And by the way I am not ignoring this thread, I am keeping up with all three threads

By the way, I am not ignoring this thread; I am keeping up with all three threads now.

In the steps to installing ndiswrapper I have got this far, but when I entered the following commands, I got an error message:

Extract the .CAB files with: unshield x DATA1.CAB && unshield x DATA2.CAB

So, my output reads:

root@johnvillegas:/home/DesktopNetworking# unshield x DATA1.CAB && unshield x DATA2.CAB
unshield: error while loading shared libraries: libunshield.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
#============================================================End of error

Can someone help me with this, please?

Having three threads to watch and answer questions is like having three girl friends at the same time - you'll regret it.
Having said that, I think you goofed up your compilation of unshield.
Either try adding /usr/local/lib to the library path, like this:

and add this line: as the first line and then (after saving that file) run , or if that didn't help, or if the line /usr/local/lib was already present, you can try and install my unshield package.

Eric

The /usr/local/lib line was already in there, but I don't know how to get out of the file. How do I get out of the file?

Try entering :q

tried that, it doesn't work

Then :q! should. If not, login into another terminal and run killall vi.

I am not in X

when I try to enter characters, they are output onto the screen. My screen output consists of five lines, followed by a column of tildes that can't move my cursor to.

Better start with reading the SlackBook vi section before you go on...!

Now, press the <ESC> key to leave insert mode and go to "command mode".
Then Run the combination:
to exit the file.

Eric

Killall works in console, not in X. It's the same as kill but you give process name (in killall) rather than its pid (process identification number). Try it, it's useful thing when you will don't know how to exit the program.

Thanks, Eric. That helped. Now, how do I install your unshield package? Thanks.

The following are the instructions off the wiki for ndiswrapper:

Download the driver. Extract to a new directory using unzip. Extract the CAB files (DATA1.CAB, DATA1.HDR, DATA2.CAB) using "unshield x" . cd Drivers/WINXP . edit bkusb.in_ and uncomment the CopyFile.XP.Sys section. Run ndiswrapper -i bkusb.in_ as root followed by ndiswrapper -m . modprobe ndiswrapper. ifdown wlan0. ifup wlan0 and you are there.


I have made it as far as uncommenting the CopyFile.XP.sys section. Now I am trying to run ndiswrapper but the error message I get is:

-bash: ndiswrapper: command not found
#=======================================End of error

What have I done wrong?

Hello? Is anybody there? Can anyone help me?