Right you lot of clever Linux sods out there, can someone please tell me how the farking hell I can get this here Truemobile 1370 card to work with Unbutu? I have spent the last week sodding around with suggestions from millyons of sites about using ndiswrapper & I've pulled all me hair out, all to no avail! Card works superfine in windoze but doesn't want to play under Unbutu. I like the look of Unbutu, but until I can get this card working, it's not the flavour of choice. Any help would be _most_ appreciated. TIA. -- Greybeard FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Sold) Trumpet Trophy 1200-03 Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
Sadly, WiFi is the biggest headache in Ubuntu and all other linux distros. The blame lies squarely on the manufacturers shoulders as they won't release the source-code of the drivers. At £15 a pop it's easier to find a new card that does have linux support. However, you have to be careful: I bought a Netgear WG311 because it was reported to run natively (no ndiswrapper) in linux. Well, version 1 did, version 3 doesn't! I take it you've already tried all the usual tips and tricks. You might like to look at the Ubuntu-derived linuxMint 3 www.linuxmint.com which has support for windows drivers built-in. Worked for me with the Netgear card. Ubuntu is absolutely anal about things without a true open-source GPL, Mint includes them either as standard or a very easy download (flash, adobe, realplayer, etc. etc.)
Would it save time and trouble if you spent 15 quid on one that works? The Edimax 802.11g is under twelve quid from Dabs.com, and was recognised straight away by Ubuntu 7.04 without any farting about with ndiswrapper. Just a thought.
I'll have a little poke at the Mint Cassandra, and see what happens. Thanks for the info. -- Greybeard FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Sold) Trumpet Trophy 1200-03 Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
That certainly might be the best route to go, if I don't like the Mint I'm downloading. If this card works natively then that's the way I'll go. Thanks. -- Greybeard FLHTCUI UK-07 Mk II (Sold) Trumpet Trophy 1200-03 Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home! ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk
Did I mention that it has a windoze-like start menu and control panel that absolutely rock? Oh, and Beryl as standard?
have a look at this one. Fairly big list of supported cards. http://linux-wless.passys.nl/ Also check out wpa_suplicant. Debian does some wierd shit with the /etc/network/interfaces file but it should be in the system docs as to how ubuntu works. best of luck.
