Amazing, thank you for your help getting my broadcom wireless up and running! I followed the rpm steps as mentioned above.
However, I do notice one issue....I cant seem to get wireless working now that I have reset. When I try to rebuild it says its already installed...anyone else experience this? I cant wait to get going with moblin - this may just replace my ubuntu install! /Jer On 5/22/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> What I simply don't understand here is why Greg doesn't sue Broadcom (the >> >> root of all evil ;)) but instead he's fighting against the 'small >> players' and the users who would just like to use WLAN and who have >> bought some broadcom chipset. This certainly doesn't improve anything in >> regards to the copyright issue except that we now have some annoyed users >> >> more. > > Greg is right. First because Broadcom _should_ provide the specifications > instead just giving away binary drivers. Also because as a Linux Kernel > Contributor Greg is concerned about lots of factors besides license issues. > It's also important to remember the use of binary drivers can also > compromise the security since you don't know exactly what exist inside a > blob and you bring it to run "inside" the kernel. > > Well, the solution for this problem would be asking the vendor for the > specs, but I belive Linux/BSD developers are quite tired of doing it. > Replacing the card could be another solution, but not for final users. You > also cannot say "avoid Broadcom" since their chipsets are used not just for > Dell but also lots of computer vendors. > > Glen did a great job providing an alternative way to make it works, but if > you have in mind the final user maybe rebuilding a RPM package is not the > best solution. > > Leo > _______________________________________________ > Moblin dev Mailing List > [email protected] > > To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: > https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your user account on > http://moblin.org once logged in. > > For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: > http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists > _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
