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Author:  yellohut [ Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:00 pm ]
Post subject:  New to Linux - Getting wireless running
hope this is the right place.
This is my first linux installation ever. I'm just getting used to it.

I can't figure out how to get my wireless network card working, and have no idea where to begin. I've seen postings elsewhere for editing /etc/network/interfaces
or something like that, but i don't know how to go about editiing it. things are very different from windows.

i searched google and the forums and came up with nothing that would help me. like i said, I'm very new to this and need some pointers.

TIA
-yello

P.S. i've installed Knoppmyth and got it working, but my TV channels are just fuzz, do I need a network to get things running, or is there another problem?

My Specs:
Athlon XP 2800+
160 GB Seagate HDD
1.5 GB PC3200
Nvidia Geforce 6600GT (AGP)
ATI TVWonder Pro (Remote Control edition)
Author:  Xsecrets [ Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:02 pm ]
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at the very least what type of wireless network card you are attempting to use would help.
Author:  yellohut [ Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:44 am ]
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sorry about that.
I'm using a Linksys WUSB 11 ver. 2.6
Author:  willem [ Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:06 am ]
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I got that adapter to work with the drivers and instructions from this page:

http://at76c503a.berlios.de/

Follow the Debian/Knoppix instructions for KnoppMyth.
Author:  parkinpants [ Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:24 am ]
Post subject:  First attempt
First of all.

Getting fuzz in the tv screen could be one of many problems. You need to run

myth-setup

And configure it to get tv listings for your region. This will run mythfilldatabase. If you run mythfilldatabase from an XTERM window you will see whether it was successful at getting tv listings.

If you get past this part then you will most likely have to pratt around with allsorts of other things.

As for the wireless...

I was using an ASUS card and had to swop from PCI to Cardbus to get it Linux compatible. The actual linux driver never worked but ndiswrapper did. Ndiswrapper is a program that interprets the windows driver for use in linux.

More information on....

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/medi ... stallation

Note that you will not need to compile/install ndiswrapper as it is already installed with Knoppmyth.... so start from the Install Driver guidelines.

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May I also suggest that if you are new to Linux you should for a start get Internet, Samba and an SSH client set up so that you can communicate easily...

1. Setup Putty

This allows you to login to the mythbox from an internet ready Windows PC. I used an ethernet cable to my wireless router before I got wireless uo and running.

Download Putty for Windows
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgta ... nload.html

Place Putty.exe in the Windows directory (usually: c:\windows\ )

On mythbox:
ifconfig

This will provide you with an inet address of the mythbox (if not type netcardconfig)

On Windows press Start, Run and then type: (e.g.)

putty 192.168.0.3 22

(192.168.0.3 is the inet address of the mythbox)
(22 is the port number)

You can now login as root or mythtv etc (X windows/the frontend will not work, you need an X Client for this)
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2. Get Samba running

/etc/init.d/samba start
update-rc.d samba defaults

Create a shortcut on Windows desktop to:

\\MYTHTV\

You can now access files in the mythbox from Windows using Explorer
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for more information…
http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php? ... SambaHowTo
Author:  mjl [ Sat Aug 06, 2005 9:29 am ]
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Hi to the new comer!
Once you catch on to the linux os, I think you will like it. Anyway, just to hopefully clear a couple of items.

I am going to "assume" R5A16 Knoppmyth, great stuff.

Try doing some searches on this forum, it isn't a real smart search engine but works if you ask the right questions. There are a ton of tips and pointers to help guide folks along. I have put a few things on, tjc, Xsecrets, and many others. Be sure to use cesman's post as gospel! You can search posts by the author.

Couple of quick things, the desktop (Tux watching his favorite show) if you right click, there are many items available to you. xterm is real handy and gives "dos like" command line control. You will need "root" power for many changes and you can get there by entering "su -" in an xterm.

I would suggest, if you are new to the linux world, start with hardwire ethernet and set it up with "netcardconfig" if wire is an option. The "ifconfig" command will show you information however is a little trickier to use for setting the numbers.

No, you do not require internet to make some things work. You can manually set up a channel and again check the forum as there are some good step by step guides. From the xterm you can also rerun the "mythtv-setup" at any time to re-tweak things. Mythtv user will work for that step. If mythtv user can't do something it will tell you about permissions.

You won't be able to do the weather, news readers, however you can rip a cd and set up your music library. Get pictures into the gallery, an in a few weeks you will telling others how to do it :)

Putty is a good tool for windows, there isn't any install so put it somewhere and make a short cut on the desktop. You use ssh. (secure shell) which works accross the world if the prot is open on the firewalls.

Will check in a couple days to see how you are progressing, (have to hit the road) One other quick thought, to get a listings account (us) you will need to go to labs.zap2it.com, there is a special code in one of the "sticky" posts that you will need to use.

Hope this helps you a little. Worse thing that can happen is you will need to do an upgrade to start over.

Mike
Author:  yellohut [ Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:18 pm ]
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i appreciate the replies, i haven't gotten a chance to give some of this stuff a shot yet, but i will as soon as i can and will post back to let you konw how it's coming along.

-yello
Author:  mjl [ Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:16 pm ]
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Hi yellohut,

Good to see we didn't scare you away :) When you post the next time give some hardware details as that will help the folks here to be able to better help you. It also helps others see what works / may work , and the version.

Have a great day
Mike
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