Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-22 Thread Kent West
Celejar wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:24:59 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kent wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude search modprobe > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Celejar wrote: > $ dpkg -S modprobe I was pleased to find this trick, but now that I'm actually trying to use

Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-22 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:24:59 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kent wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude search modprobe > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > Celejar wrote: > > $ dpkg -S modprobe > > I was pleased to find this trick, but now that I'm actually trying to > use i

Re: Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-22 Thread Kent West
Kent wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude search modprobe > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Celejar wrote: > $ dpkg -S modprobe I was pleased to find this trick, but now that I'm actually trying to use it, I find it only works on packages already installed on your system; it doesn't search your r

Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-16 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:52:31 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:58:57 -0600 > > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > I don't understand it fully myself, but the way to think of it is that > > each hardware device that's supported by the

Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-16 Thread Kent West
Celejar wrote: On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:58:57 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter This didn't do any downloading and cutting like my earlier run of bcm43xx-fwcutter; do I need to be concerned about that? Do I need to uninstall bc

Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-16 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:58:57 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:23:07 -0600 > > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude install b43-fwcutter > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Read

Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-16 Thread Kent West
Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:23:07 -0600 > Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I'm running Debian Sid and have a Linksys WMP54GS. >> >> I've never really understood networking, and definitely not wireless >> networking. >> > > This is the standard documentation for bcm43

Re: Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-15 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:23:07 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running Debian Sid and have a Linksys WMP54GS. > > I've never really understood networking, and definitely not wireless > networking. > > I've been trying half a week to get this card working, but the how-to's > I've

Need Help Config'ing a Broadcomm Wireless NIC

2008-11-15 Thread Kent West
I'm running Debian Sid and have a Linksys WMP54GS. I've never really understood networking, and definitely not wireless networking. I've been trying half a week to get this card working, but the how-to's I've been finding simply don't explain things sufficiently for me to find my own way, an