[driverloader] Installing driverloader on Ubuntu 5.04?

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

it's normal that you do not see the wireless interface in the output of 
the 'ifconfig' command as long as the wireless interface is not up. 
However, even if the wireless interface is down, if the DriverLoader 
installation and configuration was successful, you should be able to see 
the wireless interface in the output of the 'iwconfig' command in a root 
shell.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com



scoot wrote:
> Thanks Jan,
> 
> Got the install done and the card now lights up green.  Just need to fnd 
> out why it doesn't work (no entry shown  for it in ifconfig) but that's 
> tomorrow night's task.
> 
> - scoot.
> 
> Jan Milkin wrote:
> 
>> Ubuntu doesn't actually disable root. I use root all the time on my 
>> Ubuntu box. However, it is geared toward sudo instead. So try using 
>> sudo to run dldrinstall (something like `sudo dldrinstall.run`). If 
>> you REALLY want root access then do `sudo passwd root` and then you 
>> can su to root.
>>
>> -J
>>
>> scoot wrote:
>>
>>> I have driverloader licensed & running successfully on my laptop 
>>> (Mandrake 10) but have installed ubuntu 5.04 now.
>>>
>>> When I try to run dldrinstall.run it prompts for username & pwd, 
>>> indicating that root must be used.  However, Ubuntu disables root, 
>>> using sudo instead - so my install stops there.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions welcome...
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Scoot.
>>
>>
>>
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