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Old 01-02-2006, 12:43 PM   #1
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wmp54g


Hey i'm trying to install linksys wmp54g wireless card on redhat any ideas
 
Old 01-02-2006, 01:06 PM   #2
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Ndiswrapper is what you need.
 
Old 01-02-2006, 03:08 PM   #3
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Ndiswrapper is what you need.
I tried that but it wouldn't install i used the command prompt thingy in the desktop X as root and it wouldn't compile it gave an error 1 and an error 2

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Old 01-02-2006, 05:39 PM   #4
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Can you post up the sections that gave you the errors? Not the whole compile output, just the bit at the point it bombed out.
 
Old 01-02-2006, 07:27 PM   #5
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Code:
iw_ndis.c: In function `wpa_set_auth_alg':
iw_ndis.c:2248: union has no member named `param'
iw_ndis.c:2250: union has no member named `param'
make[1]: *** [iw_ndis.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/ndiswrapper-1.7/driver'
make: *** [all] Error 2
 
Old 01-02-2006, 07:32 PM   #6
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thats from a make command in the correct dir
 
Old 01-03-2006, 02:49 PM   #7
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hello? any help?
 
Old 06-19-2006, 10:13 AM   #8
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hello me too im running suse 10.0
 
Old 06-19-2006, 10:30 AM   #9
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It looks as though the whole thing is being installed as root. The ./configure and make steps should be carried out as the user.
 
  


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