Hy everyone,
I just want to get the wireless to work with ndiswrapper…
…i also installed ndiswrapper from yast
after i installed ndisinstaller, because i m to stupit to use the linux shell and tip in the comandas… 
After i downloaded the original wireless-drivers for the laptop from the hp-homepage
…but now i have a problem…
The drivers are ziped in a MS windows .exe file…i need also a tool to unzip this and take the .inf files for the installation with ndisinstaller…
How i can now do this?
unzip command tool should be available in the default install.
Install wine and run the exe file. You will find the needed files in ~/.wine folder. Just browse this to reach the program files folder and look for your drivers. I’m sorry not to be very precise but now i can’t access my linux box
or use cabextract cabextract(1) - Linux man page should get the files you need.Better still, tell us what device you have,e.g. make/model & we may be able to get you going with a native driver
Andy
Ok, i would like install a native driver if someone exist…
Then i dont need to go this way with unzipping and installing with ndiswrapper…
I tiped in the terminal the comand: lspci
the network is:
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 02)
07:03.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethe rnet (rev 03)
Tell me if you need more information and how i can get it!
Thanks for help
Maybe it helps…
The laptop is thisone, on this side i found the .exe drivers
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC - Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center
Try this, compliments of lwfinger,
if you have a broadcom chip-set, & a wired connection, this command, in a console, may help
Code:
sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware
To install the BCM43xx firmware if you do not have a connection in Linux, do the following:
Using any method that you have to access the Internet, download this
http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/b...0.10.5.tar.bz2
Then copy it into your home directory. Once you have it there, you should enter the following:
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2
sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware
sudo b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware \ broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5/driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o
These three commands will skip the download step and extract the firmware in the same way that the /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware does.
Note: If the output of ‘lspci -v’ indicates that you have a BCM4310, BCM4328 or BCM4329, this procedure will not work. For those cases, you will need the Windows driver and ndiswrapper.
For those devices that support 802.11a/b/g, 802.11a operation is not yet supported.
compliments of LarryFinger
Andy
Ok…the chip is a 4310 model, also not suported.
I have to use ndiswrapper…
Now i m second time at the beginning…
I can t use wine to run the file, becase i have not a windows partition installed…only linux
cabextract i couldnt find in yast…i think i have to download all packs and install it manual…
Can you pleas tell me where i can find the cabextract downloads and how i can inastall it? Or is it in yast and i just haven t foud it…?
Or maybe i have somthing wrong understanded in the opensuse-wiki about installing and using wine…
Can i use wine whitout have windos istalled on a partition?
If yes, i thik this would be the better way to unzip the exe file…becasue wine repos. are in yast and i have not to look for them in internet…
When this way goes with wine:
Discribe me please how i can all file unzip (becase i have no experience with wine and with linux comand i m not a expert too) there are some easy-using tools for wine…i need wine for unzipping not for installing or running the drivers…
…i have no idea! >:(
You don’t need windows to run wine. Install it then run in a console: wine setup.exe (just to make it simple; i assume that setup.exe is the name of the driver file). Perform the installation as usual, hoping that the installer ends correctly. Now goto /home/<your home directory>/.wine/drive_c/Program files. there you should find a folder containing the driver files. There is no need to unzip your file, because you have an exe file, not zip.
Ok its easy…i can t test it yet on my perfect suported asus laptop…its _64 and wine (in yast) runs only at i586 processors…
But at this weekend i will install openSUSE 11 on my other laptop hp 2133 mini (i586) (thats why i posted this thread in the forum)
…the rest should work automatically
Thanks for answers and sorry for my bad english…i will ask wenn i have problems with the installation
I installed and runed wine. And the installation was completed successfully of the drivers in the c:
but i can t find:
/.wine/drive_c
it must exist, because the installation of the .exe file was successfully completed, wine has creates a new file…but were is is it??? :’(
It i not in home/(…)
Its done! The file was invisible
Hi
It should be down in your home directory .wine not /.wine
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Hi
Files in the directory with a period as the first character are meant
to be hidden 
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