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Today in Ubuntu I went to:
Admin> Windows Wireless Drivers>
A window opened and gave me the option to Install New Driver; when I clicked and highlighted the driver I wanted an additional window opened and said;
" Not a valid driver .inf file"
What is a .inf file?
How would I find where this file is at to retrieve?
I'm
Last edited by Ztcoracat; 01-04-2012 at 09:45 PM.
Reason: complete thought not typed out
An inf file is a text file which is used to install/define parameters for Windows devices. In this case, a wireless device.
Most wireless devices tend to work under Linux these days. Much better than it used to be anyway. If you can't get your wireless to work, type this in a console:
Code:
sudo lspci
Post your results here. If you can't get wireless working, we can help.
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An INF file(Setup Information file), is a plain text file used by Windows for installation of software and drivers. INF files are most commonly used for installation of device drivers for hardware components.
Ubuntu supports a system known as NDISWrapper. This allows you to use a Windows wireless device driver under Ubuntu.
Now do one thing ---
First obtain the Windows Driver for your system and locate the file that ends with .inf.
An inf file is a text file which is used to install/define parameters for Windows devices. In this case, a wireless device.
Most wireless devices tend to work under Linux these days. Much better than it used to be anyway. If you can't get your wireless to work, type this in a console:
Code:
sudo lspci
Post your results here. If you can't get wireless working, we can help.
Ok, have to go to my Linux/Ubuntu side. Be back in a few minutes.
An INF file(Setup Information file), is a plain text file used by Windows for installation of software and drivers. INF files are most commonly used for installation of device drivers for hardware components.
Ubuntu supports a system known as NDISWrapper. This allows you to use a Windows wireless device driver under Ubuntu.
Now do one thing ---
First obtain the Windows Driver for your system and locate the file that ends with .inf.
1. Unless you are in a very unusual situation you should not be using windows drivers on your linux system.
2. I may be going blind, but I can not see a wireless device listed in the output of lspci. Do you know what sort of wireless device you have?
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1. Unless you are in a very unusual situation you should not be using windows drivers on your linux system.
2. I may be going blind, but I can not see a wireless device listed in the output of lspci. Do you know what sort of wireless device you have?
That's correct evo2, that's what I was thinking that no output of wireless devices was listed in lspci output.
1. Unless you are in a very unusual situation you should not be using windows drivers on your linux system.
2. I may be going blind, but I can not see a wireless device listed in the output of lspci. Do you know what sort of wireless device you have?
Evo2.
I have a Wireless Adapter by: Linksys a WUSB54GC that is picking up the signal from down the hall where my modem is.
1. Unless you are in a very unusual situation you should not be using windows drivers on your linux system.
2. I may be going blind, but I can not see a wireless device listed in the output of lspci. Do you know what sort of wireless device you have?
Evo2.
A Linksys Adapter usb WUSB54GC
Not sure if I am in a unusual situation or not but I do know that I have been able to connect to the internet on the Windows side but have not been able to get my Linux/Ubuntu 10.04 : Ultimate Edition2.7 side on line.
That usb wireless adaptor should work in linux. First, check dmesg to see if there are any messages about missing firmware. I think *Ubuntu usually includes firmware, but it can't hurt to double check. Also, it wouldn't hurt to check lsmod to see if the rt73 module is loading.
Code:
sudo dmesg |grep rt73
sudo lsmod
This should reveal info about what is going on during initialization. If you have ethernet support, use it to connect and search the repos for rt73. You might even have better luck compiling the driver manually. The source file should be in the repos. However, I can't check myself since I use Gentoo.
That usb wireless adaptor should work in linux. First, check dmesg to see if there are any messages about missing firmware. I think *Ubuntu usually includes firmware, but it can't hurt to double check. Also, it wouldn't hurt to check lsmod to see if the rt73 module is loading.
Code:
sudo dmesg |grep rt73
sudo lsmod
This should reveal info about what is going on during initialization. If you have ethernet support, use it to connect and search the repos for rt73. You might even have better luck compiling the driver manually. The source file should be in the repos. However, I can't check myself since I use Gentoo.
Thank You
I will try exactly as you have advised, I'll go type in those commands and post the results.
It is my sincere hope that something works soon. I have been trying for 6 weeks now to get my Ubuntu online.
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