Comments on Ubuntu on the Dell Inspiron 1501: Wireless in Gutsy Gibbon with Ndiswrapper

this is awesome...gud work dude.. u r 31337 :P

2008-07-22T20:45:00.000-05:00

this is awesome...gud work dude.. u r 31337 :P

this is awesome...well done dude... u r 31337 :P

2008-07-22T20:43:00.000-05:00

this is awesome...well done dude... u r 31337 :P

Ricky,I think your repos aren't enabled. the repos...

2008-04-16T16:57:00.000-05:00

Ricky,

I think your repos aren't enabled. the repositories are ubuntu servers that hold all the programs you can install through the terminal or synaptic.

to enable the repos for ndiswrapper and many other programs go to System>Administration>Software Sources.

once there make sure you have the main, universe, restricted and multiverse repositories checked. if they weren't checked, you just solved your problem.

update your repos by entering into a terminal:
sudo apt-get update

then try downloading ndiswrapper

snatch,
redDEAD

if this doesn't work let me know

Clean install of Gutsy Gibbon. Whenever I type "s...

2008-04-16T16:16:00.000-05:00

Clean install of Gutsy Gibbon. Whenever I type "sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndiswrapper-common" in terminal to install NDISwrapper, it tells me to insert my Gibbon CD. Why is that? If I put the CD in and continue, it just keeps telling me to insert the CD. Any experience/advice?

/me is a novice Linux user :)

Clean install of Gutsy Gibbon. When I get into te...

2008-04-16T16:13:00.000-05:00

Clean install of Gutsy Gibbon. When I get into terminal and type "sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndiswrapper-common" to install NDISwrapper, it tells me to insert my Gibbon CD. I do so, but over and over it keeps asking me. Advice?

/me is a novice linux user.

Justin I had the exact same problem. My broadcom w...

2008-04-02T17:38:00.000-05:00

Justin I had the exact same problem. My broadcom would read AT ALL with ubuntu 7.10 -- i tried the 32bit and 64bit and nothing. So I ended up trying Suse, Fedora, and then Mandriva.

Mandriva 2008 works great with the Dell 1501 if your having troubles like ubuntu not even detecting ur chipset or card. Still had to use the ndiswrapper but wireless was working within minutes of first boot.

Ok, I do not know alot about linux but i want to. ...

2008-03-13T11:30:00.000-05:00

Ok, I do not know alot about linux but i want to. Do I go through the walk-through at the top of this page just with the different driver or do it a different way. I do understand that the ndisgtk is the GUI front-end of for ndiswrapper. Thanks, Justin

I'm a new user, I've been using 7.10 for about 5 d...

2008-03-12T09:21:00.000-05:00

I'm a new user, I've been using 7.10 for about 5 days now, and thanks to your guides everything has been flawless. I had enabled wireless to work using proprietary drivers, and it worked fine
until last night when it randomly (probably not, but I can't remember what I did) cut out. So I decided to try ndiswrapper.

After following all the steps (even rebooting twice at the end!) I get no light. For the heck of it, I tried to scan, and I get this:
lo interface doesn't support scanning

eth0 interface doesn't support scanning

When I type ndiswrapper -l I am told that the driver is installed device (14E3:4311) is present.

Any ideas?

I got this working on Hardy Alpha 6 after a few ho...

2008-03-08T15:57:00.000-06:00

I got this working on Hardy Alpha 6 after a few hours of playing/digging around.

I just got a brand new 1501 and it seems like Dell is using a different wireless card in them now so that drivers are different now. I had to use the http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R174291.exe (and then use the DRIVER_US sub-folder)

doing sudo ndiswrapper -l shows that the device is found now.. Horray! But still no WiFi light :(

so, I did a sudo ndiswrapper -e bcmwl5 to remove it, and tried using ndisgtk (sudo apt-get ndisgtk to get it), hit install new driver button, navigated to ~/.drivers/DRIVER_US/bcmwl5.inf and that has done the trick.

hopefully this can help some other people out too.

Yes, i am using a Dell Inspirion 1501 with 7.10 on...

2008-03-05T16:15:00.000-06:00

Yes, i am using a Dell Inspirion 1501 with 7.10 on it and neither works for me. The only thing i can think of is do a reinstall of Ubuntu. It baffles me how it will not even show the wireless chipset.

Justin,if you are using a Dell 1501, both guides s...

