Just try a couple more times. Move your computer a little bit.

Type iwconfig a couple more times, give it a few seconds. If you've gotten that far, it should work.

i don´t know, because in Win the signal is very good, do you think that in sarge the plate lose forze??
thanks

PS: also i have a doubt because later to change the interface, the pc is a little unestable, it can be that in this place is the fault?

holy crap, this actually worked

holy crap, this actually worked

I've been f#&$*(&# with this awful awful awful version of debian sarge called Demudi. And I have been trying for almost TWO MONTHS to get my wireless card working. Actually, it was a struggle to get my ethernet connection working.

In defense of Demudi, it is beta, and I am an idiot.

But congratulations, you fixed my computer.

The only problem now is, I have to switch kernels for different uses?!? Is this good or normal. Demudi relies on a special kernel (2.6.8-12-multimedia-686) to connect all of its audio applications. Yeah, it's for audiophiles and it's weird. The trick was to start the computer with the sane kernel. So, I have one kernel for the internet, and one for my music... is this where recompiling comes in?

Thanks Again!!!!!!

MikeZila,

Thanks! worked like charm.

I think it would help your tutorial to either insert a "/" before "lib" in:
insmod lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
so it reads:
insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
in case they are not in the right directory. When I first installed linux (Mepis) I had no clue how to navigate in the konsole, and wouldn't have known that all i had to do was change directories.

but great tutorial. it's amazing how much easier this method was than the gui method in Mepis..at least for me.

after:
root@box:~# apt-get install wireless-tools
I get this:

You are running a kernel (version 2.6.8-2-686) and attempting to remove
the same version. This is a potentially disastrous action. Not only
will /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 be removed, making it impossible to boot
it, (you will have to take action to change your boot loader to boot
a new kernel), it will also remove all modules under the directory
/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-686. Just having a copy of the kernel image is not
enough, you will have to replace the modules too.

I repeat, this is very dangerous. If at all in doubt, answer
no. If you know exactly what you are doing, and are prepared to
hose your system, then answer Yes.
Remove the running kernel image (not recommended) [No]?

Here I write No and:

dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: initrd-tools: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 depends on initrd-tools (>= 0.1.63).
Removing initrd-tools ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@box:~#

If I choice Yes ,after restart I allready there is no Linux2.6.8
Any idea?

I wrote : apt get -f install and
wireless-tools is already the newest version

but new problem:

root@box:~# apt-get install ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-686
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.8-2-686: Depends: ndiswrapper-utils (>= 1.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ndiswrapper-utils (<= 1.1-999) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
After this I have no idea - help,pls

i cant apt-get the ndiswrapper files? in sarge i up dated the kernal, i have a amd athlon so i got the 686 or w/e it was one?

thanks for the help

anyone gunna help me? please

To bring up a network interface automatically at reboot we can edit /etc/network/interfaces, here's my copy
I did compile ndiswrapper manually on slackware and debian before, but somehow I can't get it compiled on kernel 2.6.12. Anyone successfully did that?

Hi Mike,

I'm a total Noob, but I'm trying to get my wireless Internet card working (WMP54G). This is my problem. I down -loaded and installed Sarge 2.4.27-2-356 from CD images on my PIII Dell. Following your instructions I was able to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.8-2-386. (FYI, this process didn't download from the Internet, rather, I was prompted to use one of my CDs). Upon reboot, I selected 2.6.8. I was able to install the wireless tools. I tried to install ndiswrapper but was given an error message that is didn't recognize the package. I suspect part of the problem is that Sarge doesn't try to download the filed from the net. Instead, it defaults to the CDs. Do I have to update my sources.list file? If so, with what and how. I've played with this file in the desktop environment but wasn't able to save any changes. Do I have to edit this via command prompt? If so, what command. Did I mention I'm a total Noob.

Also, for some reason, I can't surf in 2.6.8 via my NIC. I can, however, still surf in 2.4.27. Weird. Are there settings I need to update?

Thanks in advance for you help.

Greg

You shouldn't have to. Did you install via disks, or via the internet?

If you grabbed the CD version, chances are that you'll have to change your lists file a bit. Could you post it?

Mike,

Thank you for teh reply. Here are the contents of from /etc/apt/sources.list

#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20050607)]/ unstable contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-5 (20050607)]/ unstable contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-4 (20050607)]/ unstable contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-3 (20050607)]/ unstable contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20050607)]/ unstable contrib main

# deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib

Greg

Yep. Your sources.list file is setup to grab files from your CD set, not the Debian mirrors. It's a simple fix!

Add that to your sources file and do an "apt-get update" to grab a listing of the packages.

It should be smooth sailing for then on out!

Thanks for that. But I also had another issue. Under 2.6, I can't surf via my wired NIC. So I can't download the necessary files. Oddly, I can still surf under 2.4. I posted the following in the Newbie forum, perhaps you can shed some light on what I think is a driver problem.

I looked at the boot record for both versions. This is a portion from 2.6.

Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.13 (May 11, 2002)
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 0000:02:0b.0
tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense.
tulip0: Index #0 - Media 10baseT (#0) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block.
tulip0: Index #1 - Media 10baseT-FDX (#4) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block.
tulip0: Index #2 - Media 100baseTx (#3) described by a 21143 SYM PHY (4) block.tulip0: Index #3 - Media 100baseTx-FDX (#5) described by a 21143 SYM PHY (4) block.
eth1: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 48 at 0xd880, 00:00:F8:04:F3:1D, IRQ 11.
gameport: pci0000:02:0c.1 speed 1125 kHz
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
input: PC Speaker
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
inserting floppy driver for 2.6.8-2-386
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
NET: Registered protocol family 10
Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c02cc960(lo)
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver

This is from 2.4

Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 (Aug 9, 2002)
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 02:0b.0
tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense.
tulip0: Index #0 - Media 10baseT (#0) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) block .
tulip0: Index #1 - Media 10baseT-FDX (#4) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2) b lock.
tulip0: Index #2 - Media 100baseTx (#3) described by a 21143 SYM PHY (4) block.
tulip0: Index #3 - Media 100baseTx-FDX (#5) described by a 21143 SYM PHY (4) bl ock.
eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 48 at 0xd880, 00:00:F8:04:F3:1D, IRQ 11.
uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
ich2rom: firmware access control, I can't enable writes
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
shpchp: acpi_shpchprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x1001
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
pciehp: acpi_pciehprm:get_device PCI ROOT HID fail=0x1001
i810_rng hardware driver 0.9.8 loaded
hw_random: misc device register failed
usb.c: registered new driver usblp
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04A9 pid 0x107F
printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16)

I notice from the 2.6 version that the Tulip driver is differnet. Is there a way I can force 2.6 to use the Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12?

Thanks again,

Greg

I don't know about your NIC problem. That kind of thing is beyond my knowlege.

You should still be able to download and install while under 2.4, just boot into 2.6 after you've downloaded and installed everything and contine the guide from there.

I think I had to do it like that. Give it a try.