sry if i posted this in the wrong section i need a lot of help i am very new at linux i dont kno how to do like anything
i need to get my wireless card to work and i kno nothin about source and all the rpm's i download wont work

i have a linksys wmp54g pci wireless card i need to config it to work on fedora core 5
i kno the best thing to use is ndiswrapper to get wireless cards to work but i kno nothing about source

i keep reading stuff about it but it says stuff like in the directory u installed the file to use this code and gives a code but where do i type the code in to get the command to work
i need the wireless card to work so if anyone can teach me to do source or get me a working rpm or knos another way to get my wireless internet to work id be very happy i need help asap
someone plz help me someone thank you

Please post your thread once and in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum makes it easier for members to help you and keeps the discussion in one place. Note your apologies are worth nothing since you deliberately posted your thread trice. This thread should be closed because it is a duplicate of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=527721.

Read and understand the LQ Rules before continuing. Thanks in advance.

Complete, step-by-step instructions: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...dex.php/Fedora

i have no clue what to do that guide just confused me it did say much bout installing ndiswrapper and it uses the source code stuff which i have no clue where to type in do u use the terminal?

Then, no offense, but you're not ready to do the steps required to install wireless on Fedora. Compiling a new kernel (required for Fedora and ndiswrapper) will be out of reach for you.

Suggested options:

* Replace Fedora with Ubuntu and use the Synaptic package manager to minimize your reliance on the terminal. However, AFAIK, you'll still need to launch a terminal to install the Windows drivers needed for your card. You're also seriously limiting yourself unless/until you get some basic BASH skills under your belt.

* Learn some basics - the One-Page Linux Manual is a good start. http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~squadron/

* Get a different card.

* Run a wire.

i have ndiswrapper installed now i just need to kno how to run the program and configure my wireless card with it can u plz help

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...p/Installation
Follow the instructions starting at "Install Windows Driver."

The link describes how to:
Install the Windows drivers
Load the module
Configure the wireless settings

The link I provided previously will show you how to automate the steps so that they occur on boot.

hi i am tryin to configure my wireless card on my computer i have a linksys wireless card its pci and its a wmp54g v4 i got the driver installed when i do the command

ndiswrapper -l

it shows me
filename : invalid driver!
*inf : invalid driver!
rt2500 : driver installed
device (1814:0201) present
then i tried to load the module
i do the command

depmod -a

that goes ok
next i use the command

modprobe ndiswrapper

i get an error that says
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.
so i did research and i did the command

modinfo ndiswrapper

i get a msg that says
modinfo: could not find module ndiswrapper
so then i tried the command

modinfo usbcore

i get a msg that says
modinfo: could not find module usbcore
so then i did the command

modprobe usbcore

i get
FATAL: Module usbcore not found.
next i tried the command

modprobe ndiswrapper

i got a msg saying
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

so i tried

update-modules

and i get
bash: update-modules: command not found

so i tried it the old way by doing

insmod lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ndiswrapper.ko

and i got
insmod: can't read 'lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp/misc/ndiswrapper.ko': No such file or directory

i dont kno what else to do or how to fix it
I am running fedora core 5 latest kernel i think 2.6.15 or 18
something like that and ndiswrapper version 1.37
can someone plz help me?

At the risk of being rude, can I ask why you needed to start a new thread when 2Gnu was giving you perfectly good advice in this thread?

(After getting a warning for duplicate threads earlier. Oh, well. I'm here to help, not judge.)

Something went wrong with the process of installing ndiswrapper.

Did you compile the ndiswrapper from source or install a Fedora RPM? Can you retrace your steps and post any errors you got during the process?

i downloaded an rpm for ndiswrapper installation

And?

When you installed the RPM, did you get any errors? Not sure? Uninstall and try again, please.

What kernel was the RPM compiled against? Does it match your kernel version? Do you know your kernel version? uname -a will tell you, if not.

Is there an ndiswrapper module in the directory the error is telling you it should be? If not, that's confirmation that the RPM did not install.

The more detailed and more accurate your information, the easier and faster this gets fixed.

the installation went fine i have the program installe di got no errors and it maches my version the module didnt install right i thinkbut is installed on my computer fine

pyrosk8er368, Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place.

Your threads have been merged.

Don't know why the program would install but not the module, nor do I know of a way to extract the module out of the RPM and manually install it. Maybe someone with recent Red Hat or Fedora experience can point you to a log that might reveal more info on what went wrong. I'm still struggling with the not installing but no errors thing.

The only other thing I can offer is to compile the driver from source. The earlier links tell you how.