Using Windows wireless driver under Linux

Clear the previous installation of bcmwl5
clive@omniscience:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -r bcmwl5
Specify the path of the driver in Windows and install it:
clive@omniscience:~$ sudo ndiswrapper -i /media/sda1/DELL/drivers/R151519/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf
installing bcmwl5 ...
sudo ndiswrapper -l
sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

Sound problem with D630 in Gutsy

1. Get the latest alsa drivers from Georgia Tech's website

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wget http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/suse/projects/alsa/snapshot/driver/alsa-driver-hg20070804.tar.bz2

2. extract it
3. change directory to the directory with the extracted files
4. configure with

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./configure --with-cards-hda-intel

5.

Quote:

make

6.

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sudo make install

7. reboot