On Saturday 04 August 2007 12:59, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 04 August 2007 16:55, Matthew R. Lee wrote: > > I'm having problems getting the wifi on my laptop to work. > > The laptop is a Compaq Presario V5214ea > > The wifi card is a Broadcom 4311 (rev 1) > > I've been looking at the Gentoo Wiki page: > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_BCM43xx > > > > The problem I've run into is with the kernel setup (kernel > > linux-2.6.21-gentoo-r4) > > > > Under > > Device Drivers --> > > Network device support --> > > Wireless LAN drivers > > "Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support" does not appear. > > Has it been removed from the kernel for some reason? Do I need to enable > > some other option in order to make this option available? I have enabled > > the PCI express support. > > > > Any clues would be most welcome > > Try: > > Location: > -> Device Drivers > -> Network device support > -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) > -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) > -> Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extension > -> Broadcom BCM43xx wireless support (BCM43XX [=m]) It's not there, it's not on the list I have Network device support and Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extension checked -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Dr. Matthew R. Lee CASEB & ECIM Departamento de Ecologia, P. Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago. CP 6513677 CHILE
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