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01-02-2006, 01:43 PM
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Registered: Jan 2006
Distribution: Red Hat
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wmp54g
Hey i'm trying to install linksys wmp54g wireless card on redhat any ideas
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01-02-2006, 02:06 PM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
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Ndiswrapper is what you need.
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01-02-2006, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by XavierP
Ndiswrapper is what you need.
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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
Last edited by waterfoul; 01-02-2006 at 04:34 PM.
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01-02-2006, 06:39 PM
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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.
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01-02-2006, 08:27 PM
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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
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01-02-2006, 08:32 PM
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thats from a make command in the correct dir
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01-03-2006, 03:49 PM
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hello? any help?
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06-19-2006, 11:13 AM
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Registered: May 2006
Distribution: Gentoo / custom linux
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hello me too im running suse 10.0
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06-19-2006, 11:30 AM
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Location: Kent, England
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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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