Here is how I was able to get wpa_supplicant to work on the Dapper live CD.

http://jeffrasmussen.wordpress.com/2006/05/13/ubuntu-wpa-goodness/

I tried repeating the steps and it seems I left out the correct sequence for
adding the wireless card through gnome.

Jeff Rasmussen



On 5/18/06, Jordan Peacock <hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I didn't want to bother the list any further, and if worst comes to
> worst, I might bring in my machine at the installfest to hash some of
> this out, but I haven't been getting much in the way of replies at the
> forums, and in some cases my emails to people are bouncing, so....
>
> 1) Setting up wireless card on my wife's laptop
>
> You can check this out for the full synopsis, but the final gist is:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t4118
>
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd start
> * Starting Network Interface Plugging Daemon... [fail]
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd start
> * Starting Network Interface Plugging Daemon... Sorry, there is
> already an instance of ifplugd for eth0 running.
> Sorry, there is already an instance of ifplugd for wlan0 running.
> [fail]
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd stop
> * Stopping Network Interface Plugging Daemon... [ ok ]
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/ifplugd start
> * Starting Network Interface Plugging Daemon... [fail]
> $ sudo /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant start
> sudo: /etc/init.d/wpasupplicant: command not found
>
> I went into System: Administration: Networking and the 'wireless' is
> still labelled 'eth1' instead of 'wlan0' and I don't know how to
> change it, cause that's what ndiswrapper is using, correct?
>
> (for the record, the sound miraculous started working the next day, so
> that's ok)
>
> 2) Setting up User Mode Linux
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t8313
>
> 3) Setting up Samba File/Printer sharing on Windows & Ubuntu PCs/Laptops
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t8991
>
> Hope that explains everything. It's frustrating not getting replies,
> and most of the similar topics on the forums have died slow deaths
> without clear answers. If you can help out, even a little, on any one
> of these three topics, I would be very thankful. God bless
>
>                              -jordan
>
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