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Solution to the Ndiswrapper Ubuntu 9.04 for CQ60-215DX Compaq Notebook...
Well, looks like there wasn't a problem after all.
Here's what happened, since I have 2 partions for my Ubuntu 9.04 install, sda5(is the /) and sda6 (is /home), I decided to try if the new 9.04 Alpha 2 release would have the Wifi drivers/updates I would need for my Laptop's adapter. Turns out when I installed the 9.04 Alpha 2 version, the wireless actually worked!! But here's the catch, I also have vista installed along with Fedora 11. Turns out, the version of Grub used in Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha, no longer recognized my Fedora11, Vista, or Mint 6 partitions. No need to panic because at first I just ran the following commands to restore my previous MBR (master boot record) for my sda10 Fedora Grub settings...:
root (hd0,9)
setup (hd0)
So since the 9.04 alpha 2 didn't want to place nicey nicey with my other partitions, and my Grub boot Fedora 11 menu was restored with the commands above, I decided to reinstall The regular version of ubuntu 9.04.
But after installing the older ubuntu 9.04 version, I noticed something I did not do before. I figured since the Wireless Network Icon in the top Panel had an x in it, I figured the adapter wasn't being recognized and therefore no internet access. In the alpha 2 version, the Wireless icon lit up and had a popup tool tip that apeared each time I booted into the desktop. When that version was installed I clicked on the Icon, and saw the routers in range for my adapter to connect. Then I said, well let me try clicking on the wireless icon in the above panel for the older Ubuntu 9.04 version. To my bewilderment, gasp!! Routers appeared in my older version of Ubuntu 9.04.
So the lesson here kids, it might not be that you need ndiswrapper for Ubuntu 9.04 , it just may be that you need to click on the Wireless Icon. Could have sworn I tried that before, but perhaps I was in a bad spot and not good reception. Either way, I'm happy I got it to work after all. :-/
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