Noob needs help

[dylan623]

Hi, I'm new to Linux and just installed Freespire earlier this week. I can't use my wireless internet connection, sound doesn't work, and I can't access my Windows partition (it appears as a locked folder and its ownership is set to root). I tried finding out how to solve these problems, but to no avail. I was able to enter the partition using a command that starts with ch to change permissions(standing for change, but I forget what the complete name was), and do the same thing on all subfolders, but I can't use any files since I am required to be root. I have no idea how to login as root, but I heard something about using the command su. I used it, but I have no idea what the root password is (I tried no password and my own password). Sound used to work until I accidentally chose diagnostic tools on the GRUB menu. I tried everything I could find in the control center to fix it, but I didn't have any luck. However, out of all these problems the most important one to me is connecting to the internet. I searched for a while (a few days) and I am pretty sure that it is because I don't have a driver for my card (12 on this page http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/j...33/id,list_b/), and NDISwrapper can fix it. But when I try to install it, I can't do anything and I have no idea what I'm doing. Could you please explain how to set this up in a way that a complete beginner to Linux could understand it, preferably if I can learn from the experience? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Oxygen]

Please use paragraphs, makes my job much eaiser.

Not sure about your sound (You'll need to provide more information) but I can help with the other two.

As root, look in /etc/fstab and see if your Windows partition is listed there, after the options before the 2 numbers try adding ,guid=<user>,uid=<user> where <user> is your exact username.

I wrote a tutorial about ndiswrapper here (http://www.linuxforums.org/network/w...and_linux.html) It's in need of a bit of maintainence but it should give you the general jist of what to do with it. Ndiswrapper is your friend, just don't muck it up.

[dylan623]

Please use paragraphs, makes my job much eaiser.

Not sure about your sound (You'll need to provide more information) but I can help with the other two.

As root, look in /etc/fstab and see if your Windows partition is listed there, after the options before the 2 numbers try adding ,guid=<user>,uid=<user> where <user> is your exact username.

I wrote a tutorial about ndiswrapper here (http://www.linuxforums.org/network/w...and_linux.html) It's in need of a bit of maintainence but it should give you the general jist of what to do with it. Ndiswrapper is your friend, just don't muck it up.

Edit: I recently installed Ubuntu (it's a lot better than Freespire), and I can access the hard drive and hear sound. I'm testing ndiswrapper now.
Sorry about that.

When I tried to do anything with sound it said Jack Server not found and something about null sound.

I'll try these things in a few minutes and (hopefully in Linux), tell you the results.

[dylan623]

*bump*

I tried installing ndiswrapper, but I got this problem when I used make (there was more before it, but this was what was shown as the error):

loadndisdriver.c:591: warning: implicit declaration of function 'closelog'
make[1]: *** [loadndisdriver] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/dylan/Documents/ndiswrapper-1.42/utils'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I also got this for make install:

make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/dylan/Documents/ndiswrapper-1.42/driver'
make: *** [install] Error 2
dylan@dylan-laptop:~/Documents/ndiswrapper-1.42$

Does anyone know what this means?

[dylan623]

*another bump*

I almost have it working please refer to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...isplay.php?f=8 and answer my last post from there.