Linux Help

[Zambini]

U can install Alien to get RPM files to work on Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get install alien

sudo alien -d poop.rpm

poop is replaced with the name of your rpm file. The -d says "Hey Alien, convert it to a debian package"

sudo dpkg -i poop.deb

then u just open it as a debian package =)



[note; Thanks to gam3r4eva and Belboz99 for teaching me this]

[screwballl]

also alien is problematic at best and I have only seen it work with one out of 12 files so far with my testing, one that it did not was the ATi drivers

[Neo_Angelo]

ok, how do i get the drivers off the disc? or how do i know which driver(s) i'm looking for in the windows OS?

and thanks again for all your help i'll try each method until i get one woking ^_^

[yurimxpxman]

There should be some INF file on your disk that the app will want.

[Neo_Angelo]

ok what i've found so far on my C:// is

My computer >> Program files >> Wireless Lan Utility >> Driver

within that folder there are the following:

fwrad16 - BIN file
fwrad17 - BIN file
fwrad19 - BIN file
t1130_XP - system file
tnet1130 - security catalog
t1130_9x - system file
tnet1130 - setup info
tnetwcoinst.dll - dynamic link libruary

which do i need?

[yurimxpxman]

Copy them all to your thumb drive just in case. ndiswrapper should know which file. I'm not 100% sure which ones you need. Probably all of them.

[Neo_Angelo]

okey dokey, will do. i'll swap over to linux and then report back here what happens.

[Neo_Angelo]

i can't seem to install the ndi wrapper thingy nor can i write the files to the BIN folder on the linux hdd (it said i don't have admin priviledges yet i AM the damn admin lol)

my account has the admin stuff so whats going on?

[yurimxpxman]

You have to be logged in as root. Open terminal and type this: sudo passwd root That'll give the root account a password. Now login as root by typing su. Your terminal window is the only application logged in as root, so you'll have to open an application from there if you want a GUI. If you want to browse some folders as root, type nautilus.

[Neo_Angelo]

so how would i drag and drop items on the desktop to the bin folder as an admin?