* John Wesley Cooper <jwesleycoo...@cox.net> [2009-03-08 18:25:33 -0700]:
> ...Can anyone tell me where I might be able to download a pre-built > installer for this driver? ndiswrapper is a pre-built installer. it's designed to wrap around windows wireless drivers so that Linux can use them. try this: wget http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R151517.exe (or download that file somehow and get it copied into your home directory, then cd into that directory), then do: su (enter password) now, as root, do: apt-get install build-essentials linux-headers-`-uname -r` *Caution: those are backticks, NOT quotes* echo blacklist bcm43xx >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist reboot - after the reboot, cd into your home directory again (or wherever R151517.exe is) then do: unzip -a R151517.exe then do: su (enter password) then, as root, do: cd DRIVER ndiswrapper -i bcmwl5.inf ndiswrapper -l *you should get a message that the driver is present and hardware found* ndiswrapper -m modprobe ndiswrapper echo ndiswrapper >> /etc/modules *now try it* iwlist scan - do a reboot, then, and we should be able to go from there. -- Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
