NubCombo Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Hi, I recently installed Ubuntu on my PC and I need to build ndiswrapper to get my wireless card up and running... and of course Ubuntu doesn't come with the build tools to compile it... and I cant connect my PC to anywhere because it's wireless... So I decided to get on my brothers laptop to get the tools needed... And I don't know what I need. care to tell me what I'd need to compile? thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shthead Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 You need to ./configure first, then it will tell you if your missing anything. From there its usually "make" then "make install". Just make sure you read the readme/docs :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 No need to compile Download it these: http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/misc/ndiswrapper-utils http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/net/ndisgtk Then do sudo dkpg -i ndiswrapper-utils_1.1-4ubuntu2_i386.deb ndisgtk_0.5-1ubuntu1_all.deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NubCombo Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Alright, I understand the ./configure, but I decided to just do the make command, and it sayd the make command was not found, thats why I was kinda wonderin. But I will do the .debs And I'll give you the update later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NubCombo Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 alright, i got the files downloaded and onto my ubuntu box but i'm currently getting an error message with sudo heres what i put in ---------- linux@ubuntu:~$ sudo dkpg -i ndiswrapper-utils_1.1-4ubuntu2_i386.deb ndisgtk_0.5-lubuntul_all.deb sudo: unable to lookup ubuntu via gethostbyname() Password:postdrop: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or directory ---------- that's what it said when i put that command in do you know anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NubCombo Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 and i've searched google and yahoo, everywhere, and they have said to go into recovery mode and fix the /etc/hosts file, and i have done that (go into recovery mode), and i get into the file, but im not able to put anything in it, my PC speaker just beeps when i hit a key. i guess im helpless. bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ep0niks Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 (edited) Recovery mode Open a shell log in with root or sudo -s ifconfig eth0 down nano /etc/hosts edit the hostname on the line starting with 127.0.0.1 make sure you put the original "localhost" hostnameand put your LAN ip like 192.168.*.* with an hostname like "ubuntubox" hostname "ubuntubox" ifconfig eth0 up done and then reboot to normal mode Edited January 24, 2006 by ep0niks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madd_matt Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 And isn't this in the wrong forum? This section is for completed howtos. *does the moderator call - blaaaeeeeggggggggaaalooooooo* (don't ask where i got that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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