[Novices] I am very new at this so...

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> > Not all 802.11g cards are supported _native_ in Linux.
> > But that can usually be worked around by using the ndiswrapper Linux
> > package and the Windows driver for the card (which a quick google search
> > seems to imply for your model laptop).  NDISwrapper can sometimes be
> > difficult to get working (but it can't hurt to try).  If you want easy,
> > buy a cheap PCMCIA 802.11b that is supported natively in Linux.
> I was figuring that Linux did not support the newer wireless card.  I would 
> have no clue about NDISwrapper I have heard that it can be a real pain to 
> setup.  Wouldn't you know that after going through all my junk after a recent 
> move I think I sent to the landfill a perfectly working Lynksys 802.11b PCI 
> card.  That is always my luck.
> My wireless router does not broadcast the ssid and I use WEP encription.

I'd start simple and enable SSID and what not till it works, and then
turn the security back on.  Otherwise you are trying to solve more than
one problem at a time which increases the difficulty exponentially.

> I have no clue what the pacman source is.  I am new to all of this.  Sources 
> seem to be a problem for me as I am always seeing "Installation Source not 
> refreshed" error messages when running YAST -> Software Management  etc.  My 
> downloads always go to /home/tdurfee and I have that setup in the YAST -> 
> Installation Source.
> > I recently posted a message on a KLUG list (members?) about how to
> > install mplayer on SuSE 10.0 using YAST.
> I searched the archives on the KLUG lists and did not see your post.  I will 
> do a further search.

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