2008-03-05T15:52:00.000-06:00

Justin,

if you are using a Dell 1501, both guides should work with no problem.

First of all thanks for the site. I am using 7.10 ...

2008-03-05T15:07:00.000-06:00

First of all thanks for the site. I am using 7.10 and have tried both ways to get the wireless working. However, in the Restricted Driver Manager the graphics card shows up but the whole firmware tab does not show up and and wireless card does not show up either. I am not a big linux head but two of my friends have tried almost everything with ndiswrapper and several different drivers. Do you know why my wireless card does not show up under the Driver manager?? Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Justin

mmandxdo step 6To autostart the ndiswrapper module...

2008-02-22T07:40:00.000-06:00

mmandx

do step 6
To autostart the ndiswrapper module
In a terminal type:
sudo gedit /etc/modules

and add this to the end of the file
ndiswrapper

I have the same problem of xelsio, But in Ubuntu. ...

2008-02-22T07:13:00.000-06:00

I have the same problem of xelsio, But in Ubuntu. I have to resetup the wireless EVERY TIME I start up Ubuntu. It works, but everytime I restart, I can't use the wireless (even the light is stil on), and I use the GUI tool (Windows Wireles Drivers) to select the INF file. THEN I can use the wireless.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

I cannot see to get anything working in Step 4, my...

2008-02-07T13:29:00.000-06:00

I cannot see to get anything working in Step 4, my system just says:

bcmwl5.inf : driver installed

its says nothing about hardware working or detected. a iwlist scanning doesnt even show as detected. i've tried everything and cannot get it recognized or working.

also for hardy you will need to blacklist b43 inst...

2008-02-06T14:58:00.000-06:00

also for hardy you will need to blacklist b43 instead of bcm43xx
sudo modprobe -r b43

i have been able to complete the guide with absolutely no reboots (wireless on liveCDs, very useful)

Hi Red,I don't what's going on but the proprietery...

2008-02-05T20:31:00.000-06:00

Hi Red,

I don't what's going on but the proprietery driver has stopped working. So I' tring to install ndiswrapper, but without succes.

When I type: sudo ndiswrapper -l

I get : bcmwl5 : invalid driver!

Any idea what I could do?

Thanks for helping.

Pierre

you can get rid of the need to reboot just by unlo...

2008-02-04T15:15:00.000-06:00

you can get rid of the need to reboot just by unloading the bcm43xx module

sudo modprobe -r bcm43xx

Hi, I got all the way up to step 5 using Ubuntu 7....

2008-01-31T10:52:00.000-06:00

Hi, I got all the way up to step 5 using Ubuntu 7.10 and when i tell it to scan, i get the error message:
This device does not support scanning.

I have used the UK driver as i am from england.

Have you any ideas of how i can get it to work?

it wont open? you have to give me more info than t...

2008-01-30T14:55:00.000-06:00

it wont open? you have to give me more info than that...

try www.ubuntuforums.org

Restricted Driver Manager don't open, what can I d...

2008-01-30T14:40:00.001-06:00

Restricted Driver Manager don't open, what can I do?

Restricted Driver Manager don't open, what can I d...

2008-01-30T14:40:00.000-06:00

Restricted Driver Manager don't open, what can I do?

Thanks for a great guide, it was very useful. A bu...

2008-01-16T17:04:00.000-06:00

Thanks for a great guide, it was very useful. A bug in the unfree driver was causing my keyboard to stop working, and when I tried to turn the machine of it wouldn't shut down properly. So thanks alot and keep up the great work!

I'm having a problem with my wireless not working ...

2007-12-17T00:50:00.000-06:00

I'm having a problem with my wireless not working after my laptop suspends - it still says its connected by all traffic times out. Anyone else have the same problem?

In addition to my previous comment I want to provi...

2007-12-12T08:44:00.000-06:00

In addition to my previous comment I want to provide a few hints how to get past WEP and succeed in using WPA: You need package wpasupplicant and should read this article (in German): http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/WLAN/wpa_supplicant

Probably there is something similar in English, please search in well-known Ubuntu resources yourself.

By the way: I had massive problems with package kwlan, so you want to stick with the command line and/or an editor, exercising the above tutorial. Possibly package wpagui works better than kwlan, at least it shows my manual configuration correctly, but I only installed it after the config was already finished, so I am not sure. (Never change a running system.)