| [01:04] <brecar921> how do I get to hardware drivers in 11.10? | |
| [01:06] <jalcine> brecar921: what kind of drivers? | |
| [01:06] <jalcine> !jockey | |
| [01:06] <ubot2`> Factoid 'jockey' not found | |
| [01:06] <brecar921> wireless adapter | |
| [01:06] <jalcine> I meant to say, drivers for what kind of hardware? | |
| [01:07] <brecar921> for a netgear wireless adapter | |
| [01:09] <jalcine> Hmm, you know the device name? Like rt3920? | |
| [01:13] <brecar921> On this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNR0Wvg1k5I the guy shows how to set up a NetGear wireless adapter using a driver by Broadcom ( bcmwl-kernel-source) which I have installed but it does not self-activate like it does for the guy in the video. he started to go to preferences > hardware drivers when it looked like it was not going to work. Since mine is not working I want to try that but it looks like he is | |
| [01:13] <brecar921> the device name is WNA3100 | |
| [01:16] <brecar921> still here | |
| [01:30] <brecar921> jalcine: any ideas? | |
| [01:31] <jalcine> No, I'm sorry, I was actually checking if there were sources for your drivers, but I'm not sure if there is. | |
| [01:32] <brecar921> according to the guy in the video, the broadcom drivers work just fine. | |
| [01:32] <brecar921> how do I get to hardware drivers in 11.10? | |
| [01:34] <jalcine> Jockey should install drivers for you. | |
| [01:34] <jalcine> BUT there is a solution. | |
| [01:34] <jalcine> Do you have drivers for the application for Windows? | |
| [01:34] <jalcine> !ndiswrapper | |
| [01:34] <ubot2`> Wireless documentation, including how-to guides and troubleshooting information, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs | |
| [01:34] <jalcine> !info ndiswrapper | |
| [01:34] * jalcine thinks that's the package name. | |
| [01:34] <jalcine> Yes, I think that link would have it. | |
| [01:35] <brecar921> yes, i have the cd | |
| [01:35] <jalcine> But you can use drivers for Windows designed for wireless drivers using NDIS. | |
| [01:36] <brecar921> i read on some sites that often times that performs poorly. i would rather try it the way the guy did it in the video | |
| [01:36] <brecar921> in the video the guy went to preferences > hardware drivers.....why can I just do that in 11.10?? | |
| [01:39] <jalcine> I'm not sure, and NDIS hasn't failed me when I needed drivers. | |
| [01:39] <jalcine> The only deficit might be that it runs the device as generically as possible, so eccentric/special features of the device might not be available. | |
| [01:40] <jalcine> It's an option known to work and is supported. | |
| [01:40] <brecar921> I do not need any of the eccentric features | |
| [01:40] <jalcine> Chances are that that guy in the video is running an older version of Ubuntu. | |
| [01:40] <brecar921> yea, that is what i said at the very beginning... | |
| [01:40] <jalcine> (couldn't view it b/c his 'net connection is like 80Kb/s) | |
| [01:40] <brecar921> oh, sorry | |
| [01:41] <brecar921> hmmm | |
| [01:41] <brecar921> how do i get to ndis? | |
| [01:41] <jalcine> Install ndisgtk on your system. | |
| [01:42] <jalcine> The application should become visible after installing within Dash. | |
| [01:42] <brecar921> OK, i will try it out | |
| [01:42] <brecar921> new question | |
| [01:42] <brecar921> somehow i set my keyboard up so that the single and double quote marks do not work properly | |
| [01:42] * jalcine readies himself :) | |
| [01:43] <brecar921> how can I reset? | |
| [01:43] <brecar921> :) | |
| [01:43] <jalcine> Hm, that's out of my domain of knowledge. :$ | |
| [01:43] <jalcine> Sounds like a Keyboard Layout issue, though. | |
| [01:45] <brecar921> allright, i will work on that later | |
| [01:45] <brecar921> new question | |
| [01:45] <brecar921> ready? | |
| [01:46] <jalcine> Heh, keep them coming | |
| [01:48] <brecar921> i tried to enable the firewall and it would not accept the rule that i set up; now, any new web connection I try to establish does not work. I went back and disabled the firewall - at least it that is what it looked like I did....the streaming music I have going and this chat does not work, but any new connections still do not work. how to fix? | |
| [01:50] <brecar921> sorry, meant to say: the streaming music I have going and this chat DOES work | |
| [01:52] <jalcine> Hmm, when it comes to firewalls, iptables and that jazz, you can def. count me out. | |
| [01:52] <jalcine> But if you know the ports and are familiar with ufw, then I think gufw would be decent for you. | |
| [01:52] <jalcine> !gufw | |
| [01:52] <ubot2`> Factoid 'gufw' not found | |
| [01:53] <jalcine> ಠ_ಠ | |
| [01:53] <jalcine> !ufw | |
