On 08/08/2012 12:10 AM, Aram J. Agajanian wrote:
On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:45:50 -0400
"James E. LaBarre" <[email protected]> wrote:
Anyone have any experience with recent distros (kernel 3.2.x) that
have working drivers/modules for the Broadcom 43xx wireless chipsets?
My netbook has the Broadcom 4312 chipset. The wireless NIC connects OK
with Fedora 17. (The latest kernel is 3.5.0.)
Yep, the standard LiveCD install worked fine on the Inspiron 1520. Of
course, being kernel 3.3.4, I wonder if it's something broken in the
3.2.x level of the kernel. The trick with the first-boot configuration,
of course, was that I had to power-cycle the laptop quite a few times
until the LCD display stayed readable enough to finish the setup (the
display manager insisted on making the external monitor a secondary
display, and the firstboot was on the primary). Once I'm working again
& actually have the money to order parts, I'll need to get a backlight &
inverter board. But for now I can at least determine the machine is
worth fixing.
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