No wifi help

I have a older dell desktop and it has no wifi.i have a usb wifi adaptor and a windows cd for drivers.dow do I install them?

Can you please plug the usb wifi adaptor, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the following command, and post the results back here:

lsusb

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 050d:110a Belkin Components
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

3 easy steps.

1) You need ndiswrapper.
Plug an ethernet cable to get internet, open synaptic package manager, and download and install (mark for installation) the following packages:

ndisgtk
ndiswrapper-source
ndiswrapper-dkms
ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
ndiswrapper-common

2) After installation of the above packages is finished, download from here a folder that contains the drivers for your usb adapter: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j64jmym05grdn ... inf.tar.gz
(I have found the drivers and uploaded them on my dropbox. The folder is compressed in tar.gz format so as soon as you download it, just right click it and select "extract here".)

3) Open "windows wireless drivers" from the menu of Zorin, click "add" and navigate to the folder you downloaded and extracted, and select the file named "netrtwlanu.inf" and click ok.

Your usb wifi adapter should hopefully start flashing and you should be able to select and connect to networks.

where do i find synaptic package manager? im very new at this.

Hi, if you are running the Windows 7 look, just type 'synaptic' in the menu search bar at the bottom just like you would in Windows - it will be the only item that is returned - then select it and you will be asked for your login password to elevate you to 'root' (=Administrator in Windows - a bit like selecting 'Run as ...')

Well it's suppose to look like Xp.this is hard lol.i still could not find it.

OK, two ways to get to this:

1. Menu | System Tools | Administration | Synaptic Package Manager.

2. Open a terminal (Menu | Accessories | Terminal) and enter:

Code:

sudo synaptic

You will be prompted for your login password as explained in my previous post - but take note NO ASTERISKS will show so be careful if a long password - you get three attempts before it drops back to standard user and you have to start all over i.e.,

Code:

sudo synaptic

Ok I got the file now but no add on my menu

ok i found add the driver and i get this
Module could not be loaded. Error was:

modprobe: FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

Is the ndiswrapper module installed

Ok, then do this:
Plug an ethernet cable and download from here ndiswrapper 1.59: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ndiswrapper/

It will most probably be downloaded in your Downloads folder.
Open terminal and run the following comnmands, the one after the other:

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo cp /home/$USER/Downloads/ndiswrapper-1.59.tar.gz /usr/src
cd /usr/src
sudo tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.59.tar.gz
cd ndiswrapper-1.59
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper


If all is succesful, your usb wifi adapter will start flashing and working.

first command did not work.i tried it again at the end.
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
[sudo] password for jason:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:~$ sudo cp /home/$USER/Downloads/ndiswrapper-1.59.tar.gz /usr/src
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:~$ cd /usr/src
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src$ sudo tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.59.tar.gz
ndiswrapper-1.59/
ndiswrapper-1.59/ChangeLog
ndiswrapper-1.59/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.59/ndiswrapper.spec
ndiswrapper-1.59/ndiswrapper.8
ndiswrapper-1.59/AUTHORS
ndiswrapper-1.59/loadndisdriver.8
ndiswrapper-1.59/INSTALL
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/ndiswrapper-buginfo
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/loadndisdriver.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/divdi3.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/iw_ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/rtl.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/lin2win.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/proc.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pe_linker.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/workqueue.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/lin2win.S
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapmem.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/hal.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/loader.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/loader.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/mkstubs.sh
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pe_linker.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapper.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapmem.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/crt.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pnp.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/usb.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/win2lin_stubs.S
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/winnt_types.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pnp.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/mkexport.sh
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/longlong.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndiswrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/iw_ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel_io.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/usb.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/README
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src$ cd ndiswrapper-1.59
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo make
make -C utils
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
gcc -g -Wall -I../driver -o loadndisdriver loadndisdriver.c
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic M=/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic'
LD /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/built-in.o
MKEXPORT /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/crt_exports.h
MKEXPORT /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/hal_exports.h
MKEXPORT /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndis_exports.h
MKEXPORT /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel_exports.h
MKEXPORT /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel_io_exports.h
MKEXPORT /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/rtl_exports.h
MKEXPORT /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/usb_exports.h
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/crt.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/hal.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/iw_ndis.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/loader.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndis.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel_io.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pe_linker.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pnp.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/proc.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/rtl.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapmem.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapndis.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapper.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/usb.o
CC [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/divdi3.o
LD [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndiswrapper.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndiswrapper.mod.o
LD [M] /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndiswrapper.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
mkdir -p -m 755 /lib/modules/3.13.0-32-generic/misc
install -m 0644 ndiswrapper.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-32-generic/misc
/sbin/depmod -a 3.13.0-32-generic
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
make -C utils install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
mkdir -p -m 755 /sbin
mkdir -p -m 755 /usr/sbin
install -m 755 loadndisdriver /sbin
install -m 755 ndiswrapper /usr/sbin
install -m 755 ndiswrapper-buginfo /usr/sbin
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
mkdir -p -m 755 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 ndiswrapper.8 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 loadndisdriver.8 /usr/share/man/man8
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$

