Age Jan (John) Stap wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to understand Linux and since I was working with DOS and > Pascal since 1982, I thought that I had an advantage.... > Here is what I did: > upgraded with max memory my X22 ThinkPad and installed and uninstalled > all kinds of (k)unbutu, Mint, DSl etc. > My pcmcia linksys card with a broadcom 4306 (rev3) chip worked, did not > work, etc, > I tried fw-cutter with b43 and b43xx, I tried ndiswrapper, and always > the same outcome: sometimes it works sometimes it does not work. > I'm now back to the blue cable on eth0 but in my debian-lenny-beta2 > networkmanager I see my wireless card on wlan0 at only 45% but nothing > happens when I try to activate it. > Reading the forums, it is clear that I'm not the only one but since I'm > very hardheaded (originaly from the netherlands), I want this thing to > operate under the b43 and fw-cutter conditions. If I don't manage, is > there a single pcmcia card that is really Linux-friendly? > > thanks for any help
That card will work with openSUSE 11.0. Grab the Live CD from their web site, boot it and select the Install option after it is booted. You will need your wired ethernet until it finishes installing and updating. The last step after the installation is complete is to open a console and enter the command sudo /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware Despite the name of the script, it will download and install firmware for b43 and b43legacy. I have been using BCM4306 and BCM4318 PCMCIA cards for years. My BCM4306 is a rev 2, which uses b43legacy, but Michael Buesch has a rev 3 that he uses for development. As Ehud stated, there is something strange about Debian systems. I'm currently trying to help Ubuntu 8.04 users get their devices working. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
