Ubuntu
ubiquity package

Offer ndiswrapper + windows driver installation

Bug #54976 reported by Bjorn Inge Berg
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Currently, I have to use ndiswrapper on dapper to get an Internet connection with my INPROCOMM IPN2220 wireless card. It would be nice if ubiquity would offer to install ndiswrapper along with the windows driver (asking th user for the path to the driver) if a wireless card is detected, but no native driver is available.

Also, take a look at ndisgtk, which provides a graphical frontend for ndiswrapper. It is written in python, so integration with ubiquity shouldn't be a tremendous problem

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Bjorn Inge Berg (bjorningevb)
description: updated
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in ubiquity:
importance: Untriaged → Wishlist
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Chris Wagner (chris-wagner) wrote :

You might have a look at this specification: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/easy-ndiswrapper

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MillenniumBug (millenniumbug) wrote :

This bug report is several years old and concerns obsolete versions of Ubuntu. It has now been marked 'invalid'.

If the bug still appears in Ubuntu 10.10, feel free to open a new report.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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