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    Dell Wireless N Card & ubuntu

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by colonelclutz, Apr 6, 2007.

  1. colonelclutz

    colonelclutz Notebook Geek

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    I got an dell inspiron 9400 laptop w/ the dell wireless N card (broadcom I think). I tried Ubuntu Beta (Feisty) and and it didn't detect my wireless card.

    After, I tried using ndiswrapper and that didn't work. Told me it couldn't copy to folder or something.

    Did anyone else got ubuntu (or any other flavor of linux) working w/ this card?

    If so, please let me know how to do it. Thanks.
     
    colonelclutz, Apr 6, 2007
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  2. BigV

    BigV Notebook Deity

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    you were probably trying to copy to a folder requiring root permissions...

    hit Alt+F2, type "gksu nautilus" (minus the quotes,) it'll ask for your password, then a nautilus window will pop open with root privileges so that you can copy files to system folders.
     
    BigV, Apr 6, 2007
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