-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi,
ralf wrote: > > Am 01.06.2007 um 07:48 schrieb Andrei Morgan: > >> Georg Heinrich wrote: >>> I don't get wlan with wpa working on my powerbook g4 with etch. > >> you probably need bcm43xxx-fwcutter package. i wrote up how i got mine >> working: http://travelsoforion.net/debian-wireless > > Hello to everyone, > > you get the bcm43xx-fwcutter package after activating non-free in your > apt sources.list. You can do that within synaptic too. correct: this is something i should probably mention in the guide i wrote. > You can not only select, download and install the fwcutter package, you > will be asked during configuration if the firmware should be downloaded, > too. > > No need to read anything ;-) mmm, disagree here: i had great difficulty in getting this working a few weeks ago. some simple instructions somewhere would have been really useful for me to have - although i agree it is very easy (once you know how) > BTW I missed the wpa_supplicant.conf file. It wasn't installed and it's > not in the wpa_supplicant package for ppc. I found the original one on > the net with all the information in it. > > Next remark: Don't trust the network-manager. Check everything, > resolv.conf, /etc/network/interfaces and bring up the interface with > ifdown eth2; ifup eth2 agree with this, too: it's what i do all the time now, although one day i should probably figure out something a bit more sophisticated :) best, --asm > Don't trust the network-manager, check for a default route, too. > > Just my 2 cents and my humble experience. > > Ralf -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGX8tlDSUj23OxwYIRApjcAKCSoZGgpjQYjuPvaqldIQs1m35/IgCg6o9H wzM3RVHjOR2Q9lOlZhHG75k= =555J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
