2009/6/28 Rob Malpass <lug@???>:
> After a hell of a lot of fiddling, I now have the right driver (but had to
> put XP back on the laptop) to be sure I had it. Now to wipe, install
> Ubuntu and try ndiswrapper with the known working driver. If only I'd
> thought of this before I wiped XP!!!
>
You probably don't want to hear this, but you didn't need to install XP.
You can get the windows driver from the manufacturers webpage usually.
The following guide is super useful.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
Cheers,
Al.
