I have installed the drivers for my wireless card using ndiwrapper, but how can I resart the network interface without rebooting because if I do then every thing is lost since I am using the live dvd version...

you need to open a shell, like Konsole and type...

service network restart

see how you go,
Regards, Glenn

I typeed the command above and I get an error saying "bash: network: command not found"
what am i doing wrong??

OK then, try to take it down then back up again.

your web/network device could be eth0, ra0, etc. if you type

ifconfig what does it say? Just use that, but not lo

ifdown ppp0

then up...

ifup ppp0

When you do this the system should pick up any changes to the config, as well as nameservers.

Cheers, Glenn

ps. you need to be root.

i get the following output with ifconfig

root@Knoppix:/media/sda1/WLAN# ifconfig
lo
Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:100 (100.0 B) TX bytes:100 (100.0 B)


dont see eth0 or wl0 any where there

Well that's why it's not working.

This has been a problem with live cd's.

You might try to use the network-settings in the "configure my computer", you may also get the option of restarting the network there(kde).

I hope that helps, btw how are you posting these massages? I mean sometimes no message is a good thing with linux.

You might also get it working by starting a new session, logout and log back in (x11-windows).

regards, Glenn

ps. My if config looks like this...

glenn@GamesBox:~$ ifconfig (04-10 23:48)
zsh: correct 'ifconfig' to '_ifconfig' [nyae]?
zsh: command not found: ifconfig
glenn@GamesBox:~$ su (05-10 00:04)
Password:
root@GamesBox:/home/glenn# ifconfig (05-10 00:04)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:C6:EF:CF:AE
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21f:c6ff:feef:cfae/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1460 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1367 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:272245 (265.8 KiB)
Interrupt:251 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:473675 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:473675 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:414253948 (395.0 MiB) TX bytes:414253948 (395.0 MiB)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:120.16.72.6 P-t-P:10.64.64.64 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:292672 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:205913 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:395479043 (377.1 MiB) TX bytes:16896810 (16.1 MiB)

root@GamesBox:/home/glenn# (05-10 00:04)

When I loggout, it logs out but back in automatically. And I get the same problem. I guess i am going to have to do a full install one day to fully test it out (not now tough ill just put the cd on the shelf 4 now).

I dont understand what u mean by how I am posting the messages... do u mean here on the forum?? if thats the case, I am just using a different computer...