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cannot install ndiswrapper asks for ubuntu CD

Asked by WacoJohn

I am trying to get UBUNTU 8.10 64-bit to see my WIFI card.
Dell Inspiron 1501, XP Home SP3
Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Release Date: 3/21/2007
Version: v4.60, A02

Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard
Release Date: 3/23/2007
Version: 4.100.15.5 / 4.100.15.8, A14

>>1. Obtain the Windows Driver for your system and locate the file that ends with .inf.

Uh, have no idea what .inf file it is talking about. I will figure that out later.

But here is the REAL problem:

2. Install ndisgtk (System ? Administration ? Synaptic Package Manager).

I go to package manager, queue ndisgtk (graphical frontend for ndiswrapper (installation of Windows WiFi drivers)) which automatically queues ndiswrapper-common (Common scripts required to use the utilities for ndiswrapper) and ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 (Userspace utilities for the ndiswrapper Linux kernel module).

NOTICE, NON OF THEM ACTUALLY SAY ndiswrapper. NDISWRAPPER is not listed as a standalone item.

THEN, I click APPLY and get a confirmation 3 items will download (ndisgtk, ndiswrapper-common, ndiswrapper-utils-1.9)

APPLY AGAIN and get:

Please insert the disk labeled: Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.2) in drive /cdrom/

and I put in the iso disk I burned from the ISO I downloaded from UBUNTU. Click OK and it tells me to insert it again, over and over. Hit Cancel, get window:

An error occurred: W: Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.2)]/pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-common_1.52-1ubuntu1_all.deb

 then another window

 "Unable to mount Ubuntu 8.10 amd64 DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

(except when I rebooted, I NO LONGER get the above window,.. still get everything else.)

The CD mounts ... I can see the contents with Places CD icon. DEB files are on the CD in the correct paths/folders.

Thing is, .. the LABEL is not what it says it is looking for. PROPERTIES says the name of the CD (label) is Ubuntu 8.10 amd64 and the package says insert disk labeled: Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.2). The labels don't match. I don't know if that is the problem or not.

Anyone suggest why it will not read from my CD? thank you.

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

please paste your

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

here.............

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WacoJohn (johnbooth) said : 		#2

Thank you. First time on Linux since Mandrake 5.0. Been years, .. I am practically a beginner. I hope this is what you wanted

owner@ubuntu:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.2)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security restricted main multiverse universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse
owner@ubuntu:/etc/apt$

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Best Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#3

aha...

First open up your sources.list file

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

make this line

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.2)]/ intrepid main restricted

look like this

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release amd64 (20081029.2)]/ intrepid main restricted

(means commenting out)

and save the file.

Now open up a terminal

and give

sudo apt-get update

and then try to install ndiswrapper again

Regards

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WacoJohn (johnbooth) said : 		#4

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.

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Rich.Morley (powerplant420) said : 		#5

It worked for me to