[opensuse] Wifi Install Problem
I've been trying to get wifi to work on my Inspiron 1501 laptop. Aside from the "normal" problems associated with a wifi install, everything was going smoothly until I tried to install an "Invalid Driver!" using ndisgtk. I found another driver to try but discovered that ndisgtk will not remove an invalid driver nor will it install another driver on top of the invalid one. My problem is that I don't know how to remove the driver using the CLI. I was going to remove the *.inf file but I can't find it. I will be eternally grateful to anyone who can tell me how to remove an invalid wifi driver. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Donald D Henson <wepin-list@wepin.com> [10-30-07 16:27]:
I've been trying to get wifi to work on my Inspiron 1501 laptop. Aside from the "normal" problems associated with a wifi install, everything was going smoothly until I tried to install an "Invalid Driver!" using ndisgtk. I found another driver to try but discovered that ndisgtk will not remove an invalid driver nor will it install another driver on top of the invalid one. My problem is that I don't know how to remove the driver using the CLI. I was going to remove the *.inf file but I can't find it.
You give little information :^( openSUSE version, x86_64/i586, driver name What package contained or resulted in you getting the "Invalid Driver!" and why would you try to install such? Once you know what the package name is, open the package and see what files it contains. Those should be the files you need to remove. WARNING: some of those files "may have" replaced required system files. What *.inf file are you looking for and how did you determine that it ?needed? to be removed? seems just a little haphazard ?? - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn4472 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHJ5z+ClSjbQz1U5oRAp6XAJ9T/JgiJK7oVvA92dDGaL6VMJESLgCggPu/ i1vWy21TfwVOguuRUYjCFyU= =ObhC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Donald D Henson <wepin-list@wepin.com> [10-30-07 16:27]:
I've been trying to get wifi to work on my Inspiron 1501 laptop. Aside from the "normal" problems associated with a wifi install, everything was going smoothly until I tried to install an "Invalid Driver!" using ndisgtk. I found another driver to try but discovered that ndisgtk will not remove an invalid driver nor will it install another driver on top of the invalid one. My problem is that I don't know how to remove the driver using the CLI. I was going to remove the *.inf file but I can't find it.
You give little information :^( openSUSE version, x86_64/i586, driver name
OpenSuSE 10.3 Here's the output of uname -a: Linux Mars-laptop 2.6.22.9-0.4-default #1 SMP 2007/10/05 21:32:04 UTC i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux I'm not sure of the driver name. It's an MS Windows wifi driver installed in ndiswrapper.
What package contained or resulted in you getting the "Invalid Driver!" and why would you try to install such?
The package is 'ndisgtk', a gui installer for ndiswrapper driver, which is the MS Windows driver for various wifis. You want to install such because that is currently the only (?) way to get wifi to work under Linux. There's a second gui that I also tried with similar results except there was a note that the uninstall was not yet done. Thus, my search for a cli way to do it.
Once you know what the package name is, open the package and see what files it contains. Those should be the files you need to remove. WARNING: some of those files "may have" replaced required system files.
It's your WARNING that concerns me.
What *.inf file are you looking for and how did you determine that it ?needed? to be removed?
The *.inf files contain the info needed to make wifi work. They have numeric names such as 'R33087.inf' and is distributed as part of a 'cabinet' file. (Fileroller can handle it.) It's easy to tell if the driver needs to be uninstalled. After an install, there's a big red 'X' across the driver just installed and an error message, 'Invalid Driver'.
seems just a little haphazard ??
Concur. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Donald D Henson <wepin-list@wepin.com> [10-31-07 09:55]: [...]
The *.inf files contain the info needed to make wifi work. They have numeric names such as 'R33087.inf' and is distributed as part of a 'cabinet' file. (Fileroller can handle it.)
then open the 'cabinet'file with Fileroller and get the name of the *.inf file.
It's easy to tell if the driver needs to be uninstalled. After an install, there's a big red 'X' across the driver just installed and an error message, 'Invalid Driver'.
from commandline, do: rm -i `locate <inf.file.name>` and you will have a choice to delete file by file note: will probably require root permissions if you get 'command not found', install findutils-locate via yast or whatever you use. - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn4472 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHKJMqClSjbQz1U5oRAsSCAKCgA2HaL5BPNYrb6DYWWWxiFRlp/QCgqLHo Of1dQRcPyv9oGQlrORSOeZI= =tB83 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Donald D Henson <wepin-list@wepin.com> [10-31-07 09:55]: [...]
The *.inf files contain the info needed to make wifi work. They have numeric names such as 'R33087.inf' and is distributed as part of a 'cabinet' file. (Fileroller can handle it.)
then open the 'cabinet'file with Fileroller and get the name of the *.inf file.
It's easy to tell if the driver needs to be uninstalled. After an install, there's a big red 'X' across the driver just installed and an error message, 'Invalid Driver'.
from commandline, do: rm -i `locate <inf.file.name>` and you will have a choice to delete file by file note: will probably require root permissions
if you get 'command not found', install findutils-locate via yast or whatever you use.
Thanks for your help but I've spent about as much time as I can afford for now. (Wifi is really a minor problem.) I think I'll wait until the developers develop a gui that will allow uninstall of a driver. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Donald D Henson <wepin-list@wepin.com> [10-31-07 09:55]: [...]
The *.inf files contain the info needed to make wifi work. They have numeric names such as 'R33087.inf' and is distributed as part of a 'cabinet' file. (Fileroller can handle it.)
then open the 'cabinet'file with Fileroller and get the name of the *.inf file.
It's easy to tell if the driver needs to be uninstalled. After an install, there's a big red 'X' across the driver just installed and an error message, 'Invalid Driver'.
from commandline, do: rm -i `locate <inf.file.name>` and you will have a choice to delete file by file note: will probably require root permissions
if you get 'command not found', install findutils-locate via yast or whatever you use.
Thanks for your help but I've spent about as much time as I can afford for now. (Wifi is really a minor problem.) I think I'll wait until the developers develop a gui that will allow uninstall of a driver. Don Henson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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