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Ubuntu Help needed

  • 20-09-2010 6:39pm
    #1
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭


    Okay im new to ubuntu and i need to install a wireless network adaptor firmware. in the read me it said
    % cp iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode /lib/firmware

    I tried that in a terminal with sudo at the begining and it wont work what am i doing wrong.


Comments

  • #2
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,050 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    You're not including the % sign in the command are you?


  • #3
    Mathiasb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭Mathiasb


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    what am i doing wrong.

    You didn't give us enough information. What howto did you follow? Looks like you have an Intel 3945 card, it uses the iwl3945 driver I think? Anyway, give us the output of these commands: 
    lspci 
sudo modprobe -v iwl3945
 dmesg | grep -i intel
    What Ubuntu version are you running? 32 or 64 bit? Try searching for firmware in the package manager, see if there's anything about Intel wireless.


  • #4
    cfarrell1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭cfarrell1980


    Wondering why you're labelling the question "ubuntu help" - sounds more like a generic linux issue.

    Apropos the issue itself, from what directory are you executing the command? Going on the above (leave out the % as already mentioned by murphaph) you would have to be in the source directory in which the firmware file iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode is located. You could issue the pwd command to see what the absolute path is.


  • #5
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Sorry got it workin wasnt on board.ie till now to reply. yea like some1 said i dropped that symbol and went to the proper folder in a terminal the same way u would when using windows command prompts. i just said i would try it that way and it worked.


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