Knoppix 3.7 Pro
Hi, I've given up now with Suse 9. 1, now I've got the Knoppix 3. 7 Pro live CD, I unpacked everything on the HDD but I cant find anything about Wireless LAN on Knoppix, is it possible? if so, please explain nice and slow, as I am pretty slow when it comes to Linux.
Hi,
I've given up now with Suse 9.1, now I've got the Knoppix 3.7 Pro live CD, I unpacked everything on the HDD but I cant find anything about Wireless LAN on Knoppix, is it possible? if so, please explain nice and slow, as I am pretty slow when it comes to Linux.
Thanks
I've given up now with Suse 9.1, now I've got the Knoppix 3.7 Pro live CD, I unpacked everything on the HDD but I cant find anything about Wireless LAN on Knoppix, is it possible? if so, please explain nice and slow, as I am pretty slow when it comes to Linux.
Thanks
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When this level of frustration sets in, (and believe me I've been there!) I think the best thing to do is send an email to their support and ask them what to do. Tell them it says right their on their site that it is supposed to run under Linux, and you need their help.
I've sent them emails and to linuxquestions and I've posted on their forums but not one person has come back to me. I think my biggest problem is that I dont know what the hell I'm doing:) I'm still pretty new to linux, I'm not used to having so much trouble, I've never had a problem that I could not solve.
I admire your resolve.
The problem is since 98% of computer hardware users use Windows, the hardware manufacturers spend almost all their resources on them, and we are lucky if they even notice us. Some hardware makers refuse to acknowlesde us altogether. Luckily though that is beginning to change. The more we request support from them, the more they will take notice.
When you ran lsusb and it listed your hardware, that doesn't mean that Linux already has a driver for it. It just means Linux sees it, and is letting you know that it knows it is there. Linux also recognizes hardware that will not work.
Having said that, if we could find out the specific module for you dongle, we could then check to see if it is present on your system. Then it should be just a matter of doing modprobe. Do this...
lsmod
And post the output here. Maybe we will see something we recognize...
The problem is since 98% of computer hardware users use Windows, the hardware manufacturers spend almost all their resources on them, and we are lucky if they even notice us. Some hardware makers refuse to acknowlesde us altogether. Luckily though that is beginning to change. The more we request support from them, the more they will take notice.
When you ran lsusb and it listed your hardware, that doesn't mean that Linux already has a driver for it. It just means Linux sees it, and is letting you know that it knows it is there. Linux also recognizes hardware that will not work.
Having said that, if we could find out the specific module for you dongle, we could then check to see if it is present on your system. Then it should be just a matter of doing modprobe. Do this...
lsmod
And post the output here. Maybe we will see something we recognize...
I'm trying my best and I really want to get to know linux, and if these people dont want to support linux drivers then tell me what I need to know or learn to be able to create/write drivers and I will do so, if no one wants to do it why cant I, I know I can do anything, I just need a little push in the right direction.
PS: Where do I find the "rc.local" file, please?
Oh yes, here is the result from "lsmod"
root@fuct:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_mixer_oss 18688 0
snd 47588 1 snd_mixer_oss
iptable_nat 24484 0
ip_conntrack 33028 1 iptable_nat
ip6table_filter 6144 1
ip6_tables 20736 1 ip6table_filter
md5 7680 1
ipv6 241248 6
iptable_filter 6272 1
ip_tables 19712 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
lp 13096 0
autofs 18048 1
af_packet 21000 0
agpgart 29868 0
cmpci 42804 0
opl3 17164 1 cmpci
mpu401 28548 1 cmpci
sound 75496 2 opl3,mpu401
soundcore 11232 3 snd,cmpci,sound
gameport 7680 1 cmpci
sis900 20356 0
crc32 8064 1 sis900
parport_pc 37568 1
parport 36936 2 lp,parport_pc
8250 34480 0
serial_core 22528 1 8250
ohci1394 33796 0
ieee1394 302008 1 ohci1394
ohci_hcd 22276 0
uhci_hcd 31760 0
usbcore 95840 4 ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ds 17284 0
yenta_socket 20480 0
pcmcia_core 56772 2 ds,yenta_socket
apm 20332 2
ide_scsi 17156 0
rtc 14920 0
ext3 110440 1
jbd 69284 1 ext3
PS: Where do I find the "rc.local" file, please?
