what bmc board do you have? try a lspci and tell us what board you have. some bcm boards do work fine with their native linux driver.
2007/11/4, Unknown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I decided to join the laptop club and bought a Compaq Presario > V6420US. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147458 > > Call me ancient but I´ve never had wireless ethernet before so it´s new > to me. I can´t seem to get it working. Initially I tried using > ndiswrapper but compaq.com gives me file not found for the XP drivers. > > Then I tried (as I did not know it existed before) using the Broadcom > drivers in the linux kernel. This fails too with no access points > found. dmesg reveals bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR. > > The laptop has a wired ethernet port which works without any harassment > at all. But it´s a laptop... I don´t want to be plugged into anything. > > Searching google reveals that some ubuntu user got it working so I know > it´s possible. I just don´t know what man page I need to read or what > documentation I´m missing. If anyone has a clue I´d be appreciative. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- dott. ing. beso
