* Freeman <hew...@gmail.com> [2011-06-11 14:51:32 -0700]: > You need broadcom-sta. > > Read here > http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all&keywords=broadcom-sta > > # apt-get install broadcom-sta-common broadcom-sta-source module-assistant > +make debhelper quilt bzip2 > > I don't remember how much of the install dpkg does automatically. But I > believe you will be using module-assistant. So don't forget sta-source and > do all the preliminary steps and downloads within module-assistant. > > Then select the broadcom-sta module, build and install. > > Broadcom-STA is an imperfect solution. It's performance has been knonw to > vary. It will blacklist a number of modules, disabling your LAN connection. > The blacklist will be under /etc/modprob.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf . > > To use the LAN, I had an alias that moved > /etc/modprob.d/broadcom-sta-common.conf to /root then rebooted. And > visa-versa. > > I do have an alternate blacklist file that, in addition, blacklists broadcom > but I don't think that was necessary to use the LAN. (It has been awhile.)
The Debian WIKI page I linked in my last e-mail covered all of this, I had my wireless working in approximately 10 minutes time. I did nothing spectacularly special. Either I got really lucky or that wiki is better then people give it credit for. -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? > http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ > GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110611222835.gc30...@gmail.com
