Let me know about the FreeBSD install. I might try it if it's a lot less scary than I'm thinking. Of course, for a straight Debian user, ANY other install is a piece of cake...

That's really great news! Glad it's working for you! Originally posted by zorjamm: Quote: Now I wish to install my ATI Radeon mobility 9700 Graphics drivers for Linux....Any clue Hmmm... Quote: >--Gets his coat...... While you're out, stop by the computer store and buy an Nvidia.

Originally posted by danleff: Quote: The idea is not to answer all the questions asked...nobody has all that knowledge. But, rather getting people involved and stimulate thought toward solutions... to think through the problem. I couldn't have said it better danleff. You don't have to know all the answers to help someone search for a solution. You just have to take the time to help them look!

I've been reading up on your card and I've seen a couple of posts and threads that suggest there is trouble with your card if it is "made in China." Just to make sure, this is a PCMCIA card and not a pci? Some thoughts: After booting up do you get any lights whatsoever? How about when you pull it out, wait a few seconds and then plug it back in? Are you using WEP encryption? Make sure to disable it from your router and your card until you get it working. When you do: lsmod | more Do you see anything there about "Prism GT" or "Prism" next to your device? When you boot, does your box try to bring up the network at eth0? Does it hang there? How about on eth1? I'm just wondering if the correct module is being loaded. Have a look at this page. Your card is listed right at the top as working with the Prism 54 drivers. What is the output of: /sbin/ifconfig ? Can you post that here? I know it's a drag you can't get this working since everything I've seen says the Netgear wg511 should work without problems. This has got to be frustrating for you but hang in there, we'll get it sorted somehow...

robstr12, have you checked out FreeSBIE? The live CD runs very well on my system. I'm thinking about installing it to hard drive as the installation looks a lot easier than regular *BSD.

I've used both, and in my opinion, SuSE comes out the winner.

Have you tried configuring your wireless card within Yast2? If not, look in "Network Devices" -> "Network Card." You should have no problems changing and configuring your cards there. Do both of them show up? Configure the wireless card and delete the profile on you onboard NIC. Ciick "Change" -> "Edit" -> and "Advanced" to configure your wireless NIC.

Originally posted by Wicked101: Quote: If I log on as "root" do I still have to do the super user thing? No. You'll essentially be doing the same thing. It's just easier to open a terminal and become root rather that logging out then back in as root everytime you need administrative permissions. Quote: I'm using a D-Link +624 Router that is connected to the DSL modem. Is this an 802.11b or 802.11g? Quote: The point I'm using on my PC is a FiberLine wireless USB Dongle I'm not familiar with this piece of hardware, but any time I see "USB" and "wireless" in the same sentence I have misgivings as it applies to Linux. Can you give us a link to the specs on this Dongle? Is it 802.11b or g? Did you have your wireless hardware running under SuSE?

egorgry can probably give you the details but I'm fairly certain you can install the Nvidia modules with apt-get. That's how I'd do it.

Your card is reported to work with the madwifi module. I've never used this before but here's there page.

According to Linux-wlan, there is a WG511 and a WG511T. The regular 511 used the PrismGT chipset so if that's what you have, you should be good to go. On the other hand, the 511T uses the atheros chipset and reportedly works fine with the madwifi module. If 511T, this page should be a great help. By the way, if your gonna fool with Linux to any extent, bookmark the Linux-lan page. It is an invaluable resource.

Been playing with it and already I like it! Thanks for the tip!

egorgry, you should have a look at ProMepis Beta 3! It is outstanding! I rate it with SuSE 9.1, and from me, that's saying something! In fact, I like it so much, I may even use it to replace my Gentoo partitions!

Sorry. First, open up a terminal. It doesn't matter which one. I personally like konsole 'cause you can cut and paste with it. Now you must become "Super User." There are certain configurations and installations that require this. type: su And press enter. It will ask for your root password. type it in and press enter. You are now Super User. Now type: wlcardconfig And press enter. The program should then come up. What type of Wireless card do you have? Let's make sure it's compatible. What wireless router are you using?

I seem to remember Knoppix has a pretty good utility called... wlcardconfig ...that works very well for wireless. You just fill in the parameters and press enter for the next question. Try that.