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[Netgear WNDA3100 driver: No XP x64]

I am not going to change my entire operating system with everything already installed just for some device, I was just trying to make it work on my PC for shits and giggles testing. I suppose the only way to make it work would be on a 32-bit virtual box then. Anyway thanks for your answer!

[Netgear WNDA3100 driver: No XP x64]

I have Windows XP x64 installed on my pc and when I tried to installed the drivers for my new wireless network adapter but it simply won't accept my OS. Apparently NetGear thinks noone uses Windows XP 64-bits and none of their products seem to have x64 drivers for XP. Is there any other way to make it work? I was wondering if there existed some software that could emulate a 32-bit environment for incompatible drivers without having to install an entire OS.

[No sound in Backtrack 3]

Actually I downloaded the Linux 2.6.21.5 kernel source files myself from the linux archives. Initially, /usr/src was completely empty and I was getting a ton of "file not found" errors from there so I unpacked the source files into it and added the with-kernel=dir option to the configure script. The configuration process got a little further that way but still won't complete.

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Have you tried using the system command? I don't know if it's absolutely necessary that your browsing feature is inside your application forms but if it's not I'd try running "firefox http://your.url".

[No sound in Backtrack 3]

Ok so I downloaded the latest release of the alsa driver and this time I can't even properly configure it!

I tried following these instructions: Step-by-step ALSA install

My sound support soundcore module is turned on, but when I try to configure the package I get this:

./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5 --with-cards=hda-intel --with-sequencer=yes

The file /usr/src/linux-2.6.21.5/include/linux/version.h does not exist.
Please install the package with full kernel sources for your distribution
or use --with-kernel=dir option to specify another directory with kernel
sources (default is /lib/modules/2.6.21.5/source).

I never had this file, and highly doubt that I need it to compile a sound driver. In any case, I don't know where to find it nor how to proceed to the "make" step. It just tells me to run the configure script (again).

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Thanks for the advice but I probably should have mentioned that I am using a Toshiba notebook ( I've had so many blue screens using windows...) so a seperate sound card is not really an option here (not saying it's impossible, but probably needlessly complicated). I tried installing Mandriva before and I don't remember any problem at all, so it's definitely a problem on Backtrack's side.

As for updating the kernel, mine is the Linux-2.6.21.5 and I'm pretty sure it already has the open sound card drivers, but I guess it's worth a shot. I'd prefer to keep it as a last resort solution though.

[No sound in Backtrack 3]

My sound card is a Realtek ALC861 integrated chip. I tried installing some Linux sound driver package I found but it won't detect my sound device. I also downloaded the huge ALSA driver source code and tried (and tried, and tried...) to compile it but there are so many errors during the compiling I don't think I will see the end of it.

Did anyone here have a similar problem with BT or any Slackware based distro? I will post screenshots of my failed attempts later if it helps.