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I have a broadcom pcmcia card and I don't use ndiswrapper to get it working. Broadcom is supported and Broadcom released Linux drivers actually, so some of the issues you spoke of don't exist anymore Sid. The wrapper should be avoided at all costs...native support is much better now. On Ubuntu systems they have a restricted-module or restricted-drivers package that installs all the broadcom firmware you need. You don't have to extract things from inf's...just download them. On Debian I just slapped the card in put the 2 firmware files the card needed in /lib/firmware rmmod b43 modprobe b43 If you do lsmod| grep ndiswrapper that will let you know if it is loaded, but I SERIOUSLY doubt it is. There are actually 2 different version of the bcm driver I believe...one is the bc43 and the other is the bcm43xx. lsmod| grep b43 lsmod| grep bcm43xx One of these will surely return results on your Ubuntu/Crunchbag/Fedora systems. You need to get your nails a little dirty and not just scrap a distro because its doesn't have something there by default. All you have to do is read a little then put the firmware where it needs to be, reload the module and it works. Those cards will work on ANY system, with very little effort. I just got a broadcom based card 2 weeks ago and I got it working within 15 minutes. Read the log tail -n 100 /var/log/messages...it'll tell you everything you need to know and if your card is loading correctly. Bryan sid wrote: | On Dec 13, 10:13 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: |> So I'm working on this laptop that came with XP installed. I'm trying |> different distros, and trying to get the wifi to connect. (Under the |> Windows Device Manager, it only says the wifi is a "Broadcom 802.11g", |> nothing else.) Every distro works, but the only ones that see the |> wifi and configure it immediately are Ubuntu and Crunchbang (Ubuntu |> with a smaller memory footprint). Even Fedora didn't see it, and it |> usually is pretty good about that. Puppy had no clue it was there at |> all, multiple scans turned up nothing. | | |> So, if I wipe XP, it looks like Ubuntu or Crunchbang will go on the |> machine. But before I do, how can I tell if they are using Linux |> native drivers or a wrapper? If it's a wrapper, I can't delete XP |> from the machine because then it won't work. How can I tell what's |> going on under the hood? | | | Even I have a broadcom module. Broadcom is not supported by gnu/linux | because of proprietary issues. The only way you can use it is by using | a wrapper. you can use it even after after removing xp. You just need | the windows driver for the wifi card. you can use b43-fwcutter to get | the driver from the windows driver file. I think then you need | ndiswrapper or something to install the driver. There are lots of | tutorials available, that can help you install the broadcom module on | linux. Also check out http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 . | Ubuntu does the above for you automatically. | | - -- A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux and more Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklD8K4ACgkQh+MLjl5SKYTI+gCgh2hNnMgkvgEUIoT6IKkEOq4I bjcAnA50iMFTtdNloSZcRd/4R+xKhnM8 =7Coa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
