thefarrow87

I am trying to connect to my wireless internet. I have found a file and am trying to get it to work. It states for me to type in the location of the file. The file is on my desktop and it keeps saying "file not found" What would the code be for a file on my desktop?

reed9

There is quite likely an easier way to get your wireless working than whatever it is you're attempting. (I'm guessing ndiswrapper.) For example, if you are using Ubuntu or Debian (and which distro should always be included in posts for help), and you can get a wired connection for a couple minutes, simply typing sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter will probably be all you need to do. However, we need more info to be sure.

Read this
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html

Post the requested info.

As for what you actually asked, the path to a file on your desktop is /home/USER/Desktop/FILE or the shortcut ~/Desktop/FILE.

Replacing USER with your username, and FILE with the filename.

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Here is all the info I believe. It says I am connected to the Internet, My light even glows blue on my laptop signalling I have a connection yet I can not do anything on the net.

00:00.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02f0] (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 [10de:02fa] (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 [10de:02fe] (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 [10de:02f8] (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 [10de:02f9] (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge [10de:02ff] (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 [10de:027f] (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 [10de:027e] (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge [10de:02fc] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge [10de:02fd] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
Kernel modules: shpchp
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] [10de:0244] (rev a2)
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia, nvidiafb
00:09.0 RAM memory [0500]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge [10de:0270] (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge [0601]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge [10de:0260] (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus [0c05]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus [10de:0264] (rev a3)
Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2
00:0a.3 Co-processor [0b40]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU [10de:0271] (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller [10de:026d] (rev a3)
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:0b.1 USB Controller [0c03]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller [10de:026e] (rev a3)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:0d.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE [10de:0265] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: pata_amd
00:0e.0 IDE interface [0101]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller [10de:0266] (rev f1)
Kernel driver in use: sata_nv
00:10.0 PCI bridge [0604]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge [10de:026f] (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device [0403]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio [10de:026c] (rev a2)
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.0 Bridge [0680]: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller [10de:0269] (rev a3)
Kernel driver in use: forcedeth
Kernel modules: forcedeth
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]
Kernel driver in use: k8temp
Kernel modules: k8temp
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
Kernel driver in use: wl
Kernel modules: wl, ssb
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394
07:05.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 19)
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci
07:05.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843] (rev 0a)
Kernel driver in use: ricoh-mmc
Kernel modules: ricoh_mmc
07:05.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 05)
07:05.4 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev ff)

reed9

This is your wireless. We also need the output of lsmod and what distribution you're using, ie, Ubuntu? Fedora? etc.

Please enclose the output of commands in code tags as described in the section on BB Code.

What is likely happening is that your system is loading conflicting drivers for the wireless card. It looks like, according to the above output, you're using the broadcom wl driver. There is also an open source driver, called b43. If this is also loading, that may be causing your problem.

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Here is the lsmod info. And I am sorry but im not getting what you mean? I am also using ubuntu.

Module Size Used by
ipt_MASQUERADE 10752 1
xt_state 10112 1
ipt_REJECT 11136 2
xt_tcpudp 11008 4
iptable_filter 10752 1
nf_nat_h323 14336 0
nf_conntrack_h323 56648 1 nf_nat_h323
nf_nat_pptp 11136 0
nf_conntrack_pptp 14340 1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_conntrack_proto_gre 13572 1 nf_conntrack_pptp
nf_nat_proto_gre 10372 1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_nat_tftp 9600 0
nf_conntrack_tftp 12308 1 nf_nat_tftp
nf_nat_sip 14976 0
nf_conntrack_sip 26260 1 nf_nat_sip
nf_nat_irc 10240 0
nf_conntrack_irc 13220 1 nf_nat_irc
nf_nat_ftp 10752 0
nf_conntrack_ftp 15652 1 nf_nat_ftp
iptable_nat 13700 1
nf_nat 25876 9 ipt_MASQUERADE,nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_pptp,nf_nat_prot o_gre,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp ,iptable_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 21388 4 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack 72008 18 ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_state,nf_nat_h323,nf_conntrack_h 323,nf_nat_pptp,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_pro to_gre,nf_nat_tftp,nf_conntrack_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf _conntrack_sip,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ ftp,nf_conntrack_ftp,iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntra ck_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv4 9984 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables 19472 2 iptable_filter,iptable_nat
x_tables 23044 6 ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_state,ipt_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,iptab le_nat,ip_tables
michael_mic 10496 2
arc4 9856 2
ecb 10752 2
binfmt_misc 16776 1
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56212 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
input_polldev 11912 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
snd_hda_intel 434228 2
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
joydev 18368 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
snd 62756 13 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
uvcvideo 63368 0
soundcore 15200 1 snd
compat_ioctl32 9344 1 uvcvideo
videodev 41600 1 uvcvideo
nvidia 7233756 39
ricoh_mmc 11904 0
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 16896 0
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sdhci_pci 15232 0
sdhci 23940 1 sdhci_pci
v4l1_compat 21764 2 uvcvideo,videodev
agpgart 42696 1 nvidia
i2c_nforce2 14980 0
k8temp 12416 0
pcspkr 10496 0
psmouse 61972 0
serio_raw 13444 0
wl 1281364 0
ieee80211_crypt 13444 2 ieee80211_crypt_tkip,wl
video 25360 5
output 11008 1 video
forcedeth 61712 0
ohci1394 38576 0
ieee1394 94660 1 ohci1394
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit

reed9

Hmm, well, the correct driver is loading, and I don't see anything else that should conflict with it.

In your attempts to get it working, have you edited any files, specifically, /etc/network/interfaces?

Can you post the output of
iwconfig

and

ifconfig

Also try
and post the output of

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lwconfig output

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11 Nickname:""
Access Point: Not-Associated
Link Quality:5 Signal level:199 Noise level:157
Rx invalid nwid:0 invalid crypt:0 invalid misc:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.

ifconfig output

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:36:f8:5e:bc
inet addr:192.168.1.5 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::216:36ff:fef8:5ebc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:17679 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:19375 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13682570 (13.6 MB) TX bytes:4038633 (4.0 MB)
Interrupt:20 Base address:0x8000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1a:73:55:fe:a4
inet addr:10.42.43.1 Bcast:10.42.43.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21a:73ff:fe55:fea4/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:596228
TX packets:17 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:2813 (2.8 KB)
Interrupt:19

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:8088 (8.0 KB) TX bytes:8088 (8.0 KB)

dmesg | grep wl output is

[ 13.661313] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 13.664364] wl 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, high) -> IRQ 19
[ 13.664370] wl 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 7704.449753] wl 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 7715.266525] wl 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LK4E] -> GSI 19 (level, high) -> IRQ 19
[ 7715.266542] wl 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64

reed9

Still don't have a clue why it isn't working.

Try
and see if your network is shown (or anything shown) with The networkmanager program is sometimes a little buggy as well. You might try replacing it with WICD.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WICD

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shows me every wireless network in range. Gonna try the wdic thing see what happens

thefarrow87

I installed WDIC and I can now connect to wireless networks but only unsecured ones. I am trying to log onto my actual network, which is WPA-PSK secured. It wont obtain an ip address when I try to connect. Any advice?