[SLL] Jozef_Linux

[Paul A. Franz, P.E.]

On Mon, January 26, 2009 9:07 pm, Jozef Smykla wrote:
> Hi Paul, this is Jozef.
> I did update Linux Mint Elyssa as you have suggested,.
> I thought that everything is going to work perfectly.
> Indeed, it does; however; unfortunately there is no wireless.
> I was many hours try to figure out, however, my knowledge it is not great as yours.
> What I know about Linux is that I know nothing and that I don't know what I don't
> know.

First off for the most possible help you should respond by posting to the Linux List.

    	linux-list at lists2.linuxjournal.com

Then you're likely to get more help. Since Elyssa is an Ubuntu derivative which is
based on Debian, I'm not as familiar since I work with Fedora and CentOS primarily.

> The kernel on the Linux Mint is:

> paris at paris-desktop ~ $ uname -r

> 2.6.24-16-generic

> Based on the tutorial which you have given me.I have to upgrade kernel to 2.6.27 (how
> to do, I don't know).Then I have to install a driver (I think b43 or b43 legacy).And
> then if I am not mistaken( I might  be wrong) from that driver I have to exact(install
> firmware)Maybe I mistaken because I have read so many articles about wireless Linux
> and my head right now is spinning..

So, I assume you've concluded that your WiFi device doesn't have kernel support so you
have to use a driver. Or of course you can go the NDISwrapper method.

When you did they update did you accept the options to do kernel updates too? If so,
then at boot, you should have been given options by grub to load the kernel update.
I'm being a bit vague since I haven't done Ubuntu style updates. From what I
understand you have a recent enough kernel but need to use a supplemental device
driver which supposedly can be found on Source Forge.

> Paul please explain me if you can please:tar jxvf compat-wireless-$(date -I).tar.bz2
>

jxvf

j filter the archive through bzip2
x extract the archive
v verbose
f use archive file specified

> What that's mean date -I.

date -I returns today's date in number format. see date --help man date and note the
section on -I TIMESPEC.

my system responds as:

$ date -I
2009-01-27

$(date -I) does the same thing as `date -I` but is preferable format since it looks
nicer and is nestable.

So the file name for the f switch of tar if run today would expand to:

  compat-wireless-2009-01-27.tar.bz2

If that's not what you want then just type the literals as you know them to be.

> My biggest problem is that I am newbie and I don't know Linux
> commend. Additionally my English is one of many languages I speak
> so sometimes I think that I am missing the point.

You're doing well.

As I said before, if your device isn't supported in the kernel then your first choice
is to see if a driver is available (which you insert as a module). Supposedly there is
support for you device on Source Forge but if not, since the device is supported by MS
Windows then you can use their drivers with the NDISwrapper method.

> Ps. Paul please don't think that I am complaining.No, I don't .What I mean is that I
> have to work harder.

Don't forget to post your further questions directly to the mail list. Many of those
people are quite familiar with Ubuntu, kernel contents and NDIS wrapper.

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