OT: Windows is too expensive

[parabolize]

Code:

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sudo depmod -a

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

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Then look at the end of /var/log/messages for errors. Then go into System - Administration - Networking and set stuff up. If all works run this to load the mod at startup:
Code:

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sudo ndiswrapper -m

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[geoschmo]

Ok, didn't see any errors in the log file. But when I do this...
sudo ndiswrapper -m

I get this...
modprobe config already contains alias directive

[parabolize]

Look for ndiswrapper in the list
Code:

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gedit /etc/modules

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[geoschmo]

parabolize said:
Look for ndiswrapper in the list
Code:

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gedit /etc/modules

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# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

lp


That's all. Don't see ndiswrapper in it.

[parabolize]

Open it again this time as super user:
Code:

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sudo gedit /etc/modules

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Add it at the bottom of the list and save like so:
Code:

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# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.

#

# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded

# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.



lp

ndiswrapper

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edit: Why o why has it taken to double spacing stuff inside code tags? It wasn't a few posts ago...

[geoschmo]

Para, I owe you a beer. Wireless is workign great now. Thanks for all the help.

Geoschmo

[parabolize]

No problem.

[Baron Munchausen]

geoschmo said:


Para, I owe you a beer. Wireless is working great now. Thanks for all the help.

Geoschmo

OK, now that you've struggled through a Linux install maybe you can answer some questions. I am about to buy some new HDs and try to setup a dual boot system. Does Linux still need a dedicated 'swap partition'? I'd like to know before I put the install disk in whether I should have reserved a few gigs for swap. And did you need to reconfigure and recompile the kernel to make it work or is this just an option? (How much of the stuff on the disk comes with source code? Basically everything? Or just the kernel and the little Gnu utilities?)

[Renegade 13]

Personally, I don't understand what everyone's problem with XP is. I've never had any major difficulties with it that weren't my own fault for messing around with stuff I didn't understand at the time No viruses, trojans, etc, no instability, nothing. Been a smooth ride for me ever since my first computer with Win 95 on it.

*(Now will probably have a rash of problems, after making the above statement!)*

[geoschmo]

Renegade 13 said:
Personally, I don't understand what everyone's problem with XP is. I've never had any major difficulties with it that weren't my own fault for messing around with stuff I didn't understand at the time

XP has been quiet stable and decent for me as well. My only complaint is, as the thread title says, it's too expensive.