Belkin wireless wont run

[lorikeet88]

I've got an old Compaq nx6120, which I've converted to Maverick Meerkat after a virus ate Windows 7. Everything is going fine except for installing the wireless. I'm using a Belkin F5D8053 v6 adapter, and it wont accept the install disk. I've got Wine, and tried to install it via ndiswrapper, but the computer wouldn't accept commands into the terminal.
HELP!

[Hippytaff]

Hi and welcome :-)
Before we dig deeper what is the output of


rfkill


if there are any 'yes' to blocks, then do


rfkill unblock all


if this doesn't work can you post the output of


iwconfig



lshw -C network



lsmod | grep F5

:-D

[lorikeet88]

When I try to install it from the disk, through wine, it insists the file is not marked as executable. is there any way around this?

[Hippytaff]

you can try changing the properties of the file, but you will have to copy it to a folder. As you know cd's are read only.
Lets say you copy it to you home folder. In a terminal do


chmod +x filename

or right click on the file and click the box to make it executable :-)

[lorikeet88]

Got it :) Thank so much!

[Hippytaff]

No problem...glad to be of service :-)

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