Oh yes, here is the result from "lsmod"
root@fuct:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_mixer_oss 18688 0
snd 47588 1 snd_mixer_oss
iptable_nat 24484 0
ip_conntrack 33028 1 iptable_nat
ip6table_filter 6144 1
ip6_tables 20736 1 ip6table_filter
md5 7680 1
ipv6 241248 6
iptable_filter 6272 1
ip_tables 19712 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
lp 13096 0
autofs 18048 1
af_packet 21000 0
agpgart 29868 0
cmpci 42804 0
opl3 17164 1 cmpci
mpu401 28548 1 cmpci
sound 75496 2 opl3,mpu401
soundcore 11232 3 snd,cmpci,sound
gameport 7680 1 cmpci
sis900 20356 0
crc32 8064 1 sis900
parport_pc 37568 1
parport 36936 2 lp,parport_pc
8250 34480 0
serial_core 22528 1 8250
ohci1394 33796 0
ieee1394 302008 1 ohci1394
ohci_hcd 22276 0
uhci_hcd 31760 0
usbcore 95840 4 ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd
ds 17284 0
yenta_socket 20480 0
pcmcia_core 56772 2 ds,yenta_socket
apm 20332 2
ide_scsi 17156 0
rtc 14920 0
ext3 110440 1
jbd 69284 1 ext3
This may not help but is worth trying. Go:
/sbin/modprobe sis900 [enter]
Any errors? If not, see if you can then run wlcardconfig. If you can, and can get configured, then go:
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up [enter]
or:
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 up [enter]
/sbin/modprobe sis900 [enter]
Any errors? If not, see if you can then run wlcardconfig. If you can, and can get configured, then go:
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 up [enter]
or:
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 up [enter]
I dont get any errors when I do this modprobe thing, but it still dont work when I do the wlcardconfig.
If I run ifconfig eth0 I gat the LAN settings and if I use wlan0 it says it cant find the device.
I think I might have this thing sorted out, but I need to know where the "rc.local" file is so that I can finish it and see if it works, if so I'll post everything.
Thanks
If I run ifconfig eth0 I gat the LAN settings and if I use wlan0 it says it cant find the device.
I think I might have this thing sorted out, but I need to know where the "rc.local" file is so that I can finish it and see if it works, if so I'll post everything.
Thanks
Hi,
you could try to use ndiswrapper. It make it possible to use windows-drivers for your nic i Linux.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
/Toby
you could try to use ndiswrapper. It make it possible to use windows-drivers for your nic i Linux.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
/Toby
The instructions on http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php worked for my D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+ with Fedora Core 2 and Slackware. The pages are very detailed. Craig (the author of the pages) found that SimplyMepis worked "out of the box" with his adaptor, but it didn't work with my card.
Ubuntu http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ recognised my card "out of the box". There is a live-evaluation version of Ubuntu, called Gnoppix, but this didn't recognise my card and I didn't like it as much as Knoppix or the hard disk install of Ubuntu.
HTH.
--
Zymous
Ubuntu http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ recognised my card "out of the box". There is a live-evaluation version of Ubuntu, called Gnoppix, but this didn't recognise my card and I didn't like it as much as Knoppix or the hard disk install of Ubuntu.
HTH.
--
Zymous
Knoppix is based on Debian. Debian won't read the rc.local even if you create it yourself (don't exist default).
You could try this for running scripts/programs just after boot.
http://www.desktop-linux.net/debian-rclocal.htm
Hope it works for you
/Toby
You could try this for running scripts/programs just after boot.
http://www.desktop-linux.net/debian-rclocal.htm
Hope it works for you
/Toby
Thanks for the help, I managed to create that file and add the stuff according to this procedure but it still did not work. I think I'm doing something wrong, if one of you sat in my chair you would have it working in 2 minutes flat. I really need to learn more about linux before I attempt to do anything on it, AARRRGGHHH
Hi Wicked. I've been tweaking my box so I've been in and out. Could you run:
/sbin/ifconfig
And post its output here? Thanks. Are you sure getting another wireless device is out of the question? There are plenty out there that would work flawlessly without all this hassle. The NetGear WA311 works great for me.
