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root@localhost
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 Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:09 pm Post subject: Wireless USB adapter |
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Hi.
I am new to linux-VERY new. i just dled the livecd-the 80meg minimal one since i expected to have network access.
unfortunately, i cant seem to get gentoo to detect my belkin F5D6050 Wireless USB Adapter. Also on my system is an integrated ethernet card that is not currently attached to anything, and I have disabled it in windows. I've tried running the ifconfig utility, which does not seem to pick up any cards other than the local loopback, I am not sure whether the disabling of a card in windows affects linux, but regardless at least one adapter should should show up as either eth0 or wlan0 or something.
i tried running net-setup on eth0 and wlan0, as well as eth1, 2..etc.
Unfortunately my dist does not contain the iwconfig program, but the documents made reference to another dist which had another way to configure it, and though it was a dif dist, supposedly their documentation should work fine. unfortunately it did not, i would get various error messages when i tried to run progs like wlantrl-ng. ifconfig eth0 and eth1 would give the error about No device found, and so I have no clue what to do next. also, since i cant get on the network, i have no way of downloading modules or files into gentoo, so unless their is a way to get files into linux from windows im stuck with what i have.
and i just want to be sure about this: after configuring the network linux will download and install itself onto a partition and become permanent? im just asking since i still have to boot off the cd and it seems to be having some problems, eg the root password seems to already be set. sry im such a newb but since i was born ive been raised on windows systems.
i guess if worse comes to worse i could try a full livecd which would hopefully be able to get me on my network just so i can have internet access.
thx for any help and sry for writing so much, i tend to talk alot |
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SPW
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| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: Wireless USB adapter |
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| root@localhost wrote: | Hi.
I am new to linux-VERY new. i just dled the livecd-the 80meg minimal one since i expected to have network access.
unfortunately, i cant seem to get gentoo to detect my belkin F5D6050 Wireless USB Adapter. |
I wouldn't expect to get that wireless usb adapter working before having completed a base install. That live CD is only 80meg because it contains only the most important packages to get a system up and running. You should try to get that integrated ethernet card working. Do you have any information on this one? (You will have to find out which module you need to load)
If you have disabled it in Windows leaves Gentoo unaffected. This simply means that Windows will not look for this card at boottime (and you will save time if it is not connected because else you would need to wait till the timeout.)
| root@localhost wrote: | | i tried running net-setup on eth0 and wlan0, as well as eth1, 2..etc. |
If you have not yet loaded the module needed for your ethernet card this is pretty useless.
If you don't get your ethernet card to work, maybe considering a full LiveCD might be a good idea. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Wireless USB adapter |
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| root@localhost wrote: | | ...so unless their is a way to get files into linux from windows im stuck with what i have. |
You can mount your windows partition and access it under Gentoo. There's absolutely no problem with that. |
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root@localhost
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| Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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ok well when u say base install, what do you mean exactly?
i think i might try using a full livecd, and hopefully it will have a module that will work with my usb adapter.
as far as the other ethernet card, it is an integrated NVidia nForce card. I cant use it tho as i am nowhere near my modem so i cant connect to it if thats what you mean. or did you simply mean i should try to get it working just to test it since if linux is not capable of accessing an on-board device, it would more than likely not access a usb?
do u happen to know which, or how to find which module i would specifically need for the belkin adapter?
i guess i might just have to go with the full livecd since from what i understand the minimal livecd requires an internet connection to be installed.
like i said im new to all this so if im mistaken about something let me kno
and thx for ur response |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| root@localhost wrote: | ok well when u say base install, what do you mean exactly?
i think i might try using a full livecd, and hopefully it will have a module that will work with my usb adapter. |
A base install for me is a system that works (having a working kernel and completed "emerge system").
I think that your belkin USB adapter uses the Atmel chipset. You can find info at http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/
If you really cannot use your wired ethernet card it might be better to use the full LiveCD, as it contains everything to install a fully working system without accessing the internet during the install.
| root@localhost wrote: | | or did you simply mean i should try to get it working just to test it since if linux is not capable of accessing an on-board device, it would more than likely not access a usb? |
Usually wired ethernet cards are far better supported in linux than wireless devices. That's why at first I thought you might be better off trying to get this device working (as wireless devices can be quite tricky, especially when trying to get them working DURING the installation of the system).
| root@localhost wrote: | | i guess i might just have to go with the full livecd since from what i understand the minimal livecd requires an internet connection to be installed. |
If you have no possibility to access the internet without that wireless device, I think you should go with the full livecd. |
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