Can linux use windows drivers

Ubuntu: Windows driver install — is that possible?

To install Windows drivers in Ubuntu is actually not possible. In one case, but it can. With the Tool «NdisWrapper», you can use the Windows drivers for your WLAN card in order to make Ubuntu run on it. In addition, we will show you another Trick, such as a device with Windows drivers on a Linux System can use.

Windows WLAN-drivers under Ubuntu install

If you can absolutely not find a Linux driver for your wireless card, to help you «NdisWrapper» to be able to the Free Tool, you must install it with the package Manager. In addition, you need the Windows driver files for your wireless adapter and access to the Internet via LAN cable.

1. First, open the Terminal. You should first install two packages with «apt-» get: type «sudo apt-get install wireless-tools» and confirm with your Root password. Do the same with «wpasupplicant» at the end.
2. You can test whether your wireless card is working after a reboot maybe. If not, continue with step 3.
3. You are now ready to install in the Terminal «ndiswrapper» and all required packages: «sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 ndiswrapper-common ndisgtk dkms ndiswrapper-dkms». Confirm the Demands for storage space, and the unverified source.
4. Download the required Windows-driver from the manufacturer’s website to download. You should only get a. exe file to install, you must unpack it first. This often goes with a package program, on each case, but with the two Tools «cabextract» and «unshield». Install, if necessary, also with «sudo apt-get install [package name]». At the end, you should have at least one .inf-file.
5. Now you can install the Windows driver with «NdisWrapper»: make Sure that you are working in the directory in which your .inf-file is located. The folder name should contain no spaces! Then type in the Terminal the command «sudo ndiswrapper -i /Pfad_zum_Windowstreiber/file name.inf» a.
6. Check the Status of the driver with «ndiswrapper -l». You see something like «name of driver driver present, hardware present» everything went well.
7. Now load the module ndiswrapper with «sudo modprobe ndiswrapper «, and then provide them with «sudo ndiswrapper -ma» to ensure that it is loaded at every system startup.
8. Your WLAN Adapter should now work. The above procedure does not work, try first a system update with «sudo apt-get update». You can also use «iwconfig» to see if your System detects an Adapter. A Wi-Fi Adapter should look something like this: «eth1 IEEE 802.11 bg». You can then run the steps again.

Devices with Windows drivers in the Virtual Machine, use

If you want to operate a device, to find for the no Linux driver, you can cheat and still. Just install Windows on a Virtual Machine in Ubuntu — a valid license required. The Virtual Machine under Oracle’s free Virtual Box set up or the Windows Image with the VMware Player to play.

1. Install a VM Software and follow the and install Windows in the virtual machine.
2. Set up your new guest system is Windows, and install the required drivers. Under Virtual Box, it is worthwhile to install the «Guest Additions».
3. Now you can connected USB devices on the Virtual machine for its guest operating system, freely give. Windows should detect your Ubuntu the devices.

Under Ubuntu you need to also not classic Windows programs refrain: In the following practical tip we show you how to Skype on Ubuntu install.

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Use drivers from windows to linux

I have this wifi card: WG311v3 — G54 Wireless PCI Adapter; that only work in Windows with specific driver. How can i use it too with GNU/Linux ? I read about the wine program but here they said that we can’t install drivers in wine. Is there an other solution ?

Does the wifi card «just work» in Linux now? Tried searching for the exact card (or however it’s identified in Linux) plus «linux»?

What make and model wifi card? I note that WIFI cards are relatively cheap, and it may pay — even in a notebook — to simply replace the card.

Do an lspci -n under Linux. This will give you the vendor and product id which you can use (in the form 0123:4567 ) to find out if the card is supported under Linux.

Yep, was easy to find instructions for using ndiswrapper with this card, though finding the download for the driver binaries was a little tricky.

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The tool for getting Windows network drivers to work in Linux is called NdisWrapper (wiki, downloads). NDIS (Network Device Interface Specification) is the Windows network driver API; NdisWrapper is a Linux kernel module that basically presents a fake Windows kernel to a Windows network driver and translates between that and normal the Linux network driver interface.

NdisWrapper isn’t perfect — it doesn’t support all drivers and it may crash your Linux system — and free software advocates don’t like it because it’s basically loading proprietary code (the Windows driver) into a F/LOSS OS kernel. With that said, though, it often can be made to work. You may have better luck using drivers targeted at older Windows versions, since the NDIS spec changes somewhat over time; if you can’t find an XP driver for the card, look for a Vista/Win7 one, then Win8/8.1 if you can’t find that.

It’s a little more complicated to install and configure than is typical for either native Linux drivers or drivers on Windows, but if you want to run Linux on not-fully-compatible hardware it may just let you do that thing.

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Installing Windows Drivers in Linux

Guys I have an HP 300-1020, I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04
I went to the HP website here:

I downloaded all the original drivers, but they were made for Windows 7.
How do I install them in Linux?

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Re: Installing Windows Drivers in Linux

Why do you want to install drivers for another operating system on Ubuntu?

What do you think that you need then for?

It is a machine. It is more stupid than we are. It will not stop us from doing stupid things.
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Re: Installing Windows Drivers in Linux

Originally Posted by grahammechanical

Why do you want to install drivers for another operating system on Ubuntu?

What do you think that you need then for?

My speakers no longer work, my microphone also does not work, and my wireless card does not get detected.

I think it is because after I autonuked my hardrive, all the HP drivers got deleted.
I was running Windows 7 previously, but after autonuking my hardrive decided to switch to Ubuntu 10.04 instead.

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Re: Installing Windows Drivers in Linux

windows drivers can not be used directly, but some can be used with a workaround, try:

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Re: Installing Windows Drivers in Linux

Originally Posted by ottosykora

windows drivers can not be used directly, but some can be used with a workaround, try:

Not a good plan. Ndiswrapper for wireless = AVOID! It is superseded for most wireless cards and unnecessary (and generally a nightmare).

HoneyBadger1: Open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and paste this in:

Post the result back here and that will tell us what you have in there.

BUT FIRST: Plug in an ethernet cable, get online, and get all updates (System>Administration>Update Manager if you are not automatically offered updates) then check System>Adminstration>Additional Drivers (could be Hardware Drivers). Is there a driver for your wireless card in there disabled or have you been offered one by the update.

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Re: Installing Windows Drivers in Linux

also drivers inlinux are part of kernel. so newer version of the OS (latest stable is 11.10) would more likely have all drivers that you need.

Read the easy to understand, lots of pics Ubuntu manual.
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Re: Installing Windows Drivers in Linux

Originally Posted by Bucky Ball

Not a good plan. Ndiswrapper for wireless = AVOID! It is superseded for most wireless cards and unnecessary (and generally a nightmare).

HoneyBadger1: Open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) and paste this in:

Post the result back here and that will tell us what you have in there.

BUT FIRST: Plug in an ethernet cable, get online, and get all updates (System>Administration>Update Manager if you are not automatically offered updates) then check System>Adminstration>Additional Drivers (could be Hardware Drivers). Is there a driver for your wireless card in there disabled or have you been offered one by the update.

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