On 9/9/07, Arne Chr. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm...why didn't yahoo include the list ?.. > > "Arne Chr. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > In my dialog with Larry, I asked: > > > > Well, just some idea. Perhaps I could install Suse, replicate your > > settings and check it ? > > > > Now, I am running OpenSuse 10.2, with default x86_86 kernel 2.6.18.2-34. > I am unfamilar with Suse, and a bit unsure as how to set it up. > At the moment it uses a Vesa frame buffer device, and perhaps I should > try to compile a NVIDIA driver - any suggestions ? > > ( did try once, but didn't get it working) > > Next, I had to download and install nForceth driver from NVIDIA, as the wire > ethernet wouldn't be recognized. Then I have got some code installed to > control the "tapping" feature of the touchpad. > > As reported earlier, the Fedora update kernels had the machine go crazy. > So even with the "tapping enabled" in Suse, the behaviour isn't as wild as > it was with Fedora. Perhaps Fedora kernels don't recognize the AMD stuff. > > My confusion have had something to do with the impression that in one > particular install - I had wireless up. I still cannot swear it, I could > have been fooled by something it pulled up from the cache, but as I have > said - this wasn't my impression. I have been checking pages all over to > figure out this thing. In the end I did open this damn thing, to see what > this card looked like. > > Surprise - the chips says BCM4311KFBG... what the heck ?? Checking data at > HP, which says what I have reported earlier. But in the end I found some > partlist that seems to operate with two different part numbers, not saying > what the chip set might be, but there is 2 and 3 wire antenna versions. > > Checking registry in Vista - reveals Broadcom..and then 4312 ? > > Larry wrote: > > > > This is exactly the computer I have. The wireless is a BCM4311. > > > > ( take it that your wireless is working, that there is some driver for it ?) > Looking at those specifications from HP again - it does say: > > "Broadcom 4321AGN Wi-Fi Adapter (802.11 a/b/g/ draft-n) + Bluetooth w/2 > antennas"
As was said before there are no supported Broadcom Wireless draft-n cards, why DRAFT-n has caught on so much is beond me, its not even the real deal yet. So you have three options return and get a new laptop, fight with finding a card that your computer wont reject (some people have had all kinds of problems tricking there computer to think the card is the one it came with), or get a USB wireless stick. > > > So.. where do I go from here ? > _______________________________________________ > Bcm43xx-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev > > -- Brennan Ashton Bellingham, Washington "The box said, 'Requires Windows XP or better'. So I installed Linux" _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
