On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Gopal Krishna <[email protected]>wrote:
> HI > > Recently i purchased new DELL VOSTRO 2420 MODEL LAPTOP. In that i > installed centos 6.4 x86_64 and the kernel version is > 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64. > > IN that, Wireless is not working with that OS.I used lspci command, it > shows the Network Controller : Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 802.11b/g/n > (rev 01). > Ethernet Controller : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8111/8168B PCI Express > Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 07) > > In ubuntu 12.04, it is working fine. But in centos 6.4 (x86_64 ), it is not > working . > > Any solutions for this one? By process of elimination, it is apparent that the CentOS stock installed kernel does not have the driver for your Wi-Fi card. You have two options: 1. check if CentOS has a newer kernel package than that which is installed. You may be lucky that the driver for your Wi-Fi card has been "back ported" 2. If not, then backport the driver from a newer kernel and compile it for 2.6. 3. Download the latest stable 3.10.x kernel, compile a RPM for CentOS. 4. Revert to Ubuntu, if you don't like Ubuntu then try some other distro with a 3.2.x kernel (recommend Debian Wheezy) or higher. HTH -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device (অরুণ খান্/अरुण खान) I'd rather be called a moron, than walk around with doubts in my mind. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
