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Robin Cornelius wrote: > Richard Brown wrote: > > >> I want to install a wireless Lan USB stick. The box says it is an >> Addon GWU190, the USB devices list in KInfocentre says it is a Realtek >> RTL8187. >> > > Quite normal. Its the chipset that's important and in this case its a > RTL8187 > > >> Any ideas how I might find a driver for Ubuntu and then more >> importantly how I install said driver and leave it installed so on >> bootup it works please? >> > > It doesn't appear that the RTL8187 is present in stock kernels it looks > like the driver can be found at > > http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/ > > Quickly reading the page you will probably need to get the latest CVS > version. (Follow sourceforge CVS instructions). > > You will need to install your kernel headers package(note i assume > kernel headers on ubuntu are the same as Debian, ie properly configured) > and i think the kernel-kbuild package is required also:- > > so > > apt-get install kernel-headers-2.6.?? > apt-get install kernel-kbuild > > you might need to install gcc, make etc as well > > On older versions of Ubuntu installing the package *build-essentials* would install GCC and make etc. Which version of Ubuntu is it? I believe the kernels on 5.10 were built with GCC 3.4 whereas Edgy (and I think Dapper) use GCC 4.0 Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html