Wireless Belkin Ubuntu

Grudaire

I'm trying to get wireless working on Ubuntu (downloaded a few months ago, using wubi installer). Anyway it turned out then that my wireless card and Ubuntu didn't get on, fastforward some and I'm after buying a wireless card in a hurry. I checked up on the Ubuntu site did my card work which it should with some work:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCardsBelkin

card= pci F5D7000uk

However it has since come to my attention that the instructions provided make no sense to me, it gives a link to

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=1&Level=6&Conn=5&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true%22

which is useless because:
a) don't know wht to do
b) Can't progress beyond said screen....

ethernet

Do you have any CD containing drivers for your machine? Might have come with it.

You're going to have to use ndiswrapper, according to that wiki.

Download Windows driver for your wireless card. You want a .inf file. It may be in a package of some sort but it's possible to extract it.

Grudaire

Firstly sorry for taking so long to reply, I wanted to try before replying, and I just started back in college,

ethernet wrote: »

Do you have any CD containing drivers for your machine? Might have come with it.

You're going to have to use ndiswrapper, according to that wiki.

Download Windows driver for your wireless card. You want a .inf file. It may be in a package of some sort but it's possible to extract it.

I didn't get that from what they said:

lspci -n => 1799:700f (rev 20). get the winxp/2000 driver here. Works unsecured. Locks machine for a few seconds at a time when configuring secured.

Anyway I'm trying it now..

Grudaire

Further to above post: something went wrong! Here's the code I used etc:

ciaran@ciaran-desktop:~/Desktop$ tar zxvf ndiswrapper-1.53.tar.gz
ndiswrapper-1.53/
ndiswrapper-1.53/README
ndiswrapper-1.53/loadndisdriver.8
ndiswrapper-1.53/ndiswrapper.spec
ndiswrapper-1.53/INSTALL
ndiswrapper-1.53/ChangeLog
ndiswrapper-1.53/ndiswrapper.8
ndiswrapper-1.53/utils/
ndiswrapper-1.53/utils/ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper-1.53/utils/loadndisdriver.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/utils/ndiswrapper-buginfo
ndiswrapper-1.53/utils/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/mkexport.sh
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/wrapmem.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/pnp.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/longlong.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/rtl.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/ntoskernel.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/loader.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/iw_ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/win2lin_stubs.S
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/wrapper.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/winnt_types.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/wrapndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/usb.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/pe_linker.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/divdi3.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/ndiswrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/hal.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/wrapndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/ntoskernel.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/crt.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/workqueue.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/ntoskernel_io.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/lin2win.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/pnp.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/loader.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/iw_ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/pe_linker.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/wrapmem.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/mkstubs.sh
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/usb.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/wrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.53/driver/proc.c
ndiswrapper-1.53/AUTHORS
ndiswrapper-1.53/Makefile
ciaran@ciaran-desktop:~/Desktop$ cd  ndiswrapper-1.53
ciaran@ciaran-desktop:~/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.53$ make uninstall
NOTE: Not all installed files are removed, as different distributions install ndiswrapper files at different places.
Run uninstall as many times as necessary until no "removing" messages appear below.
removing /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/ubuntu/misc/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper.ko': Permission denied
make: *** [uninstall] Error 1
ciaran@ciaran-desktop:~/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.53$ make
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ciaran/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.53/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic M=/home/ciaran/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.53/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ciaran/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.53/driver'
make -C utils
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ciaran/Desktop/ndiswrapper-1.53/utils'
gcc -g -Wall -I../driver -o loadndisdriver loadndisdriver.c
loadndisdriver.c:15:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:16:19: error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:17:19: error: errno.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:18:20: error: string.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:19:20: error: libgen.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:21:22: error: sys/mman.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:23:23: error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:24:23: error: sys/ioctl.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:25:22: error: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:26:20: error: unistd.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:27:19: error: fcntl.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:11,
                 from loadndisdriver.c:28:
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/include/limits.h:122:61: error: limits.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:29:19: error: ctype.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:30:20: error: dirent.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:31:20: error: syslog.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:34:25: error: linux/major.h: No such file or directory
loadndisdriver.c:35:25: error: linux/ioctl.h: No such file or directory
In file included from loadndisdriver.c:37:
../driver/loader.h:28: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘size_t’
loadndisdriver.c: In function ‘load_file’:
loadndisdriver.c:67: error: ‘size_t’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:67: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
loadndisdriver.c:67: error: for each function it appears in.)
loadndisdriver.c:67: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘size’
loadndisdriver.c:68: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:69: error: storage size of ‘statbuf’ isn’t known
loadndisdriver.c:71: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘basename’
loadndisdriver.c:71: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast
loadndisdriver.c:73: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘open’
loadndisdriver.c:73: error: ‘O_RDONLY’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:75: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘syslog’
loadndisdriver.c:75: error: ‘LOG_KERN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:75: error: ‘LOG_INFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:75: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strerror’
loadndisdriver.c:75: error: ‘errno’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:76: error: ‘EINVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:79: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘fstat’
loadndisdriver.c:81: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘close’
loadndisdriver.c:84: error: ‘size’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:86: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘mmap’
loadndisdriver.c:86: error: ‘PROT_READ’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:86: error: ‘MAP_PRIVATE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:86: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
loadndisdriver.c:87: error: ‘MAP_FAILED’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:93: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strncpy’
loadndisdriver.c:93: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strncpy’
loadndisdriver.c:95: error: ‘struct load_driver_file’ has no member named ‘size’
loadndisdriver.c:96: error: ‘struct load_driver_file’ has no member named ‘data’
loadndisdriver.c:69: warning: unused variable ‘statbuf’
loadndisdriver.c: In function ‘parse_setting_line’:
loadndisdriver.c:109: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘isspace’
loadndisdriver.c:115: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strchr’
loadndisdriver.c:115: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strchr’
loadndisdriver.c:115: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:117: error: ‘LOG_KERN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:117: error: ‘LOG_INFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:118: error: ‘EINVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:138: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strlen’
loadndisdriver.c:138: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’
loadndisdriver.c: In function ‘read_conf_file’:
loadndisdriver.c:150: error: storage size of ‘statbuf’ isn’t known
loadndisdriver.c:151: error: ‘FILE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:151: error: ‘config’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:157: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘lstat’
loadndisdriver.c:158: error: ‘LOG_KERN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:158: error: ‘LOG_INFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:158: error: ‘errno’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:160: error: ‘EINVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:163: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘sscanf’
loadndisdriver.c:163: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘sscanf’
loadndisdriver.c:178: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘fopen’
loadndisdriver.c:178: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:182: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘fgets’
loadndisdriver.c:194: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strncpy’
loadndisdriver.c:205: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘fclose’
loadndisdriver.c:150: warning: unused variable ‘statbuf’
loadndisdriver.c: In function ‘load_bin_file’:
loadndisdriver.c:217: error: ‘LOG_KERN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:217: error: ‘LOG_INFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:219: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘tolower’
loadndisdriver.c:221: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘chdir’
loadndisdriver.c:222: error: ‘errno’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:224: error: ‘EINVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:230: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strncpy’
loadndisdriver.c:232: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘ioctl’
loadndisdriver.c:232: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘_IOW’
loadndisdriver.c:232: error: expected expression before ‘struct’
loadndisdriver.c: In function ‘load_driver’:
loadndisdriver.c:249: error: ‘DIR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:249: error: ‘driver_dir’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:251: error: ‘NULL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:255: error: ‘LOG_KERN’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:255: error: ‘LOG_INFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:257: error: ‘errno’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:259: error: ‘EINVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
loadndisdriver.c:261: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘opendir’
loadndisdriver.c:267: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘malloc’
loadndisdriver.c:267: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘malloc’
loadndisdriver.c:271: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘memset’
loadndisdriver.c:271: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘memset’
loadndisdriver.c:272: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strncpy’
loadndisdriver.c:280: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘readdir’
loadndisdriver.c:280: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
loadndisdriver.c:282: error: storage size of ‘statbuf’ isn’t known
loadndisdriver.c:284: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:287: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘stat’
loadndisdriver.c:287: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:288: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘S_ISREG’
loadndisdriver.c:289: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:294: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’
loadndisdriver.c:294: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:296: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strcasecmp’
loadndisdriver.c:296: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:299: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:302: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:303: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:305: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:311: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:312: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:313: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘strcpy’
loadndisdriver.c:313: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strcpy’
loadndisdriver.c:314: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:317: error: ‘struct load_driver_file’ has no member named ‘size’
loadndisdriver.c:318: error: ‘struct load_driver_file’ has no member named ‘data’
loadndisdriver.c:321: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
loadndisdriver.c:282: warning: unused variable ‘statbuf’
loadndisdriver.c:344: error: expected expression before ‘struct’
loadndisdriver.c:346: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘closedir’

PogMoThoin

What You need is ndisgtk which is a gui for ndiswrapper "sudo apt-get ndisgtk" or use synaptic, then show it the windows driver. As Ethernet says it needs to be an .inf file, explore or extract the windows driver package to find it.

Grudaire

PogMoThoin wrote: »

What You need is ndisgtk which is a gui for ndiswrapper "sudo apt-get ndisgtk" or use synaptic, then show it the windows driver. As Ethernet says it needs to be an .inf file, explore or extract the windows driver package to find it.

I have autorun.inf, it's the only inf file I saw on the cd.

Also which version of ndisgtk, and how can I install it using the terminal (Have to download it using windows, then switch to Ubuntu...)

PogMoThoin

ndisgtk is a linux package, it'll be in synaptic or use "sudo apt-get install ndisgtk" in a terminal in Ubuntu, You'll then have a Windows Wireless drivers section appear in Administration

Grudaire

PogMoThoin wrote: »

ndisgtk is a linux package, it'll be in synaptic or use "sudo apt-get install ndisgtk" in a terminal in Ubuntu, You'll then have a Windows Wireless drivers section appear in Administration

Its not anywhere in Synaptic, and sudo apt-get install comes up with errors

See screengrab attached

PogMoThoin

You have to enable the universe repository, here

While your at it there are other repositories You should enable, like medibuntu, here


Good luck,
Pog