If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Trouble with wireless on Kubuntu

Fionn MacCool · 2008-06-03 00:31:19

Hi, I don't know much about OSs other than Windows, but I downloaded a Kubuntu release and tried running it live from the CD. It looked cool and stuffs, but it wouldn't pick up a wireless connection, which is vital for me. Do I need to put my wifi card's driver on a usb stick and then install it or something, or was it…

03-06-2008 01:31AM

#1

Fionn MacCool

Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭

Join Date: October 2006

Posts: 1104

Hi,
I don't know much about OSs other than Windows, but I downloaded a Kubuntu release and tried running it live from the CD. It looked cool and stuffs, but it wouldn't pick up a wireless connection, which is vital for me.

Do I need to put my wifi card's driver on a usb stick and then install it or something, or was it because I was running it from the disk?

0

Comments

#2 03-06-2008 11:45AM

Naikon

Closed Accounts Posts: 4,564 ✭✭✭

Join Date: April 2006

Posts: 4397

First and foremost. Before you even installed Ubuntu.
Did you check if your wireless card is supported under Linux?
If so, you will need the Linux driver for your chipset.
Else, the card isn't supported natively by Linux, so you will
need to use a binary wrapper like NDISwrapper.

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

0