Hi.
I'm a complete greenie on Linux, a fairly experienced XP convert.
My linux expertese is only two days of reading the program documentation and these forums.
I have compiled (I guess that's what I did) ndiswrapper and it did not show any obvious signs of error in the proccess.
I have two Linksys network cards which I am trying to connect:
Wireless B WPC11 v4 with Realtek 8180.
I've tried all XP drivers on the Linksys install disk and all that I can find around the web, but when I enter ndiswrapper -i in Terminal it shows:
"Couldn't get manufacturer section. Installation may be incomplete"
When I ran ndiswrapper -l it only shows
"Invalid driver"
I am "uninstalling" the driver before trying a new one by removing the /etc/ndiswrapper directory.
After working many hours trying other things suggested on various forums I tried my wife's PCMCIA card which is a Linksys wireless G WPC54G v3.
OpenSUSE right away detected the card and thought I was scott-free until I went to configure it but got a warning that said it is missing it's firmware.
I also tried to configure the XP driver in ndiswrapper but got the same message:
"Couldn't get manufacturer section. Installation may be incomplete"
When I ran ndiswrapper -l it only shows
"Invalid driver"
At this point I'm not sure if it is a ndiswrapper error or just the Linksys which I understand is problematic.
I really want to kick Microsoft to the curb but don't want to replace my whole wireless setup to do so.
Any suggestions would be very appreciated!
Please keep in mind that I'm quite green.
Thanks in advance
-Steve
