I'm new and need some help!

[krazykyle571]

I am running puppy linux, and i would like to know how to install my. Linksys Wireless usb adapter. I can get to the files via the cd but how do i configure it to install or auto run?

[danielsmw]

krazykyle571,

Firstly, let me welcome you to LinuxForums.org and the Linux community in general! It's always good to see someone new trying Linux.

As for your wireless adapter, you'll need to install the drivers to use it. I'm not sure if there are native linux drivers for your wireless adapter, but if there are, they probably aren't installed in Puppy Linux. If they exist, though, you should find and use them.

But if they don't exist, you'll have to use the Windows drivers. To do this, you'll need to install a program called ndiswrapper. What ndiswrapper does is basically "wrap" your windows drivers in a compatiblity layer of sorts, like a translater between the "windows-language" the drivers speak and the "linux-language" your system speaks.

I'm not familiar with Puppy Linux's package management system, but the first thing you should do is use it to install the ndiswrapper package.

Once you've done that, you need to get your wireless adapter's windows driver. This may be on the disk in a compressed .exe file; you should be able to open this with the unrar command, if it's installed. You can also look for the required files on the internet.

Once you have the required files (there will be one file called something.inf and one called something.sys, most likely), you just need to run

ndiswrapper -i something.inf

, and you'll need to do some post-configuration stuff involving modprobe and rmmod that I'm not very good at explaining. I suggest you use this link as an easy guide for getting it working:

HOWTO: Dell Inspiron E1505 Wireless (Broadcom 1390 WLAN) - Ubuntu Forums

NOTE: That URL is for a Broadcom chip and for Ubuntu, so some of the commmands won't be applicable. BUT, if you go to step 4, it'll show you how to setup ndiswrapper once it's installed.

[krazykyle571]

Thank You, ill try and see what my results are.=]