[NTLUG:Discuss] Broadcom wireless working for me - fyi

Stephen Davidson gorky at freenet.carleton.ca
Fri Apr 4 10:05:02 CDT 2008


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Greetings.

I saw some posts about a conflict between downloaded packages, and
built-in to the kernel stuff.  Something about you had to make sure that
your downloaded stuff was all uninstalled and unloaded before using the
built-in Kernel stuff.  I am on Kernel 2.6.22.17 for x86_64, so not
hitting any 2.6.24 stuff yet.  Did not grab the details for how to do
this upgrade, sorry.

- -Steve

phrostie wrote:
| i have a HP Pavilion dv5000, that i've been running debian on for a couple
| years now.  i did the "install_bcm43xx_firmware" thing and it worked great
| right up until my last update a few days ago.
|
| up till the update/upgrade i was running a 2.6.22-3-amd64 #1 SMP kernel.
| i upgraded to the new kernel which was a 2.6.24-1-amd64.  it has a
built in
| bc43 driver and at first it would say that it found it, but then it
would say
| that it had a bad address and die.
|
| i had to go back to the older kernel.
|
|
| --- Dennis Kaptain <dkaptain@> wrote:
|
|> Steve,
|> YES! I'd love some details. Several months ago I bought a HP
Pavillion and
|> had to return it because I could not get the wireless networking
working. I
|> tried every approach I could find with no luck.
|> Exactly what model computer do you have and what distribution are you
using?
|>
|> Also, please tell me more about install_bcm43xx_firmware. I'm using the
|> fedora 8 distro and although I have bcm32xx_fwcutter installed, I
have never
|> heard of install_bcm43xx_firmware. This sounds like just what I needed.
|>
|> Thanks
|> Dennis Kaptain
|>
|> ----- Mensaje original ----
|> De: Stephen Davidson <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca>
|> Para: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss at ntlug.org>
|> Enviado: miércoles, 2 de abril, 2008 19:51:25
|> Asunto: [NTLUG:Discuss] Broadcom wireless working for me - fyi
|>
| Greetings.
|
| Just an FYI, I've got my Broadcom Wireless working on my HP Pavillion
| Laptop, w/o ndiswrapper.  Definitely working 802.11b mode, not sure yet
| about 802.11g (its a hybrid card).  This email is coming to you over a
| 802.11b network.
|
| Apparently, due to license issue, the drivers can not be shipped with
| the distros.  Linux, and possibly some of the other distros, provide an
| install script;
| install_bcm43xx_firmware
| which will download and install the appropriate drivers.  Note that this
| ~ script DOES require that you be connected to the internet before
| executing.
|
| Let me know if you want anymore details.
|
| Regards,
| Steve
|>
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