On 02/12/12 16:39, Maurice Batey wrote: > I'm using Mageia-2 on my netbook for normal work, at the same checking out > Mageia-3-Alpha2 (fully updated). WiFi adaptor is Broadcom BCM43225. > > On Mageia-2 the Wifi worked fine - at first - but after the recent s/w update > it started all over again 'Looking for software', after which it suffered the > 'Cannot found network' dead end. No WiFi. > > However, looking around Google-land I saw a suggestion to install > "kernel-firmware-nonfree", which I did, and this has brought WiFi back to > life. > > So I then tried the same install on Mageia-3-Alpha2, but sadly it still (and > always has) failed "Connection failed" (though it sees the SSID). > > I also tried Ubuntu 12.01 and Mint 13 KDE, on both of which WiFi worked 'out > of > the can'. > > When can we have a Mageia with WiFi that works and is reliable, please? > >
Have you created a bug for this Maurice? Claire
