can't install wireless firmware
 

i got mandriva 2007 and my wireless network card is intel corp PRO/Wireless 2200BG

it wont let me extract the ipw2200-*.fw to /lib/firmware/

it says i dont have premission to extract stuff to that folder but im on the main account. and it doesnt even ask for the root password


TIA

unlovedwarrior

Log in as root and give it a go.

I tried and it freezes up on me.. and I don't know which version to use when I can I'll post a link to the site where it gives me the version types.

Just for the sake of making it easier for a linux noob who is having the exact same problem...

How do you log in as root?

And when you extract the tgz file into the directory "/lib/firmware/", do you extract everything including the directory that the files are in, or do you extract just the files into the /lib/firmware/ directory?

There are a couple of ways. When you first log in, you enter root as the username and then give the password. The other is to use the su - command in a console (note the - after the su, that isn't a typo). Once you've entered root's password, then any commands you give afterwards in that console will be run with root privileges.

You probably just want the files. If you have directories below /lib/firmware, the drivers may not look there.