From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 8 04:48:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E56416A41A for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 04:48:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shantanoo@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE28613C458 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 04:48:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shantanoo@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so568520rvb for ; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:48:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=boPAFMm0yjE69Jtcz3jJAnffgm0VcNfTHx2PlnZ5n+M=; b=Ny1z/ljqed7E9OvcNttJKn5ftabzH0rOCRD6Zzb5WMKl1Fe2BhlngztJt2woxq5uruKjhlm16HUcXAY58UWyqnv9jFpB4Oasg/nDY8h6AZDDd1GDr4uTJ0EPC1Hh1KiSahTq3KhS/LetovQ8DdR0kk2y/j4VwRiL+ldfyO/4y9M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=Ugbdaf9t1e6yUwcZBYYl9lDCyoc4/xhbeSexT5RfNiWKUN3FYInh9geBMXi1wuL0ALHyz/Y61MwiiapwTb0YKQNT6LQlTMqD/AjiJH6vD8zEFXoHPkOii5BahK8DP9DYup6hptM/hBwi+zx0tM1VXIbzT9s7quWis6F3JvZ0Svs= Received: by 10.141.161.6 with SMTP id n6mr1003095rvo.1189226917384; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:48:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.3? ( [121.247.78.27]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f21sm3123236rvb.2007.09.07.21.48.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:48:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8175242.1189208864763.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> References: <8175242.1189208864763.JavaMail.tjw43@drexel.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <587EE1F5-A869-4EE7-8B66-80F1FAB1B7E0@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Shantanoo Mahajan Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:18:20 +0530 To: Terrence Wilson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help using ndis and inconv X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:48:38 -0000 On 08-Sep-07, at 5:17 AM, Terrence Wilson wrote: > I need whatever help I can get to use ndis to converter wireless nic > card so I can use it on my laptop. it seems that I don't have iconv > working properly. I go into the ndisgen program by typing the command: > > # ndisgen > > The program opens and gives a list of options. I choose option 3: > Convert driver. The program then asks me to type in the path to the > .inf file. So I type: > > /cdrom/DRIVER/bcmwl5.inf > > The program then says "This .INF file appears to be in Unicode. The > iconv(1) utility does not appear to be installed. Please install this > utility or convert the .INF file to ASCII and run this utility." > > So, I downloaded the iconv-2.0_3.tbz package and run the command: > > # pkg_add iconv-2.0_3.tbz > > Then I try ndisgen again and I get the above error message again. When > I type in the command > > # pkg_info -L iconv-2.0_3 | less > > I get a list of files including biconv, iconv_mktbl, biconv.h, etc. > But > when I enter the command: > > # iconv > > I get the message: Command not found. Run following command if you have csh/tcsh as your shell: # rehash and then try the iconv command again. regards, shantanoo