1) Download sources from Broadcom
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
2) yum --installroot=`pwd`/foo -y -v install kernel-{headers,devel}-`uname
-r`
3) yum --installroot=`pwd`/foo -y -v install gcc
4) set-up PATH for usr/local/bin and usr/bin
5) set-up LD_L
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>Todd Zullinger wrote:
>>stan wrote:
yum install development-group development-libs
>>>
>>> I realized I made an error in this command. It should be
>>>
>>> yum groupinstall development-tools development-libs
>>
>> As a slight tangent, you can
Todd Zullinger wrote:
>stan wrote:
>>> yum install development-group development-libs
>>
>> I realized I made an error in this command. It should be
>>
>> yum groupinstall development-tools development-libs
>
> As a slight tangent, you can use install with groups, you
> just ne
On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 10:26 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 08:04:54 -0800,
> Suresh Govindachar wrote:
> >
> > What's a "release day" live iso? I downloaded
>
> The normal one. You can make a respin that includes updates using
> livecd-creator.
>
> > Fedora-14-x
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 08:04:54 -0800,
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>
> What's a "release day" live iso? I downloaded
The normal one. You can make a respin that includes updates using
livecd-creator.
> Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso a week or so ago from
> fedoraproject.org. So this
Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 04:52:19 +,
> Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>>
>> Question 1: What's the bug that prevents $releaserver
>> from taking its value?
>
> The feature of supporting $releasever in livecd-tools didn't
> come out until afte
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 04:52:19 +,
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>
> Question 1: What's the bug that prevents $releaserver from
> taking its value?
The feature of supporting $releasever in livecd-tools didn't come out until
after the F14 release. So if you are using a release
[ Background: Installing drivers for Broadcom's wireless card on
a Dell M6400 laptop running a Live USB of
Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso failed to result in a wireless
connection; since Broadcom's sources from
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
stan wrote:
>> yum install development-group development-libs
>
> I realized I made an error in this command. It should be
>
> yum groupinstall development-tools development-libs
As a slight tangent, you can use install with groups, you just need to
prefix them with the @ symbol, e.g.:
yum i
On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:49:33 -0700
stan wrote:
> Use
> yum install development-group development-libs
>
I realized I made an error in this command. It should be
yum groupinstall development-tools development-libs
And as a further note, if you have problems with missing dependencies
while yo
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:53:41 -0800
"Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
> > You could install the development group, and do it all
> > within the live CD environment, but that is a pretty big
> > project also. And unless you put the result somewhere
> > permanent, you will lose it when you shut
[It seems to take ages for the mailing list to forward posts,
so I have taken to cc'ing authors I reply to.]
stan wrote:
>On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:58:22 -0800
>"Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
>>
>> I read http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt
>> carefully; and in each of
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:58:22 -0800
"Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
>
> I read http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt
> carefully; and in each of the following attempts, I made
> use of the instructions in the README. I tried the rpms:
>
> broadcom-wl-5.60.48.36-1.fc13.noarch
Anne Wilson wrote:
>On Saturday 26 February 2011 15:10:24 Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>>Alan Cox replied as follows:
>>>On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:27:44 -0800
>>>"Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
>>>
In my attempts at replacing Windows on my Dell M6400 laptop
with [Fedora was missing
> Found info on fwcutter at http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Its also in the Fedora repository
> I think fwcutter is, essentially, a linux tool that extracts
> firmware from Windows driver.
Basically yes
> But why such an indirect approach when Broadcom supports Linux
> I think the reason why Broadcom's firmware is not in Fedora is
> because Broadcom does not provide (VHDL, Verilog or whatever)
> source code for the firmware, and Fedora.org wants source code
> for everything in it distributes.
You think wrongly.
There is lots of firmware included in Fedora
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:53:23 -0800,
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>
> Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> >
> > That's not what I said. That page is Broadcom distributing
> > the firmware. They don't let other people do it (at least
> > not without signing a contract).
>
> Not so; I have rea
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:53:23 -0800,
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>
> Not so; I have read their licence.txt -- have you? The
> licence.txt is in simple English (not leaglease) -- it allows
> distribution of the firmware.
I hadn't read one since they started providing an open source drive
Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:06:25 -0800,
> Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>>Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>>>On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 15:10:24 +,
>>> Suresh Govindachar wrote:
But why such an indirect approach when Broadcom supports
Linux on:
htt
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 09:06:25 -0800,
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>
> Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> >On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 15:10:24 +,
> > Suresh Govindachar wrote:
> >>
> >> But why such an indirect approach when Broadcom supports Linux
> >> on: http://www.broadcom.com/suppor
Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 15:10:24 +,
> Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>>
>> But why such an indirect approach when Broadcom supports Linux
>> on: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php (such
>> support has existed since October 2008.)
>
>B
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 15:10:24 +,
Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>
> But why such an indirect approach when Broadcom supports Linux
> on: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php (such
> support has existed since October 2008.)
Because they don't let people redistribute thei
On Saturday 26 February 2011 15:10:24 Suresh Govindachar wrote:
> Alan Cox replied as follows:
> >On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:27:44 -0800
> >
> >"Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
> >> In my attempts at replacing Windows on my Dell M6400 laptop
> >> with [Fedora was missing in OP]-14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso,
>
Alan Cox replied as follows:
>On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:27:44 -0800
>"Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
>>
>> In my attempts at replacing Windows on my Dell M6400 laptop
>> with [Fedora was missing in OP]-14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso,
>> I have gotten as far as being able to create a live usb
>> stick. My n
On Saturday 26 February 2011 11:55:34 Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:27:44 -0800
>
> "Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > In my attempts at replacing Windows on my Dell M6400 laptop
> > with -14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso, I have gotten as far as
> > being able to create a
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:27:44 -0800
"Suresh Govindachar" wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> In my attempts at replacing Windows on my Dell M6400 laptop
> with -14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso, I have gotten as far as
> being able to create a live usb stick. My next step is to get
> on the internet via th
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