• From: Bangkok - Thailand
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Topic: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

I have a laptop that use atheros wifi driver, but it doesn't work by kernel modules.
Compiling from mad-wifi opensource wifi driver isn't work for me too. sad
The only way that I can use wifi is to install an atheros wifi for window$ via ndiswrapper.

I'm looking for ndiswrapper-common (which included in Ubuntu by default) in #!, surprisingly I've not found!
I've to plug LAN line of other box to my #! box...to connect an internet, then install ndiswrapper-common
to install wifi driver. (Oh..3 steps at least to make my Tux can fly out of the box neutral)

So I think, it's better including ndiswrapper-common (not many kbytes) by default in #! like Ubuntu too.

ndisgtk is not need for me - (and it will make too many tools on #! unnecessary  tongue)


Many thanks to #! teams repectively.

Last edited by trendyteddy (2008-12-05 06:02:47)

Pls bear to my English, I'm just a #! Tux rider from Thailand.
(less than 5% can communicate in English tongue)

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Re: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

Thanks for raising this. I agree that it should probably be included by default. I am not familiar with ndiswrapper, so can you please confirm that ndiswrapper-common is the only required package?

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Re: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

Ndiswrapper-common is self contained command line interface, dependencies no more.
(using disk space only 98.3kB)

Hence ndisgtk is dependencies required (ndiswrapper1.9-utils).

I think that Ubuntu have some reasons to include ndiswrapper-common (not ndisgtk), because it's may be required by someone.
If it's useful (for many users), pls include one of them.

For my thought, only ndiswrapper-common is enough. smile

Pls bear to my English, I'm just a #! Tux rider from Thailand.
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Re: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

Thank you for confirming this. I will add it to the list of packages to be included in the next LiveCD release.

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Re: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

corenominal wrote:

Thank you for confirming this. I will add it to the list of packages to be included in the next LiveCD release.

Does this mean that we may get a .02 release?

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Re: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

swj wrote:
corenominal wrote:

Thank you for confirming this. I will add it to the list of packages to be included in the next LiveCD release.

Does this mean that we may get a .02 release?

At the speed at which things are currently moving, I am considering whether or not it would make sense to skip the .01 lite and 64bit editions in favour of moving straight to the .02 releases. It is just a consideration at the moment, but it is what happened with the 8.04.xx releases.

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Re: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

I've just installed #! Lite (less than 10 minutes for all process wink).

Oh, Corenominal. I'm sorry for my misunderstood about ndiswrapper-common. It requests ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 too.

(ndiswrapper-common + ndiswrapper-utils-1.9)

Without ndiswrapper-utils-1.9, the scripts can't work.

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Re: ndiswrapper-common isn't included in #! by default

LOL. No problem. ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 has now been added to the build script. Thank you for making me aware. smile

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