On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:27:48 +0100 Beso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
On the back of the chip: BCM4311KFBG lspci -nn: 03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Unknown device 4311 [14e4:4311] (rev 02) > 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 > > > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
