Run a CD in Linux

[phaserwarrior]

I know this is the ultimate n00b question, but I couldn't find anything on google. I recently installed DSL on my old Micron laptop.

Before I can go online, I must install the software for my wireless Linksys device. I have the CD.

How do I run the CD in DSL?

[Dapper Dan]

Am I correct in assuming you are wanting to "run" the CD -- (the program on the CD) which installs the drivers like in Windows? If so, it won't work that way as the installation program on the CD is for Windows, not Linux. What you've got to do is install the correct drivers so your device will work in Linux. We need to know exactly what we are dealing with so we can know how to proceed. Open a terminal and run:

lspci

Then:

lspci -n

And post the output of both here. Then we can find and install the proper drivers for your device. The right files might even be on that CD but would have to be used with ndiswrapper.

[phaserwarrior]

Here's the Windows version of the driver i need:
Linksys WPC54G Wireless-G Notebook Adapter Driver 3.30.15.0 Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Download

In Windows at least, you have to install the device as well.

BTW: I read your article thingy. It helped alot.

[Dapper Dan]

See, there are several different versions of the card and each version can use a different chipset. That's why we need the output of the commands I gave you above. Also... insert the card, then open a terminal and do:

ifconfig

and...

iwconfig

and post the output. Do you by chance get any lights on the card after inserting it? Your card might already be working, but just needs configuring.

[phaserwarrior]

I copied and pasted and saves the file as /root/net.txt . I pluged in and mounted my flash drive and it was detected as sdb1.

How can I get this file onto my XP computer?

[Dapper Dan]

I copied and pasted and saves the file as /root/net.txt . I pluged in and mounted my flash drive and it was detected as sdb1.How can I get this file onto my XP computer?

I'm presuming that where you mounted your flash drive is either in /mnt or /media. Wherever it is, as su, mount it and do (as a for instance if it is in /media)

cp /root/net.txt /media/sdb1

To check to see if the file is there after copying...

cd /media/sdb1 && ls

To unmount the drive after copying...

umount /media/sdb1

Make sure the command is U mount and not UN mount.

[phaserwarrior]

Ok thanks.

Here it is:

root@box:~# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

root@box:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

root@box:~# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10)
0000:00:06.0 Multimedia video controller: ALi Corporation M3309
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251B
0000:00:0a.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1251B
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133 (rev dc)
0000:06:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4318 (rev 02)

root@box:~# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 8086:7190 (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 8086:7191 (rev 03)
0000:00:04.0 0401: 125d:1978 (rev 10)
0000:00:06.0 0400: 10b9:3309
0000:00:07.0 0601: 8086:7110 (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 8086:7111 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 8086:7112 (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 0680: 8086:7113 (rev 02)
0000:00:0a.0 0607: 104c:ac1f
0000:00:0a.1 0607: 104c:ac1f
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1002:4c42 (rev dc)
0000:06:00.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02)

[Dapper Dan]

0000:06:00.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02)

At the very bottom tells us it's a broadcom chipset. There have been reports that the bcm43xx driver works in some cases but not in others and it should be in your kernel already... Let's see if it is and if we can achieve nirvana. As su:

/sbin/modprobe bcm43xx

If you receive no errors, do again:

ifconfig

If the device now shows up, try running:

iwlist scanning

...and see if it detects any networks. Also, see if any of the lights on the card come on...are steady or blinking... You might also have to pull the card out and re-insert it. If we can't get any joy, we might have to go the ndiswrapper route...

[phaserwarrior]

After
root@box:`# /sbin/modprobe bcm43xx
it says
modprobe: Can't locate module bcm43xx

[Dapper Dan]

Hmmm. Well I guess DSL didn't include it. So now I think your best course of action is to use ndiswrapper. I couldn't find a how-to for ndiswrapper and DSL, but here's one for Debian which DSL is based on. There may be other better ways to do it. I don't use Debian much so I really don't know. Once you get ndiswrapper installed, check back and I'll help out with installing the driver if you need it.

If you don't feel you're up to the task of installing ndiswrapper, other options are to find a card from this list of devices known to work with DSL or use a distro that includes drivers for your device.

I'm sorry I couldn't help more...