Ubuntu driver help

[Omnipharious]

I'll try and make this short because I'm very tired. I have Windows 7, needed to install Ubuntu to test something regarding a problem with 7, I installed Ubuntu, no problems. I got it all up and running, and I can't get the drivers for it. It doesn't already have my wireless drivers, so I can't get on the internet to get my drivers.

How would I go about getting my needed drivers?

[reed9]

Depends on your wireless card.

Post the output of

lshw -C network

[Omnipharious]

Depends on your wireless card.

Post the output of

lshw -C network

Sorry for having taken so long, but this is what I got from putting that in:

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Replace the "()" with a period.

[reed9]

The driver for this card is included in the linux kernel. What you need is firmware.

Are you able to get a wired connection? If so do

sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter

and you should be good.

If not, you'll need to download the b43-fwcutter package and firmware to a usb stick or other external storage device and transfer them over.

You can find download links for 64 bit and 32 bit packages of b43-fwcutter here.

I'm assuming you're using the latest Ubuntu, 10.04. You can download the firmware from http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2

You can install the b43-fwcutter package by double clicking on the file.

Once installed, copy the broadcom-wl file to your home directory. Then open a terminal and do

export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4/linux
sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" wl_apsta.o

More details here.

[Omnipharious]

Thanks for getting back to me.

No, I can't get a wired connection right now, or for a long time.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I have the latest, I downloaded, and installed the winboot version just two days ago.

I don't have a USB stick that I can use until about tomorrow, and I'd like to fix this now; I installed Ubuntu on the same hard drive as I have 7 on, and from Ubuntu, I can access anything on the hard drive, could I just place the .deb somewhere on the hard drive where I could easily find it from in Ubuntu? Would that work the same?

[reed9]

Yes, if you can access the windows partition, that should work fine.

[Omnipharious]

Yes, if you can access the windows partition, that should work fine.

Okay, so I put the .deb in the hard drive's root, and I put it on the Ubuntu desktop from inside Ubuntu, I double clicked it as you said to do, and I got this:

i151.photobucket()com/albums/s134/hellatot/Screenshot-1-1.png

Again, () = .

[reed9]

You have installed the 64 bit version of Ubuntu, but downloaded the 32 bit package. Follow the links for AMD64.

[Omnipharious]

You have installed the 64 bit version of Ubuntu, but downloaded the 32 bit package. Follow the links for AMD64.

I... don't have a 64 bit system, I don't know why I would have 64 bit Ubuntu, or how I would have gotten that... although that would explain the weird startup problems it's having.

[reed9]

I... don't have a 64 bit system, I don't know why I would have 64 bit Ubuntu, or how I would have gotten that... although that would explain the weird startup problems it's having.

Most computers these days are 64 bit capable. Are you sure you didn't install the 64 bit Ubuntu?

Post the output of

uname -a