On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 08:47:51PM +0200, steef wrote: > Volkan YAZICI schreef: > >IMHO, you have two options: > > > >1. Solve the issue by fixing the drivers supplied by the distribution. > > (As others have explained in the previous replies.) > > > >2. Use new brcm80211[1] drivers. For this purpose, I'd make a custom > > kernel package (see make-kpkg) using the latest stable kernel > > sources, which bundle brcm80211 by default. > > > > > >Best. > > > >[1] http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211 > > > >On Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:32:00 +0200, steef writes: > >>bought my self a hp mini-netbook, included windoze7 and a very strong accu, > >>10 > >>hours of life. > >> > >>i put sid on an usb-stick, included fluxbox and wicd(-curses). > >> > >>wifi = (lspci) brcm4313. (type 5.60.350.6) > >> > >>loaded/installed the according the debian broadcom- (broadcom 43xx wireless > >>drivers) -wiki convenient driver_firmware. the driver should be included > >>in the > >>sid_kernel, so i understood. however: this wifi_driver does not work. > >> > >>my questions: what did i do wrong if anything (1) ? > >> > >>and > >> > >>broadcom assued a so-called xxx-STA driver (by google) somebody with some > >>experience with this brcm4313 driver for linux (tar.gz) does this one work > >>for > >>my mini_netbook (2) ? > >> > >>if i find a working driver i can get rid of w7. > > > ....... hi: a good advice. i got everything working by now, but, > nevertheless just for fun i built my own kernel with the wl.ko > driver included in the net_modules. works excellent and was after a > couple of years an excellent rehearsel/training. >
Glad for that. [This whole thread, for reasons unbeknownst to me, just assembled correctly coherently in mutt for the first time.] So, if you find a way to get Wireless and LAN working together with the xxx-STA driver running, I'd be happy to hear of it. Other than, of course, changing the broadcom module blacklist and rebooting. Happy mini-neting! -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- 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/20110613190905.GA7493@Europa.office