i restared the computer and got this still no wifi
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
[sudo] password for jason:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
localechooser-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:~$ sudo cp /home/$USER/Downloads/ndiswrapper-1.59.tar.gz /usr/src
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:~$ cd /usr/src
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src$ sudo tar -zxvf ndiswrapper-1.59.tar.gz
ndiswrapper-1.59/
ndiswrapper-1.59/ChangeLog
ndiswrapper-1.59/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.59/ndiswrapper.spec
ndiswrapper-1.59/ndiswrapper.8
ndiswrapper-1.59/AUTHORS
ndiswrapper-1.59/loadndisdriver.8
ndiswrapper-1.59/INSTALL
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/ndiswrapper-buginfo
ndiswrapper-1.59/utils/loadndisdriver.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/divdi3.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/iw_ndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/rtl.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/lin2win.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/proc.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapndis.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pe_linker.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/Makefile
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/workqueue.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/lin2win.S
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapmem.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/hal.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/loader.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/loader.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/mkstubs.sh
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pe_linker.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapper.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapmem.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/wrapndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/crt.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pnp.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/usb.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/win2lin_stubs.S
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/winnt_types.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/pnp.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/mkexport.sh
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/longlong.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ndiswrapper.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/iw_ndis.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/ntoskernel_io.c
ndiswrapper-1.59/driver/usb.h
ndiswrapper-1.59/README
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src$ cd ndiswrapper-1.59
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo make
make -C utils
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
make -C driver
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic M=/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo make install
make -C driver install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
mkdir -p -m 755 /lib/modules/3.13.0-32-generic/misc
install -m 0644 ndiswrapper.ko /lib/modules/3.13.0-32-generic/misc
/sbin/depmod -a 3.13.0-32-generic
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/driver'
make -C utils install
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
mkdir -p -m 755 /sbin
mkdir -p -m 755 /usr/sbin
install -m 755 loadndisdriver /sbin
install -m 755 ndiswrapper /usr/sbin
install -m 755 ndiswrapper-buginfo /usr/sbin
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59/utils'
mkdir -p -m 755 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 ndiswrapper.8 /usr/share/man/man8
install -m 644 loadndisdriver.8 /usr/share/man/man8
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo modprobe -r ndiswrapper
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
jason@jason-Dimension-3000:/usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.59$

When you added the inf file in windows wireless drivers, did it say "hardware present: yes" ?

No need to install ndiswrapper again. It is now installed just fine.

Maybe the problem is that you need a different driver (inf file).

In the CD with drivers you have, are there any XP drivers files inside? (with inf files?)

When I go to wireless network drivers it says currently installed windows drivers netrtwlany with a x threw it and below it it says invalid driver. I've went to the drivers on the cd and just about tried all them too. Same thing.

And another thing the screen has sone lines in it sometimes. Like a program I pull-up and sometimes the window will be blue with lines going everywhere in the window? Is all these problems normal or did I download a bad os version?

Ok, so you need the correct driver. The ones from your CD should work (the XP ones) as long as they are in .inf format (i.e. extracted). If not you will have to do it via wine i.e. install the drivers using the CD - like you would do in windows - using wine, and then find the inf files needed.

For the time being, download from here https://www.dropbox.com/s/0hkfzq1egidba ... ers.tar.gz and extract the folders for all the drivers (win7, vista, XP) and try all of them (the .inf files inside the folders) one by one until you get "hardware present=yes".