/sbin/ifconfig
And post its output here? Thanks. Are you sure getting another wireless device is out of the question? There are plenty out there that would work flawlessly without all this hassle. The NetGear WA311 works great for me.
Hi Dapper Dan, welcome back,
I ran that ifconfig and I'll paste the results at the bottom.
How much ever I would love to get this wireless to work I am not able to buy anything at this stage, I have not been able to find a job for the past 8 months now and therefor I do not own any money whatsoever, which drives me crazy, cause I need job/money.
root@fuct:~# /sbin/ifconfig
lo Protokoll:Lokale Schleife
inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0
inet6 Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
RX bytes:300 (300.0 TX bytes:300 (300.0
root@fuct:~#
I ran that ifconfig and I'll paste the results at the bottom.
How much ever I would love to get this wireless to work I am not able to buy anything at this stage, I have not been able to find a job for the past 8 months now and therefor I do not own any money whatsoever, which drives me crazy, cause I need job/money.
root@fuct:~# /sbin/ifconfig
lo Protokoll:Lokale Schleife
inet Adresse:127.0.0.1 Maske:255.0.0.0
inet6 Adresse: ::1/128 Gültigkeitsbereich:Maschine
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
RX bytes:300 (300.0 TX bytes:300 (300.0
root@fuct:~#
I also used to another distro..Mandrake, I really loved it, but my last download was corrupted of the last release and I didn't want to bother downloading again, so I tried Knoppix 3.7 since it is only one CD and I love it now.
Forgive me for asking, but I'm not sure if somebody has already posted this since I didn't want to read through the whole thread, but knoppix comes with a GUI which will let you configure your wireless card. It is under the menu Knoppix -> Network/Internet -> Wavelan Configuration. If you don't see this menu, you can probably get it and install it through the Kpackage manager or through klix as well.
One of my friends had a sony vaio laptop, 700mhz, and I installed and customized knoppix 3.7 in it and the last thing I did for him was to congure his wireless card through the Wavelan configuration GUI and pretty much went accepted the default settings and parameters and it was simple as that. Wireless card was working.
Forgive me for asking, but I'm not sure if somebody has already posted this since I didn't want to read through the whole thread, but knoppix comes with a GUI which will let you configure your wireless card. It is under the menu Knoppix -> Network/Internet -> Wavelan Configuration. If you don't see this menu, you can probably get it and install it through the Kpackage manager or through klix as well.
One of my friends had a sony vaio laptop, 700mhz, and I installed and customized knoppix 3.7 in it and the last thing I did for him was to congure his wireless card through the Wavelan configuration GUI and pretty much went accepted the default settings and parameters and it was simple as that. Wireless card was working.
Thanks for that LinuxCrusader, I didn't even know about that, I was too busy playing around in the promt, but it still dont help, it gives me the same error as when I use WLCARDCONFIG, it says that it could not find any wireless network (in German, so it could be device instead of network, I dont know)
I'm sure other people my have already suggested this, but try a diferent wireless card then. Borrow one from a friend. Knoppix is usually pretty good about this wireless cards, so it doesn't work again...then it could be the network. What kind of network is it again? Your own wireless access point or a public one?
Or you can also try in a place where you know wireless service is offer, like in a public university, and if it works it will detect it but it may not let you get on theur network since sometimes they restrict connections according to the wireless card mac address. But at least you'll know that the card is working. I'm not sure how the do it, but it should be easy to get on someone else's wireless network.
Good luck...don't give up.
Or you can also try in a place where you know wireless service is offer, like in a public university, and if it works it will detect it but it may not let you get on theur network since sometimes they restrict connections according to the wireless card mac address. But at least you'll know that the card is working. I'm not sure how the do it, but it should be easy to get on someone else's wireless network.
Good luck...don't give up.
