DWL G510 on Slackware
 

Hey guys!
I need to ask you one thing....How do you get internet(wireless) to work in Slack.I dont have any icon in the right corner nor i can set up in the system settings--->network.There isnt anything to be added or edited..My wifi card is D-Link DWL G510 with Ralink chipset.I am using wifi net with ip assigned by dhcp.So can you explain to me with some words how to do that?
How to start up wireless network interface ?
Thanks in advance

Install wicd. It's in the /extra directory on the installation media, and in the same place on the mirrors. Instructions are included. You'll have the icon afterwards.

i have installed full from DVD so i dont know if that isnt included but i am gonna try it right now..,Thx anyways. I will report what i have done with it!
Also, i am sorry ,but can u explain to me how to install wicd?I found it,but i dont know how to,as i never worked with slack...I mean on commands, if its not to bothering for you ..... thank you

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I tried to use default wifi network manager(i cant recall the name),but it looks like it doesnt recognize the adapter...I also tried using commands like ifconfig wlan0 up,iw config and others but it just doesnt do the work and i dont know how to install wicd....I really need help so that atleast i can use net on it....Thx

Why were you not able to install wicd?

Did I not point you to the /extra directory on the installation medium or mirrors? That meant you should have begun by looking there. For example, here's the mirror for the 32-bit version of Slackware 13.1, which is identical to the the contents of the installation DVD.

http://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/slack...lackware-13.1/

I specifically mentioned the /extra directory, which is there:

http://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/slack...are-13.1/extra

So you look there and find wicd, along with some documentation, which you read:

http://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/slack...tra/README.TXT
http://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/slack....1/extra/wicd/

You then confidently go to the wicd directory and find more documentation:

http://ftp.oregonstate.edu/pub/slack...ADME.SLACKWARE

You then install the packages there. Having read the two README files, you know exactly what to do.

If you need documentation for the package management tools, then just look it up:

http://www.slackbook.org/html/package-management.html

It's the same for 64-bit Slack, except that you would start from the Slackware64-13.1 directory (or your installation DVD, which is meant to be browsed) instead.

And in principle, don't be so lazy as to actually post that you "can't recall the name" of a program you're using! At least start it up again so you can get that information.

Now, this information was in the README files I cited, but here are the exact steps:

Then restart X, or at least your desktop environment or window manager.