| [01:53] <ubot2`> Ubuntu, like any other Linux distribution, has firewall capabilities built-in. The firewall is managed using the 'ufw' command - see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW | An alternative to ufw is the 'iptables' command - See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo | GUI frontends such as Gufw (GNOME) and Guarddog (KDE from Lucid onwards) also exist. | |
| [02:28] <brecar921> fixed the keyboard AND the firewall... | |
| [02:31] <jalcine> brecar921: Good job! | |
| [02:36] <brecar921> OK, now I am trying to install the netgear wireless driver from the CD using ndisgtk | |
| [02:38] <brecar921> i clicked on install new driver, the browse window comes up, the CD for WNA3100 (the wireless device) shows along with other options; I select the WNA3100 then it shows multiple files and folders on the CD. Do I just select the one ending in .inf (autorun) or .ini (setup) ? | |
| [02:39] <jalcine> .ini | |
| [02:39] <brecar921> I got: "not a valid driver .inf file" | |
| [02:42] <jalcine> then I'm guessing the .inf :P | |
| [02:44] <brecar921> OK, then it tells me 'driver is already installed' is there a way to verify? | |
| [02:45] <jalcine> Is the device plugged in? | |
| [02:45] <jalcine> And I believe that if you check the output of either "ifconfig" or "iwconfig" (the latter specifically tailored for wireless devices), you should see a device with its driver name | |
| [02:47] <brecar921> i closed out of the the 'windows wireless drivers' and opened it back up again and it says 'autorun invalid driver' | |
| [03:11] <brecar921> jalcine- are you there? | |
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| [03:23] <fraodir> Hello there?! | |
| [04:41] <dstar> Hi all | |
| [04:41] <dstar> I am kinda new to linux | |
| [04:44] <dstar> I am running lxde is there a way to keep monitor settings | |
| [04:45] <holstein> keep?.. i use arandr | |
| [04:45] <dstar> I keep having a problem with apps opening with small front | |
| [05:04] <rakesh> hii anyone there | |
| [05:06] <rakesh> hii | |
| [05:15] <dstar> what is the best light weight browser with flash support for linux | |
| [05:18] <jalcine> dstar: Flash support typically is independent of the browser so even if the client's light, the plug-in could slow it down. | |
| [05:18] <dstar> thanks jalcine | |
| [05:18] <jalcine> That said, I'd point you in the direction of Firefox or Chromium | |
| [05:19] <dstar> I have chromium installed | |
| [05:19] * jalcine remembers. | |
| [05:19] <jalcine> You might need the PPAPI plug-in or use Canonical's imported plugin. | |
| [05:19] <jalcine> Have to install "flashplugin-installer" | |
| [05:20] <dstar> it has flash on this browser | |
| [05:20] <dstar> wanted to test an other browser with flash | |
| [05:22] <dstar> I am running a very low end system and video sticks with chromium | |
| [05:22] <dstar> but audio is perfect | |
| [05:23] <jalcine> Hmm. | |
| [05:23] <dstar> please remember I am a noob at linux | |
| [05:23] <jalcine> Personally, I haven't experimented that far. | |
| [05:23] <jalcine> But installing and toying with apps isn't difficult :) | |
| [05:23] <jalcine> Try Firefox or Midori (a Gnome based web browser) | |
| [05:24] <dstar> do u know the terminal name for firefox? | |
| [05:25] <dstar> command? | |
| [05:26] <jalcine> It's just "firefox" :) | |
| [05:26] <jalcine> If you have it installed, it'd run | |
| [05:26] <jalcine> Otherwise a quick and easy "sudo apt-get install firefox" would get it. | |
| [05:39] <philipballew> dstar, chrome is good? | |
| [05:39] <philipballew> nice... | |
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| [17:15] <Fanshawe> Guys: PiTiVi (the video editing software) has no codecs. I can't import anything to it, and upon a search for packages that have the codecs, nothing appears. | |
| [17:15] <Fanshawe> What's going on? | |
| [17:21] <nothingspecial> Hi Fanshawe | |
| [17:21] <nothingspecial> did you install ubuntu-restricted-extras | |
| [17:21] <Fanshawe> Ah, hey nothingspecial. | |
| [17:22] <nothingspecial> that package has most of the codecs for everything | |
| [17:24] <Fanshawe> I'll take a look, thank you | |
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| [23:53] <infest> would anyone here know why the sudo dd command is not found when i try to install ubuntu on a usb stick for my macbook? | |
| [23:54] <infest> i am using terminal from my external drive with the install disk on it | |
| [23:54] <infest> would it be because i'm not using os x that that command does not exist? | |
| [23:59] <infest> i am using snow leopard install disk if that's petinent | |
| [23:59] <infest> pertinent* | |