This is the real challenge I think; on running ifconfig with no
arguments, I only see eth0 (the rj-45 connection) and lo (loopback).
eth1 should show up (it's what Gnome's networking system tool says) or
wlan0 (what ndiswrapper says) but neither show up.
ifconfig -a
shows eth0, eth1 (that's the wireless then) lo and sit0 (?)
But apparently eth1 is not available/active/whatever.
I'm not sure if this is why the command is failing. I tried
sudo wpa_supplicant -c/home/user/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dmadwifi -iwlan0
And got the same:
Failed to read read or parse configuration
'/home/user/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf'.
Thank you
-jordan
On 5/23/06, Jordan Peacock <hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> wrote:
> All was well up to the last stage: I entered
>
> sudo wpa_supplicant -c/home/user/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dmadwifi -ieth1
> Failed to read read or parse configuration
> '/home/user/Desktop/wpa_supplicant.conf'.
>
> Is there a way to make wlan0 (what my ndiswrapper thinks is my
> wireless card) the same as eth1 (what Ubuntu thinks is my wireless
> card)?
>
> Thanks again
>
> -jordan
>
> On 5/23/06, Jordan Peacock <hewhocutsdown at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks a lot! I'll give that a try this afternoon.
> >
> > Also for the list; has anyone got any experience with User Mode Linux at all?
> >
> > On 5/23/06, Jeff Rasmussen <jeff.rasmussen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?t=174118
> > >
> > > $ 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?t=178313
> > >
> > > 3) Setting up Samba File/Printer sharing on Windows & Ubuntu PCs/Laptops
> > >
> > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=178991
> > >
> > > 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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