2008/9/17 Lisi <hantslug@???>:
> Problem: get a wireless card going properly in Kubuntu. The card is a RaLink
> RT2500.
> Therefore install windows driver with NDISwrapper
>
> Tried: Unzip. response:- unzip: cannot find zipfile directory
> install cabextract result:- not in respository
> Google again for some more solutions.
>
> Currently trying to loop mount the .exe as per the Answer Gang's advice here
> <http://linuxgazette.net/issue82/tag/1.html> (mutatis mutandis)
>
> I am failing because I do not know the file type of an .exe file and am not
> succeeding in guessing it.
>
> So - if that is a good method to be trying to use, what is the filetype of
> an .exe file?
>
> OR what ought I to be doing?
>
> The card works otb on Kubuntu 7.04, but sadly not in 8.04 (or 7.10, come to
> that). :-(
>
> TIA
> Lisi
>
Hi Lisi,
I have an RT2500 card which has worked with Debian for ages (including
current unstable). I don't use NDISwrapper, just the rt2x00 modules
are already built for the stock kernel. I'm sure they will be in
Ubuntu as well. Try the find command:
# find /lib/ -name "*rt2*"
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00lib.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.ko
and modprobe the appropriate module, e.g.
# modprobe rt2500pci
HTH, Peter
My notes on using the rt2500 card, dating back to the old days before
an official package, are at:
www.salisburys.net/PetersNotes-TW.html#[[Building%20and%20installing%20the%20rt2500%20driver%20for%20Debian%20unstable]]
