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**a_l_a_n** · Jul 30, 2006, 02:44 AM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

Download ndiswrapper-utils from here in windows and put it on a USB key to transfer it to Kubuntu. Install it with "dpkg -i <debfile>".

HTH.

**Darko8472** · Jul 30, 2006, 02:51 AM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

Here's where I've probably got a bit of an advantage - I've installed ext2IFS in windows, and I have an external USB caddy for a 2.5" drive, so I can put it right into my home folder ^^ thanks though. I'm not a complete uber-newbie, but still enough to warrant asking for help :P

Many thanks ^^

I also did a bit more googling and found this page which shows me how to sort it out. Hopefully this'll be all I need until I run into something more technical (i.e. I know from using Kubuntu in a virtual machine that I've got a few program conflicts to work out.)

**Darko8472** · Jul 30, 2006, 07:21 AM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

OK, another snag. Downloaded and ran the command as detailed above, but it's asking for ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 . But obviously it isn't installed :/ and as it's a default DD install there's no gcc or make either (unless they changed that between BB and DD, BB is what I played around with in the virtual machine.)

**a_l_a_n** · Jul 31, 2006, 06:52 AM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

Its a pain I know but if you dont have an active connection I think its the only way - donwload ingthe deb files one at a time until you finally satisfy all the dependancies. On that link I posted youll find another link to ndiswrapper-utils-1.1 (with a red dot meaning is required). When you follow that youll find more red dots ...

Is there no way you can get access to a wired connection? They tend to be much more plug and play than wifi. Your wireless router should have at least one socket for an ethernet cable that you could use.

**mr_fosi** · Jul 31, 2006, 11:53 AM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

So your card is not integrated?

If it IS integrated, what it the chipset?

I also have a 1300 (B130) and to my knowledge, they only come with one of two chipsets, either an Intel or a Broadcom. The Intel was PnP for me, but I have seen topics where people have to use ndiswrapper to get the Broadcom to work properly.

**Darko8472** · Jul 31, 2006, 01:05 PM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

Hi, thanks for the replies.

A_l_a_n: I managed to scrounge a Cat5 cable from a friend up here (I'm staying at my parent's for the week, hence I'm not at home in order to control things myself - I'm having to use their connection.) and have started to get ndiswrapper installed. I'm hoping it'll be on the list (I've enabled all the repositories, and installed -common and -utils, but ndiswrapper still isn't working from Konsole) after I've let Adept run it's full update.

mr_fosi: No, it's not integrated. It's a seperate card, although it did come with the laptop (already plugged into the mini-pci slot). It's a Broadcom. I'm following the instructions in the link I posted in my previous post, but as mentioned above I'm just trying to get ndiswrapper working in Konsole first :P We'll see how this update goes.

EDIT: It's not working. I'm trying to use ndiswrapper from Konsole, but all it's giving me is:

darko@Kenpachi:~$ ndiswrapper
Error: no versions of ndiswrapper found!

**a_l_a_n** · Jul 31, 2006, 01:25 PM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

Just to be clear, I dont claim to be any kind of expert on the matter. Ive just used ndiswrapper on two machines is all.

What exactly do you mean when you say ndiswrapper isnt working from Konsole? Has it actually installed correcty? ($ which ndiswrapper)

Oh ... wait ... I remember now that I had to build it from source. I had trouble with the binaries too. Sorry. I was getting confused with wpa_supplicant (hope you dont have to go there cos its not a nice place). Building is fairly straight forward. Again, a connection will be needed to get the source and dependancies. The ndiswrapper wiki is pretty clear I think. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...p/Installation. If you go this route remember to uninstall with adept or dpkg -P ndiswrapper (or something like that) in advance.

Sorry I cant be much real help... Let us know how you go.

**Darko8472** · Jul 31, 2006, 01:33 PM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

Any help is better than no help.

I'm still having a slight problem, even using that guide. I can't do the 'make' step, it says it's missing some source or other...

darko@Kenpachi:~/ndiswrapper-1.21$ make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/darko/ndiswrapper-1.21/driver'
Can't find kernel build files in /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/build;
give the path to kernel build directory with
KBUILD=<path> argument to make
make[1]: *** [prereq_check] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/darko/ndiswrapper-1.21/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2

**Darko8472** · Jul 31, 2006, 02:52 PM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

Nevermind, I got it all working

Using the wifi card as we speak. Now to DL Firefox, Thunderbird, Gaim, etc etc etc... all the essentials

Thanks for all the support though guys

Nice to know this site is as friendly as it is. No doubt I'll have more questions as time goes on

**mr_fosi** · Jul 31, 2006, 02:58 PM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

What did you do to get it working?

**Darko8472** · Jul 31, 2006, 03:35 PM

Re: Kubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 1300 - a couple of questions

I followed the instructions